Published on March 4, 2024, 4:34 p.m.by Meg Fullen. College football holds a special place in sporting fans’ hearts through the legacy of intensity and competition passed on since 1869. Throughout the last decade, college football fans find themselves saying goodbye to old traditions and transitioning
by Hailey Castillo. In 2009, former UCLA Bruins power forward Ed O’Bannon sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) due to its unfair compensation rules. During his time at UCLA in the 1990s, student-athletes were barred from “receiving any compensation, beyond the value of their athletics scholarships, for the
Published on April 3, 2023, at 2:34 p.m. by Jenna Richardson. The fitness drink brand Celsius is a name that many, especially Generation Z, are familiar with. It’s credited with its “Live Fit” lifestyle and immense success with younger generations that has seemed to skyrocket in the last few
Published on Oct. 26, 2022, at 7:45 p.m. by Carleigh Clark. Name, image and likeness. Three words that have changed the landscape of college athletics almost overnight. NIL deals created millionaires out of college athletes seemingly instantaneously. The National Collegiate Athletic Association voted on June 30, 2021, to
Published on March 3, 2022, at 6:49 p.m. by Katie Holec. The job of a sports information director (SID) isn’t the most glamorous, but it’s rewarding. “It’s a unique position where you’re not the star of the show,” Creighton University Sports Information Director Rob Anderson said. “It’s a lot, and there’s a
Published on March 2, 2022, at 7:10 p.m. by Sophie Gregor. For many students, the college experience means all sorts of new: beginnings, opportunities and freedoms. Students can venture out to different cities and states to become immersed in a new environment. They can experience new
Published on March 8, 2022, at 3:02 p.m. by Sydney Miner. From sharing social media posts to hosting promotional events, brand ambassadors have been able to strengthen companies’ relationships with key publics. For years, brands have utilized ambassadors to target specific publics, and with the rise
Published on October 19, 2020, at 3:15 p.m. by Caroline Ladd. In the early stages of the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of college students in the U.S. were sent home for the remainder of spring semester. When classes were moved online, some students had more
Published on September 23, 2020, at 9:50 p.m. by Tess Hensley. As COVID-19 made its way into the United States earlier this year, colleges were suddenly front-page news: Who was shutting down first, and for how long? Students, faculty and administrators scrambled to adjust their
Published on September 18, 2020, at 9:51 a.m. by Kathleen McManus. As universities prepared to isolate students who tested positive for COVID-19, did they anticipate how students would use social media? Students immediately shared a steady stream of content on TikTok For You pages and Twitter feeds about life
