The Student Government Association’s proposal to change intervisitation is nearing its completion. The Intervisitation Committee has been meeting weekly since September to work on their proposal. SGA held a town hall meeting on Oct. 26 to get student input. The meeting was another step in the long process of revising and reworking the proposal. Sophomore…
Month: November 2011
Students write life stories in six words or less
She meant it to be brief. Joan Kopperud’s unit on six-word memoirs, that is. This semester in her English 421 course titled “Traditions in Literary Genre – the Memoir,” Kopperud, a professor of English, put the six-word memoir on her syllabus as a one-day topic. But the class of 11, made up of students from…
The Fifties are back
Cast members stretch in Concordia’s Francis Frazier Comstock Theater, warming up for the final rehearsal before their debut performance of “Grease.” The buzz of drilling indicates the last few boards are ready for the set as the cast gets into position on stage in front of scattered set pieces such as a bedroom, a classroom…
Forum fosters interfaith dialogue
As the first interfaith chapel week came to a close, Jacqueline Bussie sat back and smiled. As the new director of the Forum on Faith and Life, she sees this as a big step toward her ultimate goal: exploring the big questions of humanity. “We know they’re hard questions, and we know they’re complex,” Bussie…
Low turnout at local election site
The polls opened for Moorhead city elections on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but student turn out was low, according to election judge Erik Skee. “Students aren’t as vested [in the local elections] because they live other places,” Skee said. He has been an election judge for Ward 3, Concordia’s Ward, for six years. City council members…
Local homeless shelters at capacity
He totes a big, blue canvas bag filled with a construction uniform donated by a pastor, hand warmers and the rest of his belongings over to the bus stop by Churches United for the Homeless. He calls himself Milo and is heading off to North Dakota in hopes of finding work at the oil rigs….
Secrets of the stage
Once a week, I talk to you guys about fun things, or fabulous things, but this week I am going to talk to you about secret things. Things that most students on campus do not know or have had the opportunity to know. I am TA for the theatre. Technical Assistant. “For what?” you ask….
I can manage
No student is a stranger to stressful workloads and tight deadlines; both seem to be well-established pillars of the “college experience.” Between classes, student organizations, internships, jobs and social lives, most of us are running on borrowed time. Fortunately the web is home to a multitude of free tools for keeping your head above water….
The Beauty of Math
This article was written by Lexi Robinson, a PULSE contributer for The Concordian. Origami, the art of Japanese paper folding, dates back to 1680. The first reference to origami is in a poem by Ihara Saikaku. Origami butterflies represented the Japanese brides and grooms of the Heian period and the journey ahead of them. Dr….
Getting to Know Our Neighbors: The Prairie Home Cemetery
A quick poll of students in the Atrium revealed that many Concordia students grew up listening to Garrison Keillor’s weekly radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion.” The quirky Midwestern feel of the show inspires small-town nostalgia in many people, whether they grew up in a Lake Wobegon-esque town or a large city halfway across the…