Concordia’s communications professor Darren Valenta, along with communications students Saige Mattson and Olivia Slyter, held a lecture titled “Drive Me to Doggy Daycare: Stand-up Comedy’s Impact on Suicidality Discourse,” on April 15 in Olin, where they presented their thorough research. They discussed how sensitive topics, like suicidality or the risk of suicide specifically, can be…
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Looking Back on a Legacy: Halvorson and Davies End Term with SGA
Grace Halvorson and Daniel Davies ended their terms as the President and Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA) on the first Monday of April, when the term is slated to end according to the SGA Bylaws. Halvorson and Davies, both being in their last semesters at Concordia, reflected on the successful term that…
BREAKING: Sustainability Offices Closing, According to SEA, but Concordia Has Yet to Confirm
Moorhead– On the evening of April 2, 2025, the Student Environmental Alliance posted the following statement: “Concordia College is dissolving the Sustainability Office. The Student Environmental Alliance has and will continue to support sustainability across campus and within the Fargo-Moorhead area.” “SEA is disappointed to share that the Sustainability Office is being dissolved at the…
Becoming a Percussion Prodigy: Andy Kocher’s Journey
Andy Kocher is a fourth-year percussionist who performed Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody for the Concordia Band’s spring tour. Kocher stumbled into the world of percussion in fifth grade where his teacher had him, and other students, trying musical instruments such as a trombone, saxophone, and percussion. However, Kocher was not given that choice after…
Dark Times at Livedalen: Power being Restored
In the afternoon of Feb. 9, Livedalen Hall and the connected Normandy Building lost power and heat. In a Cobweb sent out by Lisa Sethre-Hofstad, Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life and Dallas Fossum, Director of Mugaas Plan Operations Center, the issue was due to a transformer losing functionality. “Livedalen residents were notified,…
Revved up for iRacing: GrecKen Castillo leads the charge in digital motorsport racing
MOORHEAD- Tightening his grip on the steering wheel GrecKen Castillo remains at an even 50 MPH as he and 40 other NASCAR drivers follow behind the pace car. Castillo’s foot feels for the accelerator, slowly adding more and more pressure on the pedal of his driving rig. Coming up on a tight left turn the…
Seasonally Sustainable: The Concordia Greenhouse
The purple glowing building attached to the eastern side of the Integrated Science Center is Concordia’s very own greenhouse. A collaborative space full of various plant and aquatic life, the greenhouse has served as a center point of the campus. A few years ago, Strands worked with Concordia student Ian Scheele who graduated in 2024…
Welcome to the jungle: Lambda Delta Sigma presents Mx. Concordia
On Sat., Jan. 25 at 7:00 p.m., the 19th annual Mx. Concordia was held in the Knutson Campus Centrum by Lambda Delta Sigma. The event opened with the introductions of the 6 contestants, each with their own walk-up music. Participants danced, cartwheeled and battle cried as they made their way to the stage. Mx. Concordia is…
SGA, Dining Services, Sustainability Office, Center for Holistic Health collaborate on “Cobbers for Cobbers”
On Jan. 13, 2025, Grace Halvorson, SGA President, and Mariana Martins Carvalho, SGA Sustainability Advocate, posted a reel on Instagram discussing their new initiative, Cobbers for Cobbers. “This initiative will repackage leftover food from Anderson Commons,” Halvorson said, “And put it into frozen meal kits that will be in the Cobber Food Pantry for students.” …
Plastic cups replace traditional glasses in Anderson Commons due to safety concerns
At the beginning of the spring semester, Concordia students returned to campus to find their usual dining hall glasses missing. Where the thick glass cups that had been a staple at Anderson Commons used to tower, stacks of plastic cups sat instead. This was not the first time students found their usual utensils swapped while…