Creighton recently hosted the Development and Application of Modern Torture lecture series in the Hixson-Lied Auditorium in the Harper Center.

!e lecture focused on the history of torture, the various de"nitions of torture and the application of torture in the modern world. !is is part of the “Fr. Henry W. Casper S.J. Professorship in History” lecture series, with Darius Rejali, professer of politics at Reed College in Portland Ore. conducting the lecture.

!e lecture looked to de"ne torture and how torture is viewed in the modern context. To do this, the lecture focused "rst on the history of torture. Torture has been practiced from Ancient Greece to modern democracies, according to Rejali, the modern democracies of today (such as the United States) have been the great innovators of torture.

What comes to mind in the history of torture are things like the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazi Regime, and more recently, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, he said. Rejali looked to understand the connection between democracies and the rise in the public opinion of torture.

“People’s stance is o#en dictated by where they think other people stand,” Rejali said.

Rejali noted the reverse public opinion of torture during the Bush and Obama terms. During the Bush era, public opinion of torture was negative and many people were against it, particularly with the media attention surrounding Guantanamo Bay and Abu Graib. Opinion changed however during the Obama administration, where public opinion of torture is much more positive.

Rejali said that most democratic nations claim to only institute torture practices in times of national emergencies, yet in reality only one-third of instances of modern torture occurred during a time of a national emergency.

Although there are initiatives like the Geneva Conventions, which work to

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Whenever important decisions about student policy and residence life need to be made, the Inter Residence Hall Government (IRHG) is there to take action. For nearly 27 years, this student-lead organization has been serving the Creighton community by providing students with the opportunity to voice their opinions and become involved in making decisions that a$ect the lives of students living both on and o$ campus.

IRHG recently held elections to establish the executive team of students that will lead the organization into the next academic year. Although these elected student leaders do not take o%ce until April 3, many of them are

feeling very eager to assume their respective positions and make a lasting impact on both IRHG and Creighton as a whole.

Arts & Sciences junior Merijke Coenraad will begin her new position as IRHG Vice President of "nance. Coenraad was heavily involved in student government throughout high school and felt that it provided her with valuable lessons and leadership experience, so she decided to continue gaining knowledge through IRHG.

“IRHG is an outstanding way for students to have a voice about what they want to see in their residence halls and in our community and I decided to become involved so that I could help be a voice for students,” Coenraad said.

In the upcoming academic year, Coenraad said she is looking forward to assuming her

position because it will allow her to work with the sponsorship fund and assist outside organizations in applying for funding through IRHG. Coenraad is anxious to take on this responsibility because through this process IRHG is able to support campus activities that this organization does not directly put on.

“I am excited to be a part of the board and look at issues and programs with some fresh eyes,” Coenraad said. “I think that it is extremely important to have this change of view and for new ideas to be brought to the organization so that we can continue to put on great programs and make a di$erence in the Creighton community.”

Coenraad said she feels it is important for students to become involved in student government organizations like IRHG because

these organizations provide students with the opportunity to share their opinions and ideas, while still having a great deal of fun.

“[IRHG] is an opportunity for students to give back to the Creighton community, but students get back just as much as they give to IRHG,” Coenraad said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my IRHG experience and I am thrilled to be serving as an executive next year.”

Upon attending this year’s IRHG sponsored Movie on the Mall, nursing sophomore and soon-to-be IRHG president Lianna Schmidt knew that IRHG was an organization she greatly desired to become involved in. When Schmidt assumes her position in April, she said she hopes to bring a greater “continuity”

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Dr. Devendra Agrawal, a Creighton University School of Medicine researcher, has received a $3.3 million, "ve-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.

!is "ve-year grant funds the study of what role adult stem cells might play in repairing damaged coronary arteries, a complication that o#en occurs in patients a#er they undergo angioplasty and stenting.

“Re-narrowing of coronary arteries in the heart a#er balloon angioplasty or placement of stents is a serious problem,” Agrawal said. “!is is primarily due to uncontrolled growth of smooth muscle cells at the site of injury due to balloon angioplasty or the placement of stent in coronary artery. !e goal is to test the hypothesis that the administration of stem cells with gene therapy is superior to drug-eluting stents.”

Agrawal is hopeful and con"dent about the future.

“I am optimistic that our approach will eliminate the need of stents in patients with coronary artery disease,” Agrawal said. “!is will not only reduce morbidity and mortality but also signi"cantly reduce the total health care cost.”

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On !ursday, the Asian World Center is hosting Special Agent Weysan Dun from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Dun will deliver the 2012-2013 AWC Distinguished Lecture.

He will talk on the cyber threat stemming from organized criminal enterprises seeking to make a pro"t.

!e event will take place in the Harper Center Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. Dun will discuss the current cyber threat, the challenges it presents and some ideas for mitigating the threat.

An examination of some of the sophisticated techniques being employed by cyber criminals will be followed by a discussion of possible strategies for lessiening cyber threats.

In a recent report, more than 93.5 percent of 2011 Creighton University graduates are employed, volunteering or furthering their education. !e report stems from an annual study conducted by the University’s Career Center.

!e national average reported by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is at about 84 percent. !e University also boasts more available internships than it has students to "ll them.

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March 13, 2012 – 8:43 a.m. A man fainted in the Boyne Building and

was assisted by Dental School personnel.

A rescue squad was summoned, but no

further medical attention was needed.

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between the individuals on the executive board and the individual students in the Residence Hall Councils to the organization.

“My main goal is to continue to make IRHG the main voice for students living on campus,” Schmidt said. “I look forward to working with the organization as a whole in order to pass recommendations onto the Department of Residence Life that will promote community and make life on campus easier, more sustainable and overall a great place to be.”

