Name: Jared Hernandez Class: Junior Major(s)/Minor(s): Nursing major with minors in classical studies and history Are you single and ready to mingle?: Oh yeah! Why did you apply for Mr. Concordia?: Some upper-level nursing students hustled me and I thought it would be fun. What is your talent?: Shake it like jello, make the boys…
Author: The Concordian
Polling on campus
Voting polls opened in the Knutson Campus Center Tuesday; for the first time in campus history, students living on campus could cast ballots in the Atrium. The counting machines showed that 728 ballots were collected. Senior Ryan Mahon, poll volunteer, said the day was exhausting. The following are state and federal results from Clay County…
The final countdown
Next week’s election has been a long time coming, that’s for sure. For more than a year we’ve watched politicians parade past the grandstand of the American voting public. We’ve watched as potential Republican candidates were whittled down to Mitt Romney, as one by one Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty,…
Concordia student secretly records Peterson comments
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson isn’t backing down from his secretly recorded comments that an anti-abortion group that recently pulled its support was “extremist.” Concordia College junior Kate Engstrom had a friend videotape Peterson while posing for what he believed was a photo at the school. The Fargo Forum reports he also told the 20-year-old that…
Highlights of Concordia College’s strategic plan 2012
This information was compiled by writer Jacob Amos. Graphic by Emilie Bowman. A summary of Dr. William Craft’s strategic plan, created in 2012.
Mission accomplished?
With the passing of Carl Bailey, the man behind Concordia’s mission statement, we are reminded of the impact Concordia’s mission statement has had on the college. We’ve heard it: “The mission of Concordia College is to send into society thoughtful and informed men and women dedicated to the Christian life.” Yet how does it impact…
NDSU receives bomb threat
Students and employees of North Dakota State University received notification of a bomb threat Friday morning and were evacuated off campus. Students and employees received the following email: “From: NDSU Campus Alert E-mail Notifications on behalf of NDSU Police Dept, NDSU Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:45 a.m. Subject: EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATION – THIS IS…
The free press, not a free pass
The past two weeks have played host to freshman orientation, two speeches by interfaith leader Eboo Patel and a two-day symposium on international genocide. A brief glimpse through the pages of this week’s Concordian reveals how seriously we as students and professors accept the charge of engaging the world around us. At the Concordian, we…
Fire alarms force residents out of dorm
Viewpoints
In which we ask the intrepid Concordian staff what they think of Concordia’s current parking situation: “Concordia’s parking is silly. There really is no other word for it. We do not have enough spots, and then over night hours end at 2 am? I do not understand. I think either paid parking passes, elimination…




