Just don't call it "School"

Spirits on the Creighton campus are presumably high right now. After an 0-2 start in the Valley, the Jays have won five straight conference games to get right back in the mix, the suddenly world beating, #22 Drake Bulldogs invade the Qwest--where Creighton has won five of their last six against ranked opponents--on Tuesday night, and CU is getting its very own on campus bar.

Does it get much better for a small mid-major university? Relative basketball success and school sanctioned drinking.

While the Omaha.com article linked above takes great care to examine the inherent problems and increased responsibility an on campus bar would bring, the whole thing seems to embody the college spirit to me.

A pint with a prof after class? Seems like the stuff of the letter sweater era but that's precisely what Creighton is going to do. (No word on whether or not incoming freshmen will be once again issued beanies.)

We have every assurance that a disapproving Billy Bluejay (or someone similar) will be vigilant in their pursuit of responsible drinking. Conveniently, this student center bar will close at least an hour before last call elsewhere--two if you want to cross the river--so, like the U. of Wisconsin example cited in the article, students can get plammered near home and raise hell elsewhere.

Sounds like a perfect system to me, now tell me more about those paper pitchers you speak of.

Salud. And beat Drake.