A 26-year holiday tradition, “The Nutcracker” will be performed this weekend by the Bonnie Haney Dance and Performing Company at the Moorhead High School stage. Performances will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday. More than 100 people, ages four to 21, will participate in the show, said Bonnie Haney,…
Month: December 2012
Students focus with ‘study drugs’
Editor’s Note: Some names of sources have been changed at the request of sources who wish to avoid possible repercussions. These names are denoted at their first mention with an asterisk. There’s a palpable change in the atmosphere around Concordia’s campus, and one need look no further than the packed library and study spaces around…
PACODES comes back: Students revive inactive club to send books to Sudanese communities
After two years of remaining inactive, Cobbers for Panyijiar Community Development Services is making a comeback. Roy Hammerling, the group’s faculty advisor, said the students have shown “incredible creativity and passion for (this group).” PACODES is an official North Dakota nonprofit organization aimed to aid and improve the education, health, humanitarian aid, agriculture, faith and…
Stedman speaks about atheism
The beginning to finding the answer is by bridging gaps through storytelling. The author of “Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious,” Chris Stedman, urged everyone in the Centrum last Sunday night to find a way to understand religious differences though sharing their own stories. Senior Andreas Rekdal had talked to Stedman…
Bike-share plans in motion
Imagine being able to walk out of your dorm room, hop on a bike and go to Dairy Queen whenever you want. No bike? Soon, that may not be a problem. Students from North Dakota State University, Concordia College and Minnesota State University Moorhead are working with city leaders to bring a bike-share program to…
Celebrating equality in sports
Students, athletes, alumni and community members gathered in Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 2 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, an amendment enacted in 1972 giving women equal rights in educational programs and activities receiving federal funding. This amendment opened up school sports for participation by women. Senior women’s administrator and associate athletic director,…
Advancement Office restructures
Concordia’s Advancement Office has begun to restructure its staff with the elimination of a position, and more changes that will take effect Jan. 1. With the restructure of the department, the alumni office eliminated the position of Searle Swedlund, the former associate director of alumni relations. Swedlund, a Concordia alumnus, served the college for 14…
The ghost of finals past
I am writing this article for you in my townhouse, surrounded by seven books, a graphing calculator, and four cans of Coke. It is quite obvious that I have been managing stress in my own unique and entirely disgusting way. I have honestly forgotten what it was like in high school when my night ended…
Jazz musicians feel ‘Kind of Blue’
Five songs. That is all it took to make the best selling jazz record of all time. The sound was soft, but soulful; the solos short, but powerful. Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” has been a great influence to many musicians. Everything on the record is something to behold—at least as far as Russ Peterson…
Rockin’ round the Christmas tree with SIC
Classic Christmas tunes floated through the atrium Monday, Dec. 3 as the Student Involvement Committee hosted their first-ever holiday party. Student organization leaders were invited to join in the festivities and celebrate all they have accomplished this semester. The “Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree with SIC” party involved lots of planning and brainstorming. To begin,…