After 21 years of teaching journalism at Concordia, Catherine McMullen won’t be moving very far away. Her new office in Academy will keeps its doors open as she continues to advise the staff of The Concordian, and work on writing projects of her own. McMullen has discovered, inspired and mentored dozens of budding careers during…
As Co-Editor in Chief of the paper this year, I wanted to let the stories in the paper create their own impression without any opinions from me. That being said, the staff, faculty and student body at Concordia have no idea how much work it takes to produce a weekly paper. The students at Concordia…
Cobbers go against young voter trend and attend caucuses The millennial vote was on the tips of political spectators’ tongues going into Super Tuesday. Concordia’s class of 2016 had only voted in one presidential election thus far but recognized the importance of the millennial vote this time around, and Cobbers showed up in force to…
After a record vot- ing turnout, nearly dou- ble of last year’s, Rachael Schauer and Molly Aga were named Concordia’s Student Body President and Vice President. According to Grace Hoffa, the 2016 Spring Elections Marshal, Schau- er and Aga won in a land- slide 574 votes, while Jus- tin Odney and Joey Ness received 315….
In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to make World Interfaith Harmony Week the first week of February. This year, Concordia will be observing the week with events and dialogue hosted by Better Together and the Student Secular Community. Julia Brucklacher, community lead for Better Together took on the challenge of bringing Interfaith…
Junior Rachel Crippen was supposed to have lunch with the Dalai Lama this week, but when he visited his doctors at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., they recommended he take a break to improve his health. Crippen is an interfaith scholar with Concordia’s Forum on Faith and Life, and she has chosen to present at…
It takes creativity and a good sense of humor to excel in the Mr. Concordia Pageant, according to this year’s winner, Nathan Lindgren. Lindgren, a junior Vocal Music Education major, competed on Saturday night along with Luke Fitterer, Evan Berg-Dibley, Josh Mackner, David Kwiecien and Tanner Knutson. The pageant was hosted by Lambda Delta Sigma…
Seniors Melissa Richter and Jonathan Fondell are teaming up to present their senior directing theses in Concordia’s production of “Night of Naturalism.” “We got very lucky with the opportunities we were given with this production,” Richter said. According to Richter, the faculty allowed her and Fondell complete access to the professional staff in the theatre…
The seats in the Centrum filled to capacity this past Thursday night. Some students were laughing and socializing with friends. Others sat in silence in preparation for the somber presentation. For the first time since 2002, Concordia held a September 11th memorial service, hosted by campus’ College Republicans. The theme of the evening was, ‘Where…
Admissions explores underlying reasons for Concordia’s ranking Concordia graduates aren’t getting as good of a financial return on their tuition as students from North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University of Moorhead, according to a recent article published in The Forum. “PayScale, a salary analysis site, used salary data from alumni to rank colleges…