Episode 10 — The Fountain, the Mall and Suscipe, Creighton's nude sculpture
Release Date: 06/14/2023
Episode 14 — Father Markoe and the DePorres Club
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Episode 13 — The Most Notorious Book Thief: Part 3
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Episode 12 — The Most Notorious Book Thief: Part 2
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Episode 11 — The Most Notorious Book Thief: Part 1
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Episode 10 — The Fountain, the Mall and Suscipe, Creighton's nude sculpture
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Episode 9 — Returning to the Old Gym, 75 years later
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Episode 8 — The bomb, the boss and the Jesuit
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Episode 7 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 3)
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Aaand ... here's the third and final part in our series of episodes on 2023 anniversaries. This one covers 1983 to 2022 and includes the arrival of the ‘Eternal Flame,’ the fake football team's national championship win and the first Creighton alum in space.
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Episode 6 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 2)
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And here's part 2 of our series of Weird Creighton History episodes on 2023 anniversaries. This episode tracks anniversaries from 1948 to 1973, including the debut of the DePorres Club, the start of women’s sports and the arrival of air conditioning in Swanson Hall.
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Episode 5 — Creighton's 2023 anniversaries (Part 1)
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Another year, another list of Creighton anniversaries. In the first of this three-part series of episodes, Rick and Micah cover such historic events as ... the birth of the Bluejay, the start of the track team and the belated graduation of an alum whom Eisenhower called "the man who won the war."
info_outlineWith the St. John's Fountain and Plaza under renovations (and it being the 30-year anniversary of the Eternal Flame sculpture), Rick and Micah decided to explore the history of Creighton's fountain and Mall and ended up talking a bunch about a controversial nude sculpture and its long, sad campus journey. Some weird details here. Did you know they once wanted to put a pond/ice-skating rink on the Mall next to Gallagher? You can read a whole bunch about the fountain's history (and see dozens of photos) here.
(UPDATE: We found Suscipe! He was hiding in plain sight the whole time. My trusty colleague Casey Hoag, Creighton's senior director of external relations, found the sculpture hanging out between the Hitchcock and Eppley buildings. It's still a beautiful sculpture, and it would still probably spark a minor controversy if they tried to put it on top of the St. John's Fountain today. In any case, we're happy to see that Suscipe found a permanent home and, one hopes, some semblance of peace after such a tumultuous journey.)