As the year winds down and we say our teary goodbyes, we can’t help but look at the stacks of archived issues here in The Concordian office with a sense of nostalgia. Not to get all weepy on you or anything, but it is truly sobering to see all news and articles from this year…
College towns may prove one of the most challenging environments in which to run a business. Between the constantly changing taste preferences and ever-amorphous fads that we college students tend to cycle through, reaching consumers and maintaining their short-lived attention must be a daunting task indeed. In the face of all this adversity, however, college…
The United States has now gone a full week with a government shutdown in place. Federal offices are not functioning, government employees have been sent home from work and our economy is taking a major hit. However, our government is not the only thing failing us right now. Major media is, as well. We at…
The new Concordia Facebook phenomenon, Cobber Mingle, allows students to make anonymous posts about their romantic — and apparently even sexual — interests, hopes, dreams, and fantasies. From adorable little posts about some nameless cutie seen around campus to revealing sexual stories and downright forward propositions, it is definitely the fad of the week. This…
Last week during layout, The Concordian staff discussed an argument between one of the editors and another student about the criticisms of modern day media. This brought up some of our own opinions on media we would like to share with our readers. Trust in the media is at a low in this country and…
Press Release Concordia College speech competitors placed fifteenth in the overall school competition at the American Forensic Association’s National Individual Events tournament hosted April 5-8 by Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. A total of 80 institutions qualified students for the national tournament. Thirteen Concordia students qualified for the national tournament, and two students won…
Concordia Theater announced “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Urinetown,” “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” and “Much Ado about Nothing” as the four plays for the 2013-14 season on Monday. The season will begin in October with Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a raucous romp of mistaken identity and high…
Last semester, the college issued a vision for sustainability, stating it “will embrace a concern for sustainability that is rooted in the responsibility to ensure the environmental, economic, and social health of the college and of our global community.” This year, students have petitioned to go disposable water bottle free and SGA campaigns have laid…
Seven Habitat for Humanity trips including 127 students and seven faculty members left their natural habitat at Concordia and traveled across the nation to construct homes for communities in need.
Bill Gates will be the featured speaker at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., April 27, 2013, as part of dedication festivities for the newly renovated Grant Center, home of the Offutt School of Business. Gates, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, will discuss social entrepreneurship, an important element in the Offutt School of Business curriculum. “The imagination and…