Schmidt said she feels that IRHG has allowed her to meet so many wonderful people and experience a great deal of new things. She highly recommends that all students become involved in this organization at some point during their time at Creighton.

“I believe that every person has ideas that can change our campus for the better,” Schmidt said. “If everyone would join an organization such as this, those ideas could manifest into actual change and make Creighton University the best school it could be.”

Arts & Sciences freshman Walter Frank Eng was recently elected as IRHG’s national communications coordinator. Next year Eng will be responsible for actively participating in various conferences and relaying innovative ways to improve IRHG as a whole in order to better represent the student body.

Before coming to Creighton, Eng said he always enjoyed being involved in his community, and he saw IRHG as a way to continue that involvement.

“I "rst applied and got involved as a senator for Kiewit Hall because I really wanted to develop creative programs and establish a strong community aspect,” Eng said. “I later ran for the national communications coordinator position because I saw it as an opportunity to really represent Creighton as a whole and show not only the region, but the nation, what Creighton is really about.”

Eng said he feels that his ability to interact and get to know people on a personal basis will greatly assist him in being an e#ective representative of the student body through IRHG. He hopes that the energy and passion he holds for the IRHG mission will allow him to become an inspiration to others to become involved in this organization.

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protect the rights of prisoners of war from being de-humanized, Rejali said that the problem with this is that the Conventions were designed for speci"c, uniform wars and not for modern wars, and therefore have no way to intervene.

Rejali asked the question of whether or not torture was a successful method. He said the biggest problem with using torture is that the modern world does not have the tools to implement torture correctly.

“In the most common forms of torture today, we do not have legal tools to regulate them,” Rejali said.

Student reaction to the lecture series was quite positive. Arts & Sciences senior Alison Prater, found the topic, as well as the lecturer, very informative.

“I really enjoyed the tactful and innovative way that Rejali spoke of torture as more of a ‘cra$’ rather than a human rights violation,” Prater said. “It was also a refreshing outlook and helps us actually understand torture, rather than simply say it is wrong.”

Dr Michael Hawkins, professor in the history department, felt the lecture was interesting in Rejali’s method of not

only describing torture, but pointing out its drawbacks, such as its application in gathering intelligence.

“He was able to establish his case both historically and currently,” Hawkins said. “In all, it was exceptional and everything I’ve come to expect from the Casper lecture series.”

Rejali’s lecture displayed academia on the topic, as well as look at torture in a di#erent light.

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Rescheduled fair offers opportunities !e Career Fair, which was rescheduled a"er

the campus bomb threat, saw over 90 percent of the recruiters returning for the March 14th event.

!e fair itself was made up of large corporations such as ConAgra, Gallup and First National Bank, as well as non-pro#ts like the Peace Corp, and even small businesses like Hayneedle Industries. Altogether, there were over a hundred organizations present.

“People like Creighton, which is why they were so willing to come back,” Jim Bretl, Director of the Career Center, said. “We even had #ve additional companies present.”

Bretl, who manages the fairs, believes that organizations are especially interested in Creighton students due to the success they have had with the students in the past. He thinks that students need to focus on starting somewhere, rather than focusing on how their major applies to a speci#c career.

“Your major becomes less important as time goes on,” Bretl said. “More employers are considering all degrees, and relevant experience is more important than your speci#c major.”

ConAgra, a major food corporation headquartered here in Omaha, said they really enjoy coming to the fairs and interacting with Creighton students.

“Creighton sets the bar high and really

prepares their students,” Mary Roy, human resources specialist at ConAgra, said. “!e partnership we have with Creighton is important to us.”

While there were many well-known, national companies present, the fair also provided numerous volunteer opportunities for places like the Salvation Army, BoysTown and the Peace Corp.

Business sophomore Joseph Lassen, a student assistant at the Career Center, especially praises the volunteer aspect of the Fairs.

“It makes it easier because we also have volunteer organizations at the fair, which is what people are also looking for, especially Creighton students,” Lassen said.

Arts & Sciences junior Alex Reed made several connections and felt he learned a lot about the organizations in Omaha.

“!ere were even quite a few organizations I didn’t even know about,” Reed said. “Which is a plus.”

Bretl believes the career fair was a huge success, and encourages students to both attend the fairs in the future, as well as constantly look for opportunities on their own. Bretl also provided advice for all students and how to approach their respective careers in the future.

“Focus on what you want, what you’re good at, and make sure you start somewhere,” Bretl said.

It is easy to forget that Creighton’s campus sits on a very important part of America’s history. On March 13, Sara Crook, professor of political science and history at Peru State College held a performance on campus called “Nebraska’s Winding Road to Statehood”.

Students were invited to watch as Crook morphed into Barbara Ann Kagey Mayhew Bradway, a woman living in 1880s Nebraska. Crook told the story of early Nebraska’s history through her character. Stories included her own role as a woman, as well as about the politics of the Nebraska territory.

Debra Sturges, Head of Access Services at Reinert-Alumni Library said having a woman’s point of view from that time period is refreshing.

“I think it was interesting because women weren’t consulted or informed about a lot of what was happening then, yet they were le" with great responsibilities,” Sturges said.

Bradway’s stories included her #rst thoughts of early Nebraska life, particularly her recounting of the rivalry between Nebraska City and Omaha City over the location of the territorial capital. !e other key information that Bradway shared was her family’s involvement in

the Underground Railroad and how di$erent Nebraskans felt about this controversial issue of that day.

Crook decided that teaching about this time period would be more interesting if she actually became a character.

