I’ve dreaded having to say goodbye to a lot of people at the end of my college years, and this is going to be one of the toughest ones, right off the bat. Being the editor-in-chief of a college newspaper was never something I anticipated happening, even when I startedContinue Reading
The cadence “I was adopted from Ukraine” feels so familiar to me, like I could say it in my sleep. When I was much younger, old people I had no recollection of would come to me in the grocery store and tell me that they remember when my parents broughtContinue Reading
My friend Aya Al-Shakarchi recommended me a book called “A Philosophy of Walking” by Frédéric Gros during summer 2020. It started with the idea that we, as human beings, always walk to get somewhere. We walk from car to building, building to building and building to car. I agreed withContinue Reading
I am not the first to say it: our college years coinciding with unprecedented times has been getting a little old. The curtains have been drawn back on the various systems we live by and no one seems to agree on anything. We are, however, seeing more people on aContinue Reading
By Kayla Zopfi A student in my Women’s and Gender Studies class, WGS201, is currently awaiting trial for 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of disseminating child pornography. This is public knowledge – yet, from what I can gather, this student has been free to takeContinue Reading
An open letter to the Concordia COVID-19 task force: On August 28th, Concordia College had its first confirmed case of COVID-19. As of writing and in just 13 days, the total of cases has now reached 110. This is a clear indication that Concordia’s efforts are falling short of itsContinue Reading
Over the last four decades, we graduated from Concordia College and were ‘sent forth’ into the world inspired and guided by the mission of the college, which, each in our own way, we adopted as our personal mission, “to influence the affairs of the world by sending into society thoughtful and informedContinue Reading
By Ingrid Jacobson ’21 On Friday, March 6, the same day that Minnesota received its first presumptive positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case, the Concordia community received an email from President Craft entitled “Concordia College Preparedness for Coronavirus.” At the time ofthe email, the college wasnot yet aware of the positiveContinue Reading
By Dr. Richard M. Chapman Recalling the witness and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Concordia has long awakened mind and stimulated soul amidst late January’s wintry blast. It is appropriate that our community now reconvenes classes on MLK day—a practice still in infancy—to celebrate King’s lifeContinue Reading
Hello Cobbers! My name is Anna Weier and I am this year’s editor-in-chief of The Concordian. I wanted to give you a quick introduction and what I aim to do with the The Concordian this year. I am a senior double majoring in environmental studies and heritage and museum studiesContinue Reading