Cory Aragon, Associate Professor in Concordia’s Philosophy Department, is leaving at the end of the academic year for a position in California. Aragon’s new job…
Posts published by “Austin Gerth”
Austin Gerth is a member of Concordia's class of 2016. He edits the Opinion section. He has worked variously as a pizza cook, night-time dishwasher, caterer and water park attendant. He is a writing major, having determined through his experiences in the working world that he is ill-suited to manual labor. He enjoys ginger ale and no longer owns a poodle. He also writes for The COBBlog, and contributes freelance writing to MPR.
Rest in peace, Coffee Stop espresso machine This week the espresso machine in the Coffee Stop, perhaps over-burdened by the increasing late-semester demands of the…
The time has come to answer the question I am sure has been burning in all your minds for the last month or so: Why…
During my time as a Cobber, I have allowed most changes made to furniture arrangements and eating implements in Anderson Commons to pass me by…
To be honest I only watched half of last week’s Republican debate. And the only reason I watched any of it at all was to…
With this column I’d like to look at different parts of our political system and examine how each has contributed or is contributing to the…
A friend recently directed me to a Bloomberg Politics article called “Your Week in Gaffes, Déjà vu Edition,” which documents and proceeds to adeptly crack…
(Editor’s Note: This is my new column about gaffes in the media. It is meant to be humorous though I’m not sure it has achieved…
Speaker shares lessons learned through years of activism From Philadelphia to Calcutta to Baghdad, Christian peace activist and author Shane Claiborne has been advocating against…
Concordia played host to several world-renowned musicians this past Saturday for the 24th annual Day of Percussion, which brings professional percussionists to campus to provide…