Oct. 31, 2008 is more than just Halloween for Cobbers. It is also Reformation Day at Concordia, marking the 117th anniversary of the college’s opening in 1891. Almost 120 years ago, Pastor J.M.O. Ness, Fargo druggist Lars Christianson and Pastor John. O. Haugen laid the foundation for the private liberal arts college that students still…
Month: October 2008
Blasts from the Concordian’s past
While homecoming weekend brought many Cobber alumni back to campus, several of them stopped by The Concordian office to tell about how it used to be. The Concordian hosted a homecoming open house for alumni who worked on the paper during their time at Concordia. From 9:30 a.m. until noon, former writers, editors, production directors…
What’s up with parking?
Parking has been an issue for many years at Concordia, and the situation continues to worsen as enrollment increases and more vehicles arrive on campus. The school now has around 2,800 students enrolled and employs about 300 full- and part-time faculty while there are only an estimated 1,730 parking stalls on campus, says Erik Ramstad,…
Festival provides new insight to the world of writing
The Visiting Writer’s Festival took place Oct. 1-3. This is the 10th year of the festival, and the first event was a public reading by Alicia Conroy, Jude Nutter and Diane Wilson. Each writer represented a different genre of writing to give students a glance at the wide-range of writing styles available. “I picked the…