Lecture series educates on major issues, one minute at a time

The world would be a lot simpler if complex issues could be boiled down and explained in a minute. An annual lecture series at Creighton aims to do that. The 60-Second Lecture series is a session of lectures presented by the Honors Program that tackles controversial and relevant issues. “The purpose is to introduce the […]

Speaker reveals anarchist goals

Anarchy is plagued by misleading stereotypes, but Ron Sakolsky, author, former professor and anarchist explained the basic principles of anarchy along with discussing a variety of anti-authoritarian music in a two-day lecture series at Creighton. “To understand anarchy you have to think like an anarchist,” Sakolsky said. He invited the audience to put on the […]

GSA looking to expand membership

The push for acceptance and equality among all genders and sexualities will have a greater presence on campus next week during the Gay-Straight Alliance’s Allies Week. The Gay-Straight Alliance executive team wanted a week to couple this with Awareness Week in th spring said Marie Young, Arts & Sciences senior and president of the Gay-Straight […]

From scrubs to ‘Songstress’

Often, the only new name heard in the local music scene is actually just the new name for Conor Oberst’s latest project, but now there really is a new name in Omaha music and she’s bringing a different style as well. Natalie Thomas, a 2007 graduate from the Creighton School of Nursing, self-released her debut […]

Film lovers remember the late great ‘Blue Eyes’

The late, great actor, director, philanthropist and race car driver Paul Newman died last week at the age of 83 from cancer. Newman’s career spanned more than 50 years and included many awards and nominations for his roles in well-known films such as “Cool Hand Luke,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Hud,” “Cat on […]

The hidden language in the presidential debate

Senators Barack Obama and John McCain debated on Friday, September 26. Each candidate did what he needed to do. Obama appeared knowledgeable, and McCain planted seeds about Obama’s foreign policy. There were still obvious overtones. Here is debate that took place in the candidates’ heads: “The economy is falling apart. Thanks a bunch, shooter.” “Don’t […]