Life and Culture

Photos by Brianna Wright & Mackenzie Pike | The Doane Owl (Left) The 2026 members of Alpha Pi Epsilon. (Right) Phi Sigma Tau members and alumni celebrate. Throughout February, each Greek group on campus put in many sleepless nights, tons of steps and maybe lost their voices once or twice, to lead up to the […]

Last week, from Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, the Theatre Department presented the play “Birthday Candles,” as described by senior Cody Lee Crist: ”Birthday Candles follows Ernestine Ashworth from her 17th birthday and over the course of her many birthdays, we see her ups and downs through life in the course of 90 minutes, all

Friday, Feb. 27, Doane University Latino Student Association (DULSA) cleared away the tables in Lakeside to create a dancefloor for their Latin Dance Night. “My expectations for the event are high. I’ll be teaching salsa to everyone, and it will be a very pleasant atmosphere,” sophomore Luis Ariza Gonzalez said before the event. Ariza Gonzalez

Cheap and boring ramen doesn’t always have to be the broke college kid staple, as the Asian and Pacific Islander Organization (APIO) and Student Programming Board (SPB) showed in their joint ramen night on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Lakeside from 6-8 p.m.  The first 20 students in line received a free ramen bowl, some being

Omaha songwriter and artist Eva Bleu joined the Student Programming Board (SPB) on Tuesday, Feb. 17, for some R&B/soul covers and crafts.  SPB’s coffee shop series brought in some chill vibes with felt pennant banner crafts and some funky tunes to Lakeside. “The goal for our coffee shop series is to promote small artists within

After hours of snowfall on Thursday, Feb. 19, some students braved the storm to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Although the Lunar New Year was on Feb.17, the Year of the Fire Horse, the Asian and Pacific Islander Organization (APIO) held a celebratory gathering that Thursday.  Senior Nadalie Leon and Chef Shack showed people how

The office of Community and Government Relations (CGR) hosted another installment in the Hear Me Out series, which was attended by an equal mix of staff and students. The goal of these sessions is to build thriving communities where stories can be shared and connections made. Students learned how to listen to others and share

SPB, the Student Programming Board, hosted DIY Snowglobes and Lip Sugar Scrubs in Lakeside on Tuesday, Feb. 3, as a part of their Coffee Shop Series.  Two tables adjacent to the coffee shop were filled with all the supplies needed to make a brown sugar lip scrub with essential oils or a snowglobe with a

Doane’s AIGA Club (American Institute of Graphic Arts) is working to expand its presence at Doane University while giving students hands-on design experience and professional connections. The organization is open to all students, but especially welcomes those pursuing art and design. Sophomore Hailey Schweitzer, print and social media chair of AIGA, explained that the club’s