Life and Culture

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

On Aug. 13, Doane’s TRIO program hosted a social event designed to have first-gen upperclassmen meet with the first-gen freshmen. Being a first-gen student means that you are the first person in your family to go to a four-year institution. Oftentimes, being a first-gen student can mean that you can get little to no advice

Last week was Senior Week, where seniors were able to participate in a variety of different activities, including the Forbidden Campus Tour, free coffee and donuts and Bar Night which offered free beer, seltzers and Raising Canes. Senior Payton Detavernier’s favorite part of Senior Week was Bar Night, not only because of hanging out with

Doane hosted Destress Fest on May 8. Destress Fest was a way for students to unwind before finals and have a break from their studies. “Seeing the joy on student’s faces when they get the stress out on smashing computers or pet a mini horse, or just forget about school for a second [was my

To wrap up the month of April and the Student Programming Board’s (SPB) Foodie Series, members of SPB put together an Ice Cream Night on April 30. It was held in Lakeside from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where Fresh Ideas Chef Shack Butters worked with students teaching them how to make ice cream in

The Current Legal Issues class at Doane University is going to be presenting their mock opinions on May 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. in Gaylord 427. The opinions are going to be centered around the Supreme Court (SC) case “US v. Rahimi,” a 2024 case about gun control. The presenters are sophomore Jenny Cardoso,

Doane’s Student Programming Board (SPB) hosted another event in their series, titled “Coffee Shop Series.” The premise of the series is that the SPB brings in artists or groups of artists from the surrounding area and has them perform here at Doane University. For this event in the series, SPB decided to bring in Jack