Embrace the sub-culture of CouchSurfing

Recently, I took a road trip to Chicago with a friend where we stayed for free. No, I didn’t go on a service trip, and we didn’t stay with friends from school or relatives. Rather, we CouchSurfed. CouchSurfing is an international sub-culture facilitated by the website www.couchsurfing.com. CouchSurfing was started in an effort to unite […]

Catholics called to lead chaste lives

Dear Editor, As spokesman for the Catholic Church in Omaha, and the chief catechist and apologist for the Catholic faith, I write to clarify some statements regarding Dr. Janet Smith’s lecture about homosexuality in your March 28, 2008 edition. First of all, the teaching of the Church regarding homosexuality as a disorder comes from the […]

Harper Center decides on a fresh cup of joe

The new coffee provider has created a buzz on campus. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was selected during a coffee-tasting sponsored by the Retail Planning Committee of the Harper Center for Living and Learning. Green Mountain began providing coffee on March 3. “Green Mountain Coffee is important because Creighton has been very dedicated to serve fair […]

Shortage causes housing panic

As a member of the Welcome Week committee, Bobbie Harada, Arts & Sciences sophomore, said she loved telling students and families why she came to Creighton. “Since Creighton didn’t have my particular major, I should have transferred, but it’s the feeling of community that kept me here,” she said. “But now I feel like that […]

Adobe co-chair gives business tips

Entrepreneurs take note: If you want to build a successful business, create a company you would want to work for, one you would be proud of. That’s what Charles M. “Chuck” Geschke kept in mind when he co-founded Adobe Systems with his research partner, John Warnock, in 1982. And that’s what he said as the […]

Major being phased out of university

Come next fall, the Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training will be renamed simply the Department of Exercise Science, due to the decision that will effectively phase out the Athletic Training major that Creighton currently offers. Starting this May, courses to achieve an Athletic Training major will no longer be offered. Classes will be […]