What started as a shelf of snacks and nonperishables quickly expanded into a room full of food that now feeds 220 Concordia students a year. In May 2020, the Office of Student Engagement created the Cobber Food Pantry to provide a welcoming, judge-free, and easy-to-access resource for students who struggleContinue Reading
Thanksgiving is a time when we are supposed to come together, share a meal and talk about what we are thankful for. In other words, Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to spread COVID-19. Concordia College’s Dining Services are taking steps to make sure their annual Thanksgiving meal on November 12Continue Reading
Delicious food can make your get-togethers even better, whether it’s with friends, family or a date. Since the Fargo-Moorhead area is well known for its downtown, nightlife and restaurants, where is the best place to get food with all the choices? Katelyn Ohren, a senior majoring in communications, likes toContinue Reading
Fall is in full swing and Fargo’s local market is still up and running. The Red River Market has been in Fargo since 2015 and has become immensely popular. Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there are crowds of people at every tent looking to buy fresh produceContinue Reading
White walls. White tables. White chairs. White bar. White mugs. White light. Vinyl of Rolling Stones plays, coffee machines whirr, conversations flutter. A family walks in, dad leading the way with an “I believe in Fargo” shirt as his wife and young daughter follow. Co-owner Tim Griffin stands in frontContinue Reading
Chinese club celebrates the chinese new year with students and the local community Two long red papers hang on the open doors of the Centrum. Chinese characters are elegantly scrawled from top to bottom across the vivid color. This is the Chun Lian and on it are sayings that wishContinue Reading
An analytical chemistry lab is taking BREW to another level by analyzing the chemical content of four different kinds of beer: Pillager, Porter; Azacca Attacker, American Pale; Burn the Boats, American IPA; Broken Rudder, Irish Red Ale. Cobber students produced research that will be used to help Drekker Brewery inContinue Reading
The upstairs dish room in Anderson Commons hums with the sound of running water and machinery. Three student workers stand in front of two clear plastic bins that are filling up with a medley of foods left over from their classmates’ plates. The students are told to empty drinks intoContinue Reading
If small-batch brewing is called micro-brewing, Junkyard Brewing Company considers itself a “nano-brewery.” Last year, Brothers Aaron and Dan Juhnke plunged into the micro-brewing business in hopes of bringing excellent local beer to the citizens of the Fargo/Moorhead area. Now, they pride themselves on making superior craft beer that emphasizesContinue Reading
Local coffee shops provide the ambiance, socializing and caffeine that Cobbers long for, according to Senior Brittany Schwingler, a self-proclaimed coffee addict. For sleep-deprived college students, it is no surprise that the morning caffeine fix is a necessary part of the day. For many of us, coffee is very muchContinue Reading