Last week was the first Owl of the 2024 fall semester at Doane. The first Owl is always a hard one to do. There’s new staff and rust to shake off for writing, photography and graphics works. That first Owl Night, as they’re affectionately called, is usually a doozy. That first Owl Night I stayed […]
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Doane Track and Field alum Taleah Williams is set to participate in the 2024 Paris Paralympics and will mark her third appearance at a Paralympic Games, having competed in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020. Williams came to Doane by transferring from the University of Nebraska Omaha. In her two years at
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Over the summer the Doane dining hall located in the Perry campus center was completely renovated, with new facilities, kitchen, seating and amenities. The renovations finished just in time for fall orientation as new students were arriving at the Crete campus. Before the renovations were completed, students had to eat in a temporary dining hall
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As a new school year starts up again, a new batch of Doane students begin the process of being integrated into campus via fall orientation. Both freshmen and transfer students arrive on campus early so they can be properly acclimated to the Crete campus; students go on tours around campus, have the opportunity to move
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A new school year often means changes to the campus and its facilities, whether they be upgrades to athletic facilities, classrooms, or residential buildings. One of the many upgraded facilities at Doane this year is the renovated cafeteria, equipped with new kitchen equipment, new seating arrangements for students and a new drainage system including new
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On May 10, Doane University officially unveiled the name of the newest residential hall. Doane President Roger Hughes and former president of institutional advancement at Doane and Aspen Philanthropy Group CEO Roger Sheffield worked together to pull a banner down, revealing the name for the residence hall, C. Donald Brodie Hall. C. Donald Brodie was
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It’s the final week of school and as expected, everyone is cramming assignments, finishing presentations and preparing for tests. With the pressure of finals looming, the library has seen an influx of students, each hoping and praying they pass their classes. As someone who has logged an insane number of hours in the library, both
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Concluding their inaugural season, the Doane eSports Rocket League team finished their postseason run as the national runner-up in the National Esports Collegiate Conference, losing to Ithaca College 2-4 on May 3. For many teams, their inaugural season is often filled with challenges. There is a new coach, new training and a lack of chemistry
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Updated May 12, 2024 On April 30, Doane hosted an honor society induction for the Social Sciences and Modern Languages event, where new members were inducted into one of six honor societies: Pi Sigma Alpha (political science), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Phi Sigma Iota (languages), Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology), Psi Chi (psychology) and Sigma Delta
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After more than a decade of subliminal messages and sneak disses, Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar and the biggest rapper of the modern era Drake have initiated rap nuclear war and have both released a torrent of songs over the weekend littered with attacks regarding race, appropriation, sexual and physical abuse, body image, misogyny, hypocrisy,
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