“I wanted a di$erent delivery than just a plain presentation and felt that if I could #nd a woman of the past to tell the story it would have more impact,” Crook said. “It is di%cult to #nd ‘notable women’ from the mid 1800s as their role was generally wife and mother.”

Crook said three factors helped her take on the character of Bradway. First, Bradway’s life was fairly well documented through the actions of her brother. Secondly, her home in Nebraska City allowed for a great discussion of the politics involved in selecting the territorial and state capital cities. !irdly, Crook said she realized that Bradway died less than a mile from her own home.

“It seemed foreordained that she was the character that was best to tell the stories of early Nebraska history,” Crook said.

Crook performs at schools and campuses statewide. She said she hopes the performances help students in Nebraska realize how historically important the shaping of their state

was and how it made the state the way it is today.“I hope students and adults were made

more aware how past events shape who we are, collectively and individually, even today,” Crook said. “History has some great lessons to teach and obviously provides the backdrop for the old adage from experience comes wisdom.”

Nebraska’s path to statehood comes alive

Sara Crook portrays Barbara Bradway. Photo by Trina Pham.

Thu Tran, A&S senior, taking an information sheet from Steve Mannino from Dex One company. Photo by Trina Pham.

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!e Women’s Summit is an annual event that is hosted by the Committee on the Status of Women. Started in March 2010, this year marked the third Summit.

!e planning team, led by the assistant dean of students Allison Taylor, and associate director of the Center for Student Integrity Desiree Nownes, started working in the summer and came up with this year’s theme of “Inspire, In&uence, Innovate.”

!e event was registration only and was advertised through the Student News, Creighton Today and various other Creighton listerves. About 170 people registered for the event.

Two featured speakers were brought in and were accompanied by four break-out sessions. A networking lunch was included as well.

!e #rst speaker was Mary Pat Statz McCarthy, a ‘77 graduate from Creighton who recently retired as the executive director of KPMG in Kansas City.

“She spoke about her experience as a female leader in the business world and her ability to achieve sucess in her career while also achieving personal goals,” Taylor said.

!e second speaker was Dr. Barb Braden, the dean emeritus of University College. She used the theme of the event to talk about how to work as a supportive and contributing member of a team.

!is year’s Summit introduced something new as well — the use of “Guidebook”.

“Guidebook is a smartphone app that serves as a conference booklet,” Taylor said. “!is app provided participants with information on all of the Summit programs and speakers in addition to providing a Twitter feed and shared photo album for the Summit. !e app was a great way for the Committee on the Status of Women to use sustainable technology to enhance participants’ Summit experience.”

!e Summit o$ered participants the ability to sign up for a book club following the Summit. Participants were able to choose from #ve di$erent books and will meet with their club later this semester or early next fall.

Women’s Summit participants have the opportunity to apply for continuing personal and professional development opportunities through a Summit scholarship. !e Committee on the Status of Women is able to o$er three scholarships, worth $500, to those who participated in the Summit. !ese funds can be used for conference registration fees or travel costs associated with training or a conference.

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Third annual summit inspires

Christian Lander discussed things white people like and other race-related topics in a light-hearted, thought-provoking speech on March 15.

Lander, the creator and chief contributor of the blog “Stu! White People Like,” entertained a lively crowd of about 100 students in the Skutt Student Center ballroom. He talked about the development of his blog and his journey into stardom. While talking about his life, Lander kept the crowd laughing with jokes and funny anecdotes.

“He was a really funny guy,” Arts & Sciences sophomore Brian Farrell said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect, but he de"nitely made everyone laugh before making some serious points.”

#at’s Lander’s calling card. His blog and his speeches are "lled with jokes about white stereotypes, but then he addresses bigger issues. Lander speaks about the dangers of ignorance and the existence of white privilege.

His willingness to attack these issues was unique, and his views on issues of race were interesting. Lander wants everyone to be aware of racial di!erences. More importantly, he wants people to try and understand them.

“For white people, there is no ethnic slur that hurts,” Lander said.

Without a historically negative term to describe Caucasians, Lander said it is impossible for white people to understand how minority groups feel regarding racial slurs. Whites can’t experience the same pain, simply because there’s no equivalent.

By no means is Lander calling for a new ethnic slur for white people. Hate does not solve any problems. Moreover, he doesn’t want more hate to surface simply to make the di!erent races more equal. Instead, he simply wants people to be more accepting of racial di!erences.

“Talks like these get people thinking,” Arts & Sciences sophomore Emmett O’Keefe said. “However, it shouldn’t stop there. Awareness is important. As young people, though, it is our responsibility to try and prevent racism in our generation. Lander is an intelligent person, and his speech was thought-provoking.”

For Lander, provoking thoughts is a huge thing. In 2008, in an interview with #e Onion, Lander said he thought his site was successful because it “took the idea of racial di!erence and approached it in a non-hateful

way.”#e key to addressing race-related issues

is to have an open mind. Hate and ignorance fuel racism, and it is everyone’s individual responsibility to understand racial di!erences and appreciate others for who they are, regardless of race.

Lander’s speech was funny and entertaining. However, his message was more than just a few laughs. Race issues shouldn’t be taboo. Instead, everyone should be willing to accept and to understand racial di!erences.

Combining the perfect amount of comedy, politics and pure talent, the Creighton University Department of Fine and Preforming Arts does not disappoint with their spring main stage musical.

“Urinetown,” tells the story of a future where private toilets have been outlawed due to a unfortunate drought. #e “public amenities” are property of mega-corporation Urine Good Company, owned by Cladwell B. Cladwell, played by Arts & Sciences freshman Kirk Hauck. #e poor must now pay to use these facilities despite the rising prices and their lack of funds.

