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The month of September is known as Suicide Prevention Month, and although it is important to dedicate all of those who have taken their own lives, it should not just be a month-long thing, but instead a year-round thing.  According to the World Health Organization, more than 720,000 beautiful souls take their lives every year, […]

This is the last issue of the Doane Owl for the 2024-2025 school year. While we are sad we won’t be able to report on all the athletes going to NAIA nationals, or the variety of campus events, news, both local and national, as well as graduation, we want to thank all of you for

Being a college newspaper is hard. There are funding concerns seemingly every year, current attacks from government officials trying to limit student journalism and the fact that we live in a changing digital world often kills student journalism. However, despite that, the Doane Owl and numerous other college newspapers in the Midwest continued the storied

By Timothy Hill (Policy and Values) and Amanda Irions (Communication) Even though the Rev. Dr. Robert L. Polk graduated from Doane in 1952, he continues to influence the Doane community today. Polk’s first application to Doane was rejected because administrators believed, wrongly, that White Doane students would refuse a Black roommate. With his Doane degree

Olivia Prauner, Guest Writer I’ve been in private schools my entire life, and while they’re often seen as “prestigious,” private school teachers struggle more than their public counterparts. In high school, I began to notice the number of teachers leaving to work for public schools, which paid more. Private school teachers are severely underpaid. The