Cobbers create retro-sounding sounding commercials for upcoming play The radio crackles to life. Saxophones squeal the first lines of a jingle. Then horns follow as an accent. Finally, a bright, modulated voice speaks vibrantly over the sounds, selling a product straight out of the 1950s. This may be what the audience will hear when the…
Cobbers create documentaries influenced by historical hollywood films Documentary: the very word evokes ideas of records and facts, but documentaries are more than recounts of how something happened. Students learn this in Donald Rice’s Documentary and Historical Film capstone course as they make their own documentaries. These documentaries, which are the students’ final semester projects,…
Dr. René Clausen, fresh out his year-long sabbatical, will be premiering several compositions at this year’s Concordia Christmas Concert. One premiere will be performed by the Concordia Orchestra as a prelude. An old German carol, “Fantasia on In Dulci Jubilo,” was the basis of the piece. “A lot of people will know [“In Dulci Jubilo”],…
It is always a great day to be a Cobber, especially during Concordia’s Cobber ring day. This year’s ring day, however, was not a celebration for every student who ordered a ring. Several students had to send their rings back to Jostens to be fixed or resized, which means they will have to wait an…
How Uniprint is striving to lower those numbers What do health education, nursing, and music theory composition majors have in common? Last year, they printed over 900 sheets of paper per person. Other majors are not far behind; psychology majors printed an average of 834 sheets, and elementary education majors printed 789 sheets. “I think…
Concordia’s Christmas concerts are known far and wide, but they would not be the same without the familiar voices that narrate the performances. “The two narrators that they have are amazing,” said Katie Heyer, a freshman this year who has attended the concert several times in past years and will be performing in the concert…
Halloween. The word conjures up masked figures and haunted houses, jack-o’-lanterns and witches flying on broomsticks. Now picture a vampire playing violin, a goblin playing cello, a ghost playing double bass — and you might be imagining how the Concordia Orchestra, will look this Halloween. “My stand partner and I are going to do something…
[wzslider info=”true”] The name Niflheim may not mean much to most students, but for members of the Foam Weapon Fighting Club, it is who they are and it represents all that the club is. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica and Norse Mythology, Niflheim is the cold, dark, misty world of the dead. In some accounts, it…
Campus postal workers implore students to check their PO boxes As the year kicks off and classes reach full swing, students should not forget about checking their campus mailboxes. Every day, a student may receive a letter from a loved one, a graded paper or exam, or even coupons from local restaurants and businesses in…
DS staff and budget have lowered, forcing Dining Services to limit food options Anderson Commons offers students a variety of food options — anywhere from chicken strips to gluten-free vegetarian dishes, but students may have noticed some recent changes. This year’s decline in student enrollment has forced dining services to adjust its options. Facing both…