The Concordia community is tired, and two students think they have a solution. Hannah Wilson and Kayla Zopfi created a Change.org petition urging Concordia College to increase the number of respite days per semester from one to five. During a regular fall semester, Concordia students have a full week ofContinue Reading
After over a year of campaign messages, rallies, debates and exchanges on Twitter, the American people went to the polls on November 3 to choose their president. The process was long and more divisive than almost any in recent memory, but the results are clear. Joe Biden has received moreContinue 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
Most students don’t have the energy to run a marathon. Still, Concordia is now following a schedule that demands students academically get used to the trek. The new schedule excludes a mid-semester break (substituted by a mid-week respite day) and instead extended Thanksgiving and Easter break. It was created inContinue Reading
Gender-neutral bathrooms, inclusion in the residence halls and safe spaces on campus: these have all been efforts made at Concordia to create a more welcoming environment on campus. October is LGBTQ History Month, so what has Concordia done in the past to support this community? A trip to the archivesContinue Reading
Canceled. The end of spring semester. The Belltower Bash. The Johnny Holmes dance. The list goes on and on with what has been canceled because of coronavirus. It is no secret that community building is hard with the restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but communityContinue Reading
Summertime sadness doesn’t have to turn into wintertime depression. Concordia College’s Counseling Center is an on-campus resource for mental health awareness and services. Carrie Nostrant is a mental health counselor said the center “aims to support and facilitate students’ personal and academic success and development by identifying the needs ofContinue Reading
Three registration tables, six stations and a handful of senior level nursing students spaced out in a large area. The nursing department at Concordia paired with Sanford Health to host a flu shot clinic on October 16 this year, which left some people wondering why they should get a fluContinue Reading
Forty-nine percent. That is the percentage of Concordia students who have been consistently filling out the COVID Daily Symptom Check surveys that everyone on campus has received and been asked to complete since the beginning of this school year. In a Cobweb Express email sent out on October 1, itContinue Reading
In its original Greek definition, the word politics means “to influence the affairs of the city.” The 2020 election is less than a month away. Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates are happening every week, and social media seems to be filled with political content. One of the simplest ways we canContinue Reading