When Caldwell’s starry-eyed daughter, Hope, Arts & Sciences junior Ariel Talacko, comes home from college to work for her father she "nds herself falling in love with common-folk revolutionary Bobby Strong, Arts & Sciences freshman Ephriam Harnsberger. From their "rst encounter, the stage is set for a showdown between the oppressed poor and Caldwell’s corporation.

#e musical was written prior to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and was the "rst show to open on Broadway a$er the devastation. Its focus on oppression was made more prominent during such controversial times.

#e musical also consist of several other musical theatre references from popular shows such as “Chicago,” “West Side Story” and “Les Miserables.”

#e brilliant cast impresses with their amazing performace. Standout nursing freshman Cristine Tancredi and Arts & Sciences senior Patrick Kilcoyne engage the crowd by traveling throughout the audience as Little Sally and O%cer Lockstock.

“My favorite trait of Sally’s character is her relationship with O%cer Lockstock,” Tancredi said. “#eir dialogues are a mockery of conventional theater and bring a hilarious element to the show. It has been challenging but very rewarding and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to perform.”

#e intricate dance numbers show o! the talent of choreographer, Arts & Sciences senior Joe Wright. While the production sta! impresses with the complex scenery and costumes that suit the musical perfectly.

Assistant director and member of the production sta! Arts & Sciences senior Carli Haney was thankful to have faculty mentors that assisted the sta! through the process of the show.

“It gave me a real feel for what a true theatre experience is like,” Haney said. “We get to practice our skills and apply our knowledge beyond the pages.”

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“Urinetown” makes huge splashVICTORIA GUADARRAMAScene Reporter

Urinetown will be in production on the main-stage Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets for adults are $15, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for faculty, staff and students. Urinetown photo by Dino Beldia.

Christian Lander uses humor to raise awareness

Sometimes the library is the perfect place to study. It’s relatively quiet and comfortable. Sometimes, though, this campus staple can become a deadly place.

#e person at the desk next to you can have a runny nose, open a bag of chips or take a phone call. #e absence of A/C can turn the entire library into a sauna. #e only open spots might be in the basement, where the air is stale and it’s too quiet. What I’m trying to say is that there are times when the library just isn’t the right place to study.

One could try to study on the mall or scope out a new spot in Harper, but I personally prefer to book it o! campus.

A co!ee shop is the perfect o!-campus study destination. #e smell of co!ee alone can make a person smarter (that’s not scienti"cally supported at all, it’s just my theory).

Starbucks at 15th and Douglas is awesome, but it has a couple crucial problems: limited seating and that fact that it’s only open until 7 p.m.

During midterm week, my friend and I went to Starbucks at about 6 p.m., ready to zone in for a few hours, only to discover it was closing soon.

We weren’t deterred though, because I had recently heard about Ca!eine Dreams, a co!ee shop on 45th and Farnam. We decided to check it out.

Turns out it’s one of the most hipster places I’ve ever been. #e baristas had the super trendy haircuts and tattoos, and the drink selection was awesome.

It’s a great environment to study in, with a ton of perfect-sized, but weird, tables and chill music playing. #e best part: it’s open until 11 p.m. Monday through #ursday and Sundays, and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

It’s more of a drive from campus—about 10 minutes—but it’s de"nitely worth it.

So if you’re tired of the library, can’t stand the heat in there and want to get o! campus to study sometime a$er 7 p.m., consider checking out Ca!eine Dreams.

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DAN RENFROScene Reporter

Arts & Sciences sophpmore Emily Butz talks with author Christian Lander in the Skutt student Center March 15. Photo by Anna Baxter.

In most movies or books there is a clear-cut “nice guy” and “bad boy.” In real

life you can’t just walk down the mall at Creighton and simply separate males into the two categories.

I think this is because there isn’t really such a thing as a “nice guy.” I mean sure there are plenty of guys who are nice. !ere is a big di"erence between being a guy

who is nice and being a “nice guy.”“Well he’s a really nice guy!”!is is probably the scariest sentence a

friend can tell you if they are trying to set you up on a date with someone. It’s not because girls crave bad boys or anything. It’s simply that if your best quality is that you are “nice,” there is a lot wrong with that.

If someone is going to tell me all about how they found the perfect man for me I want them to say things such as “He’s super tall, he has perfect teeth, I was crying laughing because he’s so funny and on top of it all he is really, really smart!”

I would hope that the fact that he is nice is just a given. I don’t think anyone would want to set their friends up with a jerk.

!ink about it. When a girl calls her best friend from home to tell her all about the guy that she met at the baseball game, she is going to gush about him if she really likes him. Her best friend will listen politely and ask questions such as how funny he is on a scale of Nicolas Cage to Jason Sudeikis.

She’s not going to say, “Oh Miranda, that all sounds really great, but you failed to mention if he is nice.” Well of course he’s nice. If he had been unpleasant when they met, she probably wouldn’t be all that impressed with him. Had he squirted ketchup in her hair

and told her he didn’t #nd her interesting, she wouldn’t be excitedly telling you about this guy.

I know you all are probably sick of me referencing “Gilmore Girls” by now, but the show is a prime example of what typical nice guy is.

During the course of the show Rory had three serious boyfriends. Her #rst boyfriend Dean was a typical “nice guy,” but that’s about the only good thing one could say about his

character. He wasn’t particularly smart and he had a ridiculous haircut. !e only good thing about him was that he was nice.

