Push for the finish line

Have you ever heard of the placebo effect? You take a pill believing that it’s some powerful medicine that will make you feel better and so it does. But later you find out the pill was nothing more than sugar, it was only your confidence that made the so-called “drug” work. The sugar pill motivates […]

Bluejays steamed by Rice

Since going 1-2 in a season opening series with Washington State, the Creighton baseball team has won six of its last eight games and look to carry some momentum into this weekend’s four-game, home-opening series with Chicago State. The 7-4 Bluejays return home from an 11-day, spring-break road trip that had the team flying and […]

Death penalty divides Court and Legislature

Let’s make a difference. No, this is not another Obama transcript from the campaign trail or a speech from your RSP advisor. But now, Creighton students have a unique opportunity to leave a lasting impression on the state in which we live. Nebraska lingers in death penalty limbo: We have capital punishment but no way […]

Tipping the trends of violence

In the years following World War II, people scattered across the many islands of Micronesia were facing political turmoil and instability. As the United States and Soviet Union began competing for power, the people of Micronesia were subject to relocations because of nuclear testing and military occupancy that continued after the war. Underlying all this […]

U2 rocks the big screen

It begins with a montage of fans running to fill the gigantic soccer stadiums of Buenos Aires, Argentina and other South American cities, giddier than if they were going to the World Cup itself. But it’s not a sporting event they’ve come to see, it’s a concert by a band from Dublin who has been […]

Von Mauer shooting hits home

Once the news of the Von Maur shooting hit Omaha, everyone was in shock. Crimes against the inculpable seem to happen all the time, which may not alarm us as much, but when it happens in our own hometown, in the city of Omaha, that’s when we start to grieve a little more. The photos […]