“Have you been here before?” When you step into 117 Broadway in Fargo, you are greeted by a cashier behind a counter who asks if you have ever visited Sweeto Burrito. This is not an unusual greeting for a new restaurant in the area. The new fast food offering, located next to Teaberry and near…
Concordia’s Memorial Auditorium is undergoing a structural engineering analysis over the next several months in order to determine a long-term response to uneven snow loads on the roof. The ongoing analysis will cause the facility to be closed for periods of time, force certain events to be relocated and there will also be temporary closings…
The Secular Student Community is now an officially recognized Concordia student organization. “The group is inclusive and not just meant for secular folks,” senior religion and biology major Kristi Del Vecchio, the group’s publicist, said. “We hope to be a support system, but also (want to talk) about what it means to live a good…
North Dakota’s abortion laws have been at the center of controversial debate recently, as three anti-abortion bills were signed into law by Gov. Jack Dalrymple in March, and a 2011 anti-abortion law is currently being challenged in the Cass County District Court. In the face of this law making, some Concordia students and faculty are…
“Anything else, Miss Missy?” the stage manager asked as she looked up at the director sitting in a middle row of the audience. The director didn’t need any more tasks completed from her stage manager before their Sunday night dress rehearsal began. After checking the progress of some of the actors in the dressing room…
With blonde hair tied in a messy bun and tortoise-shelled reading glasses perched on her ears, senior business major Jenna Nypan types away on her Toshiba laptop while her computer science book sits to her side. She is sitting at a long brown table in the hallway of Olin’s third floor. This is her go-to…
Bill Gates will speak in Memorial Auditorium on April 27 for the dedication of the Grant Center, home of the Offutt School of Business. Gates is a co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which addresses global challenges such as poverty, healthcare and education. President William Craft made the announcement…
Sitting in the passenger’s seat of an Impala, Britt Aasmundstad is the designated DJ, choosing songs to play from an iPod Classic to keep the driver from falling asleep at the wheel. Aasmundstad, along with three of her teammates, belt the lyrics to “Die Young” by Ke$ha as they make their way back to Moorhead…
Despite minor delays, the Offutt School of Business in the Grant Center officially opened to students in time for the spring semester. “(It was) a very successful launch,” Bruce Vieweg, chief information officer, said. According to Joseph Kennedy, Instructional Designer and Academic Technologist for Information Technology Services, most classrooms are fully functional, but the remaining…
After two years of remaining inactive, Cobbers for Panyijiar Community Development Services is making a comeback. Roy Hammerling, the group’s faculty advisor, said the students have shown “incredible creativity and passion for (this group).” PACODES is an official North Dakota nonprofit organization aimed to aid and improve the education, health, humanitarian aid, agriculture, faith and…