!at is why out of Rory’s three boyfriends, nobody liked Dean the best. Jess, her second boyfriend was intelligent, deep, sensitive and usually clad in an awesome leather jacket. Logan, my favorite, was a preppy, witty character who always beat everyone to the punch line. !ese two boys had many great adjectives to describe them and Dean was “nice.”

I know right now you are probably all outraged thinking to yourselves, “But April! Peeta from the Hunger Games is a nice guy!”

Well of course he is a guy who is nice, but he has more going on for him than just that. While Peeta is incredibly nice, he also

is smart and quite brave. If you were going to describe Peeta in a single word, that word probably wouldn’t be “nice.”

!ere are always those guys on Facebook who make statuses about how girls don’t appreciate nice guys, chase men who treat them poorly, then come crying to them when things don’t work out.

Okay, maybe some girls do that, but the majority of the female population does not behave in such a manor.

If you feel the need to post something like that on a social media site, I promise you that girls are not avoiding you because you are “nice.” !ey are avoiding you because you whine publicly.

!ere is a stigma in our society that nice equals pushover. If you consider yourself to be a nice guy, take care to ensure that you aren’t making this reality. You can do nice things for people, and that is celebrated, but don’t allow yourself to be walked all over. You might have been raised in a household similar to mine. I was taught to always wait my turn.

!is upbringing was fabulous and I love polite children, but it can cause problems down the road romantically.

If you are always waiting around for someone to ask you if you are ready to date, don’t be surprised if it never happens. If you like someone, but don’t want to be too pushy, you still need to speak up.

Because those kids who always cut the line in elementary school and dove into the box of Gushers #rst a$er soccer games, grow up to be the people who have no problem swooping in and asking out the person who you’ve been sweet on for a while.

So no more mister nice guy. I don’t mean that you should go around punting campus squirrels or anything. You should always make it a goal to be nice, but also allow others to see the other excellent qualities that you have besides just your niceness.

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Sweet adjective turns sour

APRIL PAYNEScene Columnist

!e new member class of Delta Zeta rocked the mall last week. In fact, they SHAMrocked the mall.

!is group of girls held an event called “Supplies for Shamrocks” during the week of St. Patrick’s Day. !ey collected donations for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., which is a school for the deaf and hearing impaired.

!e sorority women set up a table where people could donate school supplies or money and receive St. Patrick’s Day gear.

“Having the new member class do a fundraiser on our own shows that working hard pays o", and we were happy to help others,” Arts & Sciences freshman Moriah Miller said.

Supplies for Shamrocks raised over $65 and brought in a large number of binders, pens, paper and notebooks to donate.

“My favorite part of the event was being able to be outside on a week with such nice weather,” Nursing freshman Julia Hicks said.

Delta Zeta allows its new members to hold leadership positions during the new member process. Hicks is the philanthropy executive for her new member class. Miller is the new member sisterhood chair.

“Giving the new members leadership opportunities allows them to come together as a class,” Arts & Sciences senior Amy Fawcett said.

Holding events such as “Supplies for Shamrocks” allows the new member class to bond as a unit.

“I think it is important for the new member class to do our own fundraising event because it brings us closer as a class,” Hicks said.

Many faculty members and students stopped by to donate to the cause throughout the week.

“My favorite part of the fundraiser was seeing students and faculty go out of their way to help with our fundraiser,” Miller said. “It really showed that they care.”

‘Shamrocking’ shows care

APRIL PAYNEScene Reporter

Opinion6 Opinion THE CREIGHTONIAN 23 March 2012

-Will RuttArts & Sciences senior

Compiled by Natalie KillionPhotos by Anna Baxter

“Which team would you like to see win the NCAA

Tournament?”

“It would be good to see Baylor win.”

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-Brynn MartinArts & Sciences sophomore

“Not North Carolina.”

-Marc SantolinArts & Sciences sophomore

“I have Wisconsin winning because I’m from Wisconsin.”

-Dominic GassmanBusiness freshman

“Louisville.”

ANN DUFFYColumnist

Created By Katie Thompson

Having interest or involvement in any sort of athletics guarantees you will experience a variety of emotions. Happiness when you do well, disappointment when you don’t, frustration when it comes so close — but not quite — and pure joy when you win at the last second.

!is is a simpli"cation of the range of emotions, but that’s basically what it narrows down to. !e result plays a role in how you feel a#er the event, but sometimes, it’s the people — not the game — that a$ect your feelings the most.

Losing to a team that played well and presented themselves as decent human beings is manageable,

but when you lose to a team that elbowed, scratched and called you names the entire time, it is salt in the wound and gives you a reason to be bitter.

!at being said, former or current athletes have most likely experienced some form of smack talk. Whether it be from players or fans, it can amp up your emotions and a$ect your athletic performance.

When you think about it, smack talk has two forms: on the court/"eld and o$. !e backlash Ethan Wragge has received from University of North Carolina fans — in response to Kendall Marshall’s broken wrist — is obviously o$ the court and is post-game smack talk.

If you get emotional about sports, you’ve probably participated in some post-game smack talk: people reacting negatively when something happens that they didn’t like, so they will make cracks at the other side regardless if they are true.

A#er reading some of the tweets regarding the Wragge/broken wrist situation, it’s amazing what people will say or do when something unexpected happens. Do people get hurt in athletics? Sure, all the time. Is it anybody’s fault? Well, that is debatable and depends on the situation.

!e part that is hard to understand about UNC fans’ anger is this: Marshall willingly walked onto the court. He willingly plays basketball. He probably enjoys it if he plays for a Division I team and is probably pretty

good because he plays for UNC. !at being said, being injured is part of the deal. Being in a contact sport comes with the risk of walking o$ the court or "eld with some form of injury.

