Break the cycle

Creighton’s Gender-Sexuality Alliance Club, formerly known as Gay-Straight Alliance, spent this week hosting events every day to break the cycle of stereotyping individuals, which is an important part of its mission. This week is known as LGBTQIA Awareness Week, or, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Ally Awareness week. The events included a speaker […]

Student loans reform won’t lessen our debt

There may be but one statement that reaches unanimous consensus on college campuses across the country this day and age: tuition costs are too high. In yet another display of selfless idealism, President Obama once again assured major reform, this time in the way of student loans. Packaged among some 2,000 pages of health care […]

Opening Hearts and Minds

Popular Palestinian-American comedian Dean Obeidallah is known for his satirical stand-up bits in Comedy Central’s “Axis of Evil” and “The Watch List.” Now, Obeidallah is combining quick wit and cultural awareness on the Creighton stage in his show Opening Hearts and Minds. The show, primarily sponsored by the Creighton Muslim Student Association, will take place […]

Young talent shines in art show

Students from schools around Omaha submitted their art to the Student Art Show. Some were accepted, most rejected, but all around it came together as a complete success according to Ashton Page. Art from any field could be displayed, including paintings, drawings, photographs and welded sculptures. A total of 21 pieces are currently on display […]

Unveiling the culture of Euro hostels

The first time you decide to travel backpacker-style in Europe, the thought of staying in a hostel can be a little daunting. If you’re not used to it, imagining sleeping in a room with strangers and bringing all of your own amenities isn’t all that appealing. Plus, ridiculous films and random horror stories about getting […]

Academia’s liberal bias indoctrinates students

Are college students being indoctrinated by their environment? I fear so. Academia has in recent decades been strongly affiliated with liberal idealism with almost half of university scholars being self-proclaimed liberals. In comparison, a scant 20 percent identify as conservative. But, of course, in a country based on the principle of free speech, no one, […]