In our November 11th issue, The Concordian asked the Concordian community to submit their own six-word memoirs in response to the story, Students write life stories in six words or less. Here’s what some of you had to say: I’ll come out when I’m ready – Justin Bertram Found soulmate. Car accident. Age 20. –…
Month: December 2011
Vegetarian options at Concordia
This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Hannah Tower, Dining Services Nutrition Assistant at Concordia College. There are currently over 7 million people in the United States who follow a vegetarian diet and over 22 million who follow a vegetarian-inclined diet. A 2010 study found that three percent of students at Concordia identify as…
Be on time
This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Lisa Bertrand, a Junior at Concordia College. Tardiness is something we all can relate to, but it is almost always unacceptable. Late students miss valuable information. And with ever-rising tuition costs, this habit of lateness becomes a costly one. This is an issue for the students who…
BREW Week
This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Joe Marion, BREW Week Co-founder at Concordia College. BREW Week 2011 has come and passed, and it has left many of us thinking about issues that surround us every day. Campus Service Commission did an outstanding job collaborating, organizing and hosting a wealth of thought-provoking events. Now,…
To the cloud
Ask any of the dancing hipsters in Apple’s newest ads, and they’ll tell you: tablets are cool. Ask them why and they might explain that tablets are super portable (though anything larger than the 7” Kindle Fire really isn’t), that access to hundreds of thousands of apps means you’ll never run out of ways to…
Remembering Thanksgiving
By the time this column is printed, Thanksgiving will have come and gone. I hope yours was full of holiday cheer, time spent with family and friends and much needed R&R. Your holiday traditions probably vary from mine, but the gist is generally the same wherever you go: sitting down to dinner with your family,…
Cold Cobbers
Cobbers, Cobbers, Cobbers: I have to say that we up in da nort’ here sure know what weather is. We have been voted some of the worst weather in the country and we mean it. Sub-zero temps and snow everywhere. Winter is rough with wind shooting tiny ice particles in our faces, salt ruining our…
The value of Twitter
I’ve had a Twitter account since my junior year of high school. As a proud early adopter, I spent a solid year tweeting mostly to myself, posting links to news articles and interesting online reads. I’m still doing that, but in good company — with nearly 360 followers. Those followers did not arrive overnight. Now,…
Remembering rights
On Tuesday Iceland announced that it voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state, making it the first Western European country to do so. If you follow international politics at all, it should come as no surprise to you that this is a major development. The issue of Palestinian statehood is obviously a divisive one…