Being outraged that he broke his wrist is one thing because yes, he probably can’t play during the rest of the tournament. Pointing "ngers at people — or an entire school — is just foolish. To look on the bright side, they did win the game so they should be somewhat happy with that.

!e Creighton-UNC game also had on the court smack talk, or in this case in your face confrontation. I hope you all saw that awesome moment when the cameras captured Grant Gibbs’ wink. A couple moments before that subtle wink, a UNC player got in his face a#er a play. Could Gibbs have taken an eye-for-an-eye approach and given it back? Yes. However, his subtle wink at the Creighton bench — in my opinion — shows that he kept his cool, winked if o$ and maybe even found the whole situation amusing.

In-your-face confrontation is meant to intimidate and show who has the upper hand, but the way someone responds can show his or her attitude toward talking smack. Fight back? Perhaps they enjoy a nice bout of confrontation. Say nothing? !e aggressor isn’t worth the time.

Smack talk is just words, more accurately, "ghting words meant to stir the pot. It can start as young as peewee soccer and go all the way up to pro sports with grown adults egging each other on. What’s the deal? Why can’t a game just be a game, pure and simple? Yes, there is such a thing as healthy competition, but does that need to come with all of the messiness of obscenities and insults?

In an ideal world, sports would be what happens on the "eld or court and that’s it. But we live in a world in which a team winning or losing can completely change a mood of a person, family, city or general group of people based on that "nal number in the box.

Sports are emotional and smack talk is just a part of it. It’s how you respond that shows who you are. Be the bigger person. Wink it o$. Don’t reciprocate with something you’ll regret.

Have you ever noticed that one kid on campus that o#en appears to have very few or no friends at all? You know, the guy that sits in your history class, but other than that you NEVER see him on campus. Or if you do, he’s eating dinner in Skutt, alone. And heck, maybe you even tried to be friendly and said “hi”

once, only to be greeted with a slight smile and a wave. You know which guy I am talking about, right? Well, I do. Because I was that guy.

Some people prefer to be quiet. Some people are shy. And then some people have social anxiety. Pretty self-explanatory, social anxiety is anxiety about social situations. And by social situations, I mean everything from speaking in front of a large audience to saying “hi” to a fellow peer walking on the mall.

Social anxiety is unique in that those who su$er from it want to socialize and interact with others, but it is fear that holds them back. Fear of what? Fear of being judged, evaluated or even scrutinized by others. Yes, even by you.

It is this continuous fear of potential embarrassment in social situations that causes

individuals with social anxiety to retreat back into a comfort zone of isolation and seclusion.

And from there, the chances of ensuing depression, drug abuse and thoughts of suicide steadily rise. Everybody has a little social anxiety, but when it heightens to a point where it begins to control your life — bailing on social events to avoid embarrassment, preferring not to have phone conversations in public and attempting to imitate the personalities of others in an e$ort to appear “normal” — well, that is a disorder.

As a former su$erer of social anxiety for the last 19 years, I can con"dently say that my life up to this point has essentially been a social nightmare. Although I went to a really good grade school, and an even better high school, o#en times I would become the victim of bullying because of my inability to socialize with others.

“Antisocial” practically became my middle name, even among my family members, and the questions of “Why don’t you talk?” “Are you okay?” and “Why so serious?” were more commonly asked of me than a simple “How are you?”

During high school, a time when socializing was a higher priority for most students than getting good grades, I would spend my Friday nights playing video games and watching countless movies until I fell asleep. I had no friends in school or in my neighborhood.

Social anxiety continued to dominate my life, creating social uneasiness everywhere I went, and thus contributing to a lack of friends. Basically, for 19 years, I didn’t have a life.

Social anxiety can be inherited, or it can be developmental. But probably more interesting than how it is attained is how does one get rid of it?

Unfortunately, it took me a while to "nally "nd out how, but the "rst step is to identify that social anxiety is something that you have. A#er that, therapy sessions, medication or a combination of both can help to relieve some of that anxiety.

!e purpose of this article was primarily to make people who do not have social anxiety more aware of what it is and how it can have a profound impact on peoples lives.

As a person who has struggled with social anxiety, countless times I would be ignored, bullied or socially outcasted by my peers who thought I just didn’t want to talk to them. !at was not the case.

And with social anxiety being the third most common mental disorder and the number one anxiety disorder in the U.S., I am a believer that the world could be a better place if more people were aware of it and were more accepting to those struggling with it.

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!e Creighton University so"ball team opened up conference play by winning two of three games on the road in Peoria, Illinois, against the Bradley University Braves over the past weekend.

In game one of the doubleheader on Saturday a"ernoon, the Jays’ potent o#ense backed up sophomore pitcher Becca Changstrom (5-5) on the mound in a 11-3 win. An error by the Braves allowed senior shortstop Christa Ruf to score and give the Jays the 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning. !e Jays tallied four more runs in both the $"h and sixth innings. Changstrom went the distance and pitched a shutout until the bottom of the sixth inning, when she surrendered three runs. Junior catcher Amy Baker, sophomore pitcher Alexis Cantu and freshman catcher Bri Lingl had two base hits apiece to lead the Bluejays’ o#ensive attack.

In game two of the doubleheader the Jays defeated the Braves 2-1 with eight innings in strong defensive performances by both teams. Cantu went the distance in the circle, throwing 133 pitches while only allowing one earned run on seven hits. Sophomore le" $elder Ellen Homan delivered the defensive play of the game, coming up $ring on a single to le" $eld and gunning out the Braves’ go-ahead runner at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning.

