Her Cobber ring sits in a glass dish, unworn. The golden “C” in a rectangular ruby surrounds “05,” the year Jade Rosenfeldt graduated from Concordia College. Now an attorney at Vogel Law Firm in Fargo, N.D., Rosenfeldt doesn’t wear her ring. Each year, hundreds of juniors and a handful of seniors spend $500, $600 or…
This Letter to the Editors was submitted by Mark Besonen, a sophomore at Concordia College. Well folks, the lineup has been finalized. After months of breathless anticipation and prolonged periods of action-packed drama, the presidential faceoff scheduled for this November is now set between Barack Obama on the left and Mitt Romney on the center-right….
This Letter to the Editors was submitted by Hannah Tower, Nutrition Assistant for Dining Services at Concordia College. Finals are one of the most stressful times of the year for college students, and it is important to remember not to throw all your healthy habits out the window. It is all too easy to fall…
Before Memorial Auditorium fills with seniors, families and friends to send graduates off into the world, the facility will be flooded with Cobbers new and old to welcome someone new. On April 28, President William Craft’s inauguration will be held in conjunction with Founders Day Weekend. “Inaugurations are a milestone for a college,” said Tracey…
This article was written by Meagan Pittelko, a contributing writer at The Concordian. Students sit in class every day, calculating the route to the nearest restroom. Turn right after leaving the classroom, walk down the staircase to the left, find the door halfway down the hallway. But what if, upon reaching the door, students realizes…
The Black Students Union, for one of its maiden events since its inauguration a year ago, took up the mantel of organizing the annual Hip Hop Summit this year. The Hip Hop Summit was previously organized by the Hip Hop Congress, a national committee that has a chapter on campus. Last year, however, the Congress…
The search for a new dean of arts and sciences is nearing its completion after campus visits were conducted in March by the three final candidates. The committee responsible for the search is currently reviewing the responses of faculty, administrators and students who attended these campus visits. Michael Wanous was the first of the three…
During the past couple of weeks I’ve done a lot of traveling. I usually don’t travel much, so spending more time on the move is a different experience for me, and I’ve certainly enjoyed some time away doing something different. As always, packing for trips can be the most challenging aspect of one’s trip. My…
The search for new personnel to succeed Concordia’s departing ensemble directors has borne fruit of late. The music department has announced choir director Michael Smith’s successor and has narrowed the candidates for band director Scott Jones’s down position to three finalists. The two departures come during a particularly unique period of transition for the music…
The Men’s golf team is off to a good start this season. The team reached a final score of 298 for their first spring meet at the St. John’s Triangular on April 6. St. John’s came in at 297, leaving the Cobbers in 2nd Place behind the nationally ranked team. Visit the athletics homepage here…