“Well, you know, it is North Dakota.” That is my typical response whenever I see or hear about an absurdity in our neighbor state and…
Posts tagged as “Political Awareness”
Believe it or not, people are still buzzing about KONY 2012. The video, which has reached nearly 100 million views on YouTube, continues to ignite…
When the Kony video went viral on Facebook, I was one of the first people to watch it. Hours later when I opened Facebook, there…
On March 9, 31 people came to Concordia College for a celebration and ceremony and left as new United States citizens. This naturalization ceremony was…
While many Americans watched last week’s State of the Union address, its possible President Obama’s mind was somewhere else. Specifically, halfway across the globe in…
“So from now on, I’m telling Congress we should steer federal campus-based aid to those colleges that keep tuition affordable, provide good value, serve their…
“SOPA…the Spanish word for soup” read sophomore Paula Haeder’s Facebook status Jan. 18. Before this date, this is all the word “SOPA” meant to most…
Sen. Al Franken opened with a question at the Jan. 10 conversation with members of the Campus Democrats. After he asked how many students in…
People often say the United States is a melting pot, a place where immigrants arrive and accept a new, “exceptional” identity, that of an American. …
On Tuesday Iceland announced that it voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state, making it the first Western European country to do so. If…