!e Jays fell short of a sweep of the Braves falling 7-4 in the $nal game on Sunday. Despite earning a 1-0 lead, Changstrom could not get out of the $rst inning, surrendering four earned runs on $ve base hits. Sophomore pitcher Brittany Telecky and junior pitcher Sammy Snygg pitched the rest of the way for the Jays, but the Jays’ o#ense couldn’t muster more than one run in the sixth frames. s.

Up next for the Jays is a three games series against the Southern Illinois University Salukis. !e doubleheader is set for noon in Carbondale.

!ere is no place like home away from home.

!e Creighton baseball team $nished o# its brief stop at the CU Sports Complex with a dominating double-header sweep last Saturday over the University of North Dakota. Creighton won the opening contest 12-3 and the second game 16-3.

!e Bluejays were temporarily displaced from their usual nest because of the NCAA men’s Division I basketball championship games being hosted in Omaha. TD Ameritrade Park Omaha was deemed too close to the CenturyLink Center for both venues to be having games at the same time.

!e change of scenery did not seem to bother Creighton, as they scored 28 runs in what is the only doubleheader the Bluejays have scheduled for the season. Creighton improved its record to 11-7 a"er the pair of victories.

Between the two games, many Jays had career days. Both senior in$elder Nick Judkins and senior catcher Anthony Bemboom had $ve hits on the day. Sophomore out$elder Mike Gerber highlighted his day with a grand slam and senior in$elder Gabriel !ibodeaux added two round-trippers.

Creighton got o# to a hot start, scoring $ve runs in the $rst inning of the day. Junior pitcher Andrew Urban kept North Dakota in check, only allowing two runs over $ve innings of work. !e Fighting Sioux did not help their own cause, with three North Dakota errors

leading to Bluejay runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

Game two saw Creighton score in every inning, a feat rarely accomplished in baseball. !e Bluejays hit four home runs in this game alone.

!e big inning for Creighton came in the $"h, with the Bluejays scoring $ve runs in the frame. !e scoring was capped o# with a three run blast from !ibodeaux.

Junior pitcher Nick Musec picked up his third win of the season. !e hurler threw for $ve innings while only allowing three runs. Bemboom hit a perfect 4-4 with two RBI in the second game.

Creighton opens a three game set Friday in Spring$eld, Mo. against Missouri State University.

MATT BOURGAULTSports Reporter

JOSH BUCYSports Reporter

Bluejays sweep SiouxLEFT: A Creighton player slides into third in the Jays’ Saturday win over North Dakota. RIGHT: Junior pitcher Nick Musec hurls a strike on Saturday. Musec only allowed three runs during his five-inning outing. Photo by Teka Bundy.

Jays kick off conference season

THE CREIGHTONIAN 23 March 20128 Sports

A high-arcing layup with 0.1 seconds thwarted No. 14 seed Creighton’s attempt to upset No. 3 seed St. John’s in the !rst round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. Sunday.

St. John’s guard Nadirah McKenith drove from one end of the "oor to the other in the last !ve seconds of the game to pour in the layup over Creighton sophomore forward Sarah Nelson that gave St. John’s (23-9) a 69-67 victory over the Bluejays (20-13).

“I was praying that it was going in,” McKenith said.

McKenith’s !nal shot capped a thrilling end to the game. In the !nal minute of the game alone, St. John’s and Creighton combined to shoot 6-6 from the free throw line to either tie the score or claim the lead.

First, Creighton senior forward DaNae Moore tied the game at 65 with a pair of free throws following a "agrant foul called against St. John’s with 51 seconds remaining.

St. John’s forward Da’Shena Stevens answered Moore’s free throws with a pair of her own, putting the Red Storm back out in front 67-65 at the 19 second mark.

With just 5 seconds le#, sophomore guard Carli Tritz knocked down a pair of clutch free throws to tie the game again at 67. Tritz’s free throws marked the !#h tie in the game.

$e !rst tie came at the 4:02 mark in the !rst half following an o%ensive run from Creighton that wiped out an early de!cit that peaked at ten points. Solid bench play from freshmen forward Alexis Akin-Otiko, guard Sammy Jensen and forward Taylor Johnson and junior guard Jasmin Corbin got Creighton’s motion o%ense clicking. Creighton’s o%ensive motion created open cuts to the hoop and easy layups. Creighton fought back to be within two at hal#ime.

Creighton and St. John’s matched each other shot for shot early on in the second half, but St. John’s broke a 49-49 tie with a 9-0 run that was capped by a Shenneika Smith jumper at the 7:48 mark. During that run, the Bluejays went scoreless for almost !ve minutes.

Hot shooting from Tritz and solid defense

from the Bluejays brought the Bluejays back into game, with Moore !nally closing the gap with her tying free throws.

Junior guard Ally Jensen led the Bluejays in scoring with 15 points. Jensen shot 4-9 on 3-pointers. Tritz, the Most Outstanding Player in the 2012 Missouri Valley Conference tournament, !nished with 14 points, half of which came in the last !ve minutes. Moore, the lone senior on the team, also contributed 14 points for Creighton.

Nadirah McKenith of St. John’s led all scorers with 21 points. McKenith shot 7-9 from the !eld overall. Da’Shena Stevens was another stand-out performer for the Red Storm, !nishing the game with 12 points and six rebounds.

Creighton head coach Jim Flanery did not see the loss as any reason for his team to be disappointed.

“Whether we won or lost I couldn’t be more proud of them,” Flanery said, “$e team that we are today is so much better than the team that we were in October. In my 20 years in coaching, I’ve never had a team that’s improved more.”

