Clearing a path: The unsung heroes of a cold campus commute
In the morning after a heavy snowfall, students often check weather reports, rummage through sweaters and reload inboxes for the “class canceled” email. Less likely to be at the forefront of their mind? The people whose efforts make the commutes possible. Snow removal on campus means clearing 210 doorways, 10Continue Reading
Inniger gets hot, breaks record
The Cobber men’s basketball team won their first game of the 2022 calendar year as they cruised past St. Olaf, scoring a season-high 83 points in an 83-66 win. Leading the offensive charge for the Cobbers was Dylan Inniger. He scored a first-year student school record of 30 points andContinue Reading
“We just need Concordia to try”: One student’s fight to stay a Cobber
A few days after Christmas of 2021, a GoFundMe circulated the minds and social media of the Concordia community. Senior international student Theodore Yumba Mutumba Jr. needed $15,000 by Jan 15, 2022 or he could no longer be a Concordia student. Within a week, 373 people donated $15,971. Sophomore ShovaContinue Reading
Behind the mail slots
On an average day in January, Concordia College’s on-campus post office is overwhelmed by anywhere from 150 to 200 packages that need to be handed to students by post office manager Connor Poland and student workers. The post office window is open to students and faculty from 10:00 a.m. untilContinue Reading
Concordia College hosts keynote speakers for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Concordia College honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day by inviting speakers to talk to the student body about social justice and to celebrate King’s legacy. Speaking over Zoom, the guests included Payton Head, an activist and community leader and Derecka Purnell, a human rights lawyer and author. Head kicked offContinue Reading
Derecka Purnell: “You cannot just plant flowers”
Derecka Purnell, a civil rights lawyer from St. Louis, Missouri, joins the Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities at Concordia College as the second keynote speaker of the event. She is an organizer, writer and author of a recently published book “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom.” Continue Reading
Opinion: It feels like we’ve given up on COVID
As of my writing this, there are over 800,000 positive cases and 150,000 people in the hospital daily due to COVID in the U.S. These are the highest numbers, by far, of the pandemic in this country, up 309% and 112% from last year’s peak, respectively. Two thousand people areContinue Reading
Album review: Earl Sweatshirt returns with “SICK!”
Earl Sweatshirt is, in my humble opinion, a hip-hop powerhouse. His last solo project was an EP released in 2019, so this full length album is a solid return. His return to the rap game also led to a world tour combined with Action Bronson and The Alchemist, both bigContinue Reading
Film review: “Licorice Pizza” features promising debuts and graceful California nostalgia
After audiences on the coasts could go see it for months, one of the best films of 2021 has finally come to our neck of the woods in the Midwest. Paul Thomas Anderson, who has written and directed some of the greatest films of the last 30 years, brings forthContinue Reading
Crazy Minnesota winters
There is always something that bonds state-mates. For New Mexico it is the artsy, hippie culture, for New York it is non-New Yorkers complaining about the crowded subways, for Florida, it is dealing with decisions of “Florida man” and finally, for Minnesota, it is bragging about the weather when itContinue Reading