The Cobber wrestling team is proposing to expand their facilities for their growing team into the Riverside Center gym. Athletic Director Rich Glas and co-head wrestling coaches Clay Nagel and Matt Nagel presented their idea to renovate the former Riverside Elementary School gym to a project request committee consisting of various Concordia administrators, and they…
Track and Field This year’s Cobber track and field team is the largest the program has ever seen according to the men’s head coach Garrick Larson. “The size of the program is a good sign for success,” he said. “It’s a healthy program.” Larson credits the program’s competitiveness to their challenging schedule. “We don’t often…
“At this time of year everything in Portland is dead,” said Portland State University student and Oregon native Rob Duran. But his statement contradicts the landscape 15 Concordia students saw when stepping off the Amtrak train in Portland, Ore. “It was a lot warmer than Fargo-Moorhead,” sophomore John Stelter said. “There were green things that…
This year’s MIAC Championships featured a strong showing from Concordia’s basketball teams. The women placed second in the playoffs, losing 50-58 to St. Thomas in the championship final, and the men lost 67-74 to Augsburg in the semifinals. The women went on to win a bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament, but lost 64-72…
This year’s Health Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday in the Centrum. The event’s purpose is to educate and inform students and community members. More than 30 vendors will be on campus providing free information, answering questions and offering free massages. Junior Meg Pittelko is the current Health Fair…
“When your heart stops beating, you’ll keep Tweeting.” That’s the slogan of a new startup company that is slated to launch in March. LivesOn is being advertised as “your social afterlife” and will analyze your tweets and continue posting similar content for you once you have died. When I originally read about this a few…
Spotted: outraged and embarrassed Cobbers on Twitter. A Twitter account called “Gossip Girl Conco” has been the talk of many students on campus, and rarely does it inspire positive thoughts. This account has the main goal of spreading rumors and causing scandal—exposing infidelity, sexual promiscuity and embarrassing moments. This anonymous account even has the audacity…
Now don’t get me wrong, I really do love Concordia. I love going to class with the most intelligent and driven of peers, visiting with the most pleasant of administrative and support staff, and spending all my free time BREWing. Acknowledging that not every day is going to be all roses and tulips, I think…
It’s official—Bill Gates will speak at Concordia College this April. Concordia’s campus will be a different place with such a prominent, global figure on its grounds. In fact, the hype from the upcoming visit is already spreading throughout the school and spilling into the surrounding community, promising to change this college in the coming years….