During opening commencement in 1956, former President Joe Knutson named the freshman class with a title that would become their claim to fame. “President Knutson said it,” said class member Herb Morgenthaler, “we were the biggest, brightest, and best class to ever attend Concordia.” They did their best to live up to it. Known for…
This article was written by Kayla Culver, a contributing author for The Concordian. Last summer and last spring break, Concordia students traveled to Ecuador to volunteer at Case De Fe, an orphanage based in the Amazon jungle of Shell, Ecuador. Patti Sue Arnold is the director and founder of Casa De Fe. The orphanage is…
Fargo native Debra Dawson began her journey to Duk Payuel in South Sudan, Africa, after an unlikely encounter with Joseph Akol Makeer, a Lost Boy of Sudan. Joseph fled genocide in 1987 at the age of 10 and came to live in Fargo in 2003. He attended NDSU, but he could not forget the horrific…
Doyle Cab, the company known for providing flat fare rides for area college students, has changed its policy. If a student wants to ride with Doyle Cab, she or he will now be charged half of the metered fare, instead of the flat fee previously charged. The reason for the switch, according to Doyle Cab…
The stark, mysterious, grassland hills of southeastern North Dakota have taken over Concordia’s Cyrus M. Running Gallery. The gallery’s walls have been pushed away to make room for nature, which has come bringing seasons, storms and tales of the land. Art Professor Heidi Goldberg’s show Livets dans (The Dance of Life) brought this landscape to…
Many Concordia College students work hard to give back to the Cobber community through on-campus organizations and leadership positions, but rarely are they recognized publicly for all of their effort. This year, the Homecoming Court is made up of five men and five women being recognized for their work. “Homecoming Court is a way to…
Concordia has a new secret weapon for our athletics program– Scott Savor, the new strength and conditioning coach. His job in a nutshell: improving performance of Concordia’s athletes. The strength and conditioning coach simply is responsible for training athletes in the weight room and motivating them to reach their potential in performance. Savor reigns from…
Some teams have competition amongst themselves over the course of a season. Teammates push each other to do better in practice, performing at meets, in games, and in everything related to their sport. The Men’s Cross Country team has something much better: the Cobber Games. The storied Cobber Games entered its 14th year of existence…
The Cobbers visited Carleton’s turf for their game last weekend on Oct. 8, 2011, crushing the Knights into the ground with a final score of 26-7. By scoring the opening possession of the game, our Cobber men set the game off to a good start. The offense and defense played well the entire day, especially…
The attention of the sporting world will NOT be focused on Concordia College this weekend, or in these United States of America. (Gasp!) Think bigger—literally, picture some behemoth of a man with arms the size of small children, bulging shoulder and neck muscles, a barrel chest and tree trunk-like legs. Now, keep picturing this man:…