Every residence hall on campus has its own personality, atmosphere and culture that attracts students to live there, and with these distinct personalities comes stereotypes. These personalities can either be reinforced or misconstrued by the stereotypes that surround the halls. For sophomore Shelbey Marthaler and other residents of Park Region, the stereotypes of her home…
Otto Nicolai, a German composer created an opera based off of the original Shakespearean comedy, “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Concordia Students and professors act in the opera based in the Elizabethan era, where characters Mistress Alice Ford and Mistress Meg Paige work together to trick a man and catch him in a dishonorable act….
Well-known slam poet Sierra DeMulder visited Concordia not only to perform her style of original political poetry, but to convince students that their vote matters. The audience snapped fingers as DeMulder passionately performed one of her poems. As she recited her work, her voice ebbed and flowed with rhythmic diction, while her hand gestures illustrated…
Are they too sexualized? As Halloween approaches, people are stocking up on candy and preparing their costumes. As people walk down the costume aisle, men have a wide variety of costumes to choose from, while women experience the stress of having to choose a costume from a limited array of sexualized choices, according to Junior…
Full color interior and a custom cover are just a few attributes of this year’s new Concordia College planners, after the college calendar has been eliminated from the design. This year was going to be the last year the bookstore was going to include the planner’s custom interior, but when the company they usually rely…
The Boiler Room, a new restaurant in downtown Fargo, offers Concordia students and the Fargo-Moorhead area unique and casual dining. Originally an actual boiler room, exposed brick walls and gear wall art are just a few of unique attributes the restaurant has. “Kind of the design take was, lets enhance that it used to be…
A report on gender equity and the treatment of women on Concordia’s campus has been released for the public eye, revealing that there are differences in compensation amongst faculty and staff based on gender. A task force was created two years ago to survey and perform research on gender equity. In 2012, the Community Relations…
This year, Concordia Choir bids a temporary farewell to a beloved colleague and conductor and welcomes an old friend. Dr. René Clausen will be taking time off this year to focus on his own projects while Michael Smith returns for his last year as a conductor but his first time conducting Concordia Choir. “I really…