A few days after Christmas of 2021, a GoFundMe circulated the minds and social media of the Concordia community. Senior international student Theodore Yumba Mutumba Jr. needed $15,000 by Jan 15, 2022 or he could no longer be a Concordia student. Within a week, 373 people donated $15,971. Sophomore ShovaContinue Reading
On an average day in January, Concordia College’s on-campus post office is overwhelmed by anywhere from 150 to 200 packages that need to be handed to students by post office manager Connor Poland and student workers. The post office window is open to students and faculty from 10:00 a.m. untilContinue Reading
Concordia College honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day by inviting speakers to talk to the student body about social justice and to celebrate King’s legacy. Speaking over Zoom, the guests included Payton Head, an activist and community leader and Derecka Purnell, a human rights lawyer and author. Head kicked offContinue Reading
Derecka Purnell, a civil rights lawyer from St. Louis, Missouri, joins the Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities at Concordia College as the second keynote speaker of the event. She is an organizer, writer and author of a recently published book “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom.” Continue Reading
There is always something that bonds state-mates. For New Mexico it is the artsy, hippie culture, for New York it is non-New Yorkers complaining about the crowded subways, for Florida, it is dealing with decisions of “Florida man” and finally, for Minnesota, it is bragging about the weather when itContinue Reading
When walking through the halls of the Integrated Sciences Center, a special creature may catch your eye — a red-footed tortoise to be exact. He is better known as Gödel the Turtle. Over Thanksgiving break, Gödel’s (pronounced like ‘girdle’) habitat, along with surrounding habitats, was redone by EACH, the ExoticContinue Reading
Throughout the weeks leading up to finals, the Concordia music department puts an additional obligation on its students. Various ensembles and groups are combined into one big Christmas concert for students, parents, professors, alumni and community members alike to enjoy. Concerts ran from Dec. 3 through Dec. 5 in Moorhead,Continue Reading
All around the country, millions of working citizens have been handing in their two weeks’ notices. This phenomenon, which began in spring of 2021, has been referred to as the “Big Quit” or the “Great Resignation,” and has left businesses across the nation crippled and desperate. In September alone, aroundContinue Reading
There’s a lot more to majoring in English than just sitting through classes and submitting assignments. The English department offers countless opportunities for current Concordia students to show their writing skills and talents outside a classroom setting by encouraging them to write for various student publications such as the newspaper,Continue Reading
I was roughly nine years old when “Fearless” came out. I vividly remember watching the “You Belong With Me” music video on my iPod and being genuinely in love with Taylor Swift. At the time she was one of the only country artists I would willingly consume, and for goodContinue Reading