MICHAEL KOTROUSNews Reporter

The blue and white have bright future

$e Creighton men’s basketball team has played its last game of the 2011-12 season. $e Jays’ loss to the University of North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Tournament this past Sunday signaled the end of one of the most successful campaigns in recent memory.

$e Bluejays !nished the year with a 29-6 record overall, the most wins for Creighton since the 2002-03 season. $e team !nished second in the Missouri Valley with a 14-4 conference regular season record and captured the MVC Tournament title in St. Louis.

Creighton emerged victorious against a couple tough non-conference foes in San Diego State University and Long Beach State University, and knocked o% regular season MVC champion Wichita State University in Wichita. All three teams made the Big Dance.

$e Jays were rewarded for winning Arch Madness with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the !rst since 2007. $e Jays were dubbed a No. 8 seed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee and were sent to Greensboro, N.C., to meet the No. 9 seed University of Alabama.

$e Jays knocked o% the Crimson Tide in a nail-biter to earn their !rst tournament win since 2002, before their tournament run came to an end against the No. 1 seed Tar Heels.

$e team’s success resulted in plenty of national attention, both at the team and individual level. Creighton spent 15 out of the 19 weeks of the season ranked in one or both of the top 25 polls, and climbed as high as No. 12 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll.

Sophomore forward Doug McDermott !nished the season as the nation’s third leading scorer at 23.2 points per game. He was named a !rst or second team All-American by several media outlets and has also been named one of four !nalists for the Naismith Award, which recognizes the top player at the Division I level.

Not only did the Jays put forth a winning product, they did so while playing an entertaining style of basketball that fans showed up in droves to watch. Creighton !nished in the top 10 of most o%ensive statistics including !rst in !eld goal percentage, second in team assists per game and seventh in points per game. $e fans responded to the high-scoring style of play — and of course the winning — as Creighton !nished seventh in the country in attendance at 16,664 fans per game.

Creighton cleaned up in conference awards as well. Doug McDermott became the !rst sophomore ever to win the Larry Bird player of the year award, while junior center Gregory Echenique became the !rst bluejay to win defensive player of the year honors. McDermott was named to the All-MVC !rst team, senior guard Antoine Young was named to the second team, junior guard Grant Gibbs was selected

for the all-newcomer team, Echenique was tabbed to the all-defensive team and sophomore forward Ethan Wragge made the all-bench team.

It was an outstanding year for the men’s basketball program, but its conclusion signals the end for four seniors on the team. Young along with senior walk-ons forward Matthew Dorwart, guard/forward Derek Sebastian and guard Ross Ferrarini have reached the end of their careers in the blue and white.

But the future is bright. Young is the only senior on scholarship, meaning the team returns four of !ve starters and nine of ten rotation players. Next season redshirt freshmen center Geo% Groselle and guard/forward Nevin Johnson will move into the rotation and could be joined by a few new recruits.

Depth should be a real strength for the Jays in 2012. Young is a tough loss and several players will have to step up to !ll the void le# by the three-year starter at point guard. But freshman point guard Austin Chatman had a strong !nish to the season and looks ready to step into the limelight.

Although fans might be saddened a#er the loss to North Carolina, one needs only to look to what the team has accomplished this season and what is coming back next year to know this program is heading in the right direction. 2011-12 was a tremendous year, but 2012-13 could very well turn out to be even greater.

Last second shot sinks Jays

JACOB PADILLANews Reporter

It’s the wink seen ‘round the world. Or at least by college basketball fans watching Creighton’s game against the University of North Carolina on Sunday.

Early in the !rst half, Creighton junior guard Grant Gibbs played his game; he got under the skin of Carolina forward John Henson. $e Tar Heel forward was agitated enough to react and was slapped with a technical foul.

And then it happened: Gibbs gave a subtle wink in the direction of the Creighton bench as if to say, “I did my job. I got Henson to overreact and receive a technical.”

But that’s all it was, just a wink. Not a death threat, like he and teammate sophomore forward Ethan Wragge received, or even a broken wrist, like UNC guard Kendall Marshall su%ered.

So what’s the fuss? Why does Tar Heel Nation hate Mr. Gibbs?

My take: Henson got played on national television and Gibbs got the upper hand in that particular incident.

$ink about it, Creighton was winning at that point in the game and UNC supporters needed someone to be upset with. Grant, meet Tar Heel Nation. Tar Heel Nation, meet your new, hated nemesis Grant.

At the end of the game, North Carolina got the upper hand basketball-wise. It won the game with ease and proved it rightfully deserves a top seed.

But at the end of the day, it’s just a game. No one got the upper hand, though a number of Tar Heel fans certainly secured their hold on the metaphorical lower hand. It wasn’t the majority of Carolina fans, and it doesn’t speak volumes of the fan base as a whole, but I mean, death threats? Extremely vulgar language? What is this sport coming to?

I’ve been a basketball fan for nearly 20 years, and I absolutely intend on shooting hoops with my sons and daughters in our driveway when it comes time for me to settle down and raise a family. I love almost everything about the game. But if this is the direction the sport is going – to the point where fans whole-heartedly hope an opposing player is seriously injured or dies – I’ll undoubtedly select another sport to introduce my future children to.

If that’s where the sport of basketball is going, my future kids will play tennis or soccer or badminton. In the wink of an eye.

RYAN HOLMGRENGuest Sports Columnist

Keep it classy

LEFT: Head coach Jim Flanery, junior guard Ally Jensen and senior forward DeNae Moore show their emotions after a heartbreaking loss to St. John’s. RIGHT: Senior forward DeNae Moore puts in a pair of free throws during Sunday’s game. Photos by Michael Kotrous.

Photo courtesy of Creightonian staff.