Our columnist dissects and defends Obama’s strategy against ISIS With the recent announcement of President Obama’s strategy on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), congressional Republicans have been quick to question its ‘credibility and comprehensiveness’. Others akin to Robert Kagan question Obama’s aversion to conflict. What many seem to miss is that Obama’s…
For most Concordia students, the announcement last spring of Fjelstad’s closing shocked many students and staff. Rumors were spread about a sudden, dramatic decrease in enrollment for the incoming freshmen class. However, people who have been looking at the numbers for the past few years though can tell you that there is nothing sudden about…
Before Concordia freshmen enter their first classes and their college years beyond, they must undergo three activity-packed days of orientation. Though many students feel orientation properly introduced them to Concordia, they have mixed feelings about how things were handled. Greg Fensom, a freshman, claimed orientation did not correctly describe the true college lifestyle. “The image…
With the help of their fellow teammates, athletes are successfully integrating into the Cobber community Over the years, Concordia has been lucky enough to have had many talented freshmen athletes attend the school and play for the Cobbers. This year is no exception. According to Concordia’s athletic director, Richard Glas 39% of this year’s freshman…
Could an independent Scotland be economically stable? This is it, my big break. This is my first time writing for an audience – unless you count my Nebraskan penpal from third grade – though he couldn’t actually read. In those first two sentences, I feel like I completely summed up what I hope this article…
How will Concordia crash our sleepovers? With no more visitation policies in the dorms, students may intermingle with either gender at any time of day. However, Resident Life has issued a new policy to regulate overnight stays. The question is, will it be followed? “I’m glad that intervis is not a thing anymore,” Grace Bateman…
The myth of Prexy’s Pond has been debunked: it is biologically safe to swim in compared to other lakes, but it is still not allowed. Jerry Raguse, the Grounds Service Supervisor, has been keeping an eye on the pond all summer, adding water when needed and using a net to remove unnecessary objects. Prexy’s contains…
Reader engagement, visual appeal among goals Let’s all be honest with ourselves right now. How many people on campus actually knew we had a weekly, student-run newspaper until you started reading this? Now, I am sure many people could answer yes to that question. But I will pose an even better question: How many people…
It’s unusual that economic works garner national attention in the United States, especially to the degree that they sell out on Amazon. French economist Thomas Piketty has done just that with his work Capital in the Twenty-First Century. But his results are startling and incredibly important as we analyze the economic conditions of people around…
As you may or may not be aware, FX recently released the first episode of a new television series based on the Cohen brother’s 1996 film Fargo. This was a pretty big deal to the city of Fargo – the Fargo Theater hosted a premiere party complete with a cocktail hour before, and a Q&A…