Next April, after years of abstinence, Clarke University will compete in the National Student Advertising Competition once again. The preparations have begun in the form of a class that is working on creating an advertising campaign for this year’s real-world client: The National Football League. Advertising is everywhere, from billboards, to TVs, and all over people’s phones. Sometimes it feels like the world wouldn’t run without them, and honestly, it probably wouldn’t. The

Clarke University has hosted the Mackin-Mailander Lectures since 1997 after receiving gifts from two alumni, Mary Mackin ’34 and Verna Slattery-Mailander ’20. The yearly series of lectures consists of an outside speaker, a faculty lecture, and an alumni lecture. After being postponed due to weather, Chrissy Hogue Bartels took the stage on Wednesday, April 2nd for her lecture titled, “Crucial Conversations: Turning Pain into Purpose and Setbacks into Success”.    Chrissy Hogue

This past weekend, Clarke’s student-run theater organization, Clarke Cast and Crew, performed their spring play, Frankenstein Slept here by Tim Kelly. The production was directed, cast, and performed by Clarke Students.  The play follows a group of monsters living in Frankenstein’s castle when the owner pays a surprise visit. The cast featured several familiar names, including Maria Mustafa ’26 as Baroness Frankenstein, a descendant of the original scientist who created Fran