Opinion

This feels a little surreal; I’m going to be done with college. I’m going to graduate and all of my time here at Doane as a student will be over. There are a lot of emotions that are swirling around right now; I’m excited for my future, I have an immense amount of dread, I’m […]

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

Coming into college, I had this big expectation of who I wanted to be by the end of the year. I even remember writing it down: “I want to be that girl.” Put together, lots of friends, perfect grades. I knew nobody was truly perfect, but I felt like I needed to be. I wanted

In the 2022 film “Vengeance,” one of the eclectic side characters describes our protagonist as a “playlist guy.” When the protagonist expresses confusion about this label, the character explains, “When some computer recommends you a bunch of songs based on your favorites and a bunch more based on your favorites of those. Right. So you’re

LB89, known as the Stand With Women Act, has advanced within the unicameral. Now, the bill just needs to advance through two more rounds of debate. On the surface, standing with women seems like a straightforward concept, but this bill is really an outright attack on transgender youth. “Since 2016, you would be surprised to

When I stepped out of the theater after watching “Sinners,” my initial reaction was unclear, not because I did not like the movie, but because I needed to watch it again. It was an overwhelming masterpiece. “Sinners,” directed by Ryan Coogler, took many risks and covered a variety of topics, including race, death, religion and

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

Recently, I was over at a friend’s place in Lincoln, and the two of us were talking about how our lives are going to be after graduation. Just a mere two days after graduating, she starts her job with a prominent bank chain in Nebraska. We talked about our mutual best friend who is going

Optimize yourself: the only impossible thing is what you don’t try. That is the title of the last book I have just read, and it was an awe-inspiring experience. Last April 7 was my 21st birthday, and my parents surprised me with a small package that arrived at the door of my apartment in Crete.