As administrators give details to faculty and staff, students left in the dark Faculty and staff streamed into the Centrum Wednesday afternoon with only one goal in mind: Find out the budget plans for next year. But as the clock struck 4 p.m. and the last of the faculty and staff walked into the packed…
Students of color feel singled out on campus Imagine going to a college where you are the minority. When sensitive societal and cultural aspects of your race are brought up in class, some people may expect you to speak for the race you represent. You are afraid to speak up. This scenario is similar to…
Anand Gopal shares the stories of three Afghans – a Taliban commander, a US-backed warlord, and a village housewife in his book No Good Men Among the Living: America, The Taliban and the War through Afghan Eyes. In his book, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Gopal shares the stories of people…
2015 Peace Scholars will represent Concordia in Norway; first time overseas for both Peace Scholars will learn logistics of peace across the globe. President Craft declared Alex Gray and Matthew Lillehaugen as Concordia’s 2015 Peace Scholars on February 20, 2015; these two students have already begun to fulfill their title only a couple weeks after…
Concordia changes news media outlets Newspapers in dorms? Gone. The New York Times in Knutson? Gone. USA Today? Gone. So where have Concordia’s print newspapers gone? The web. The Concordia community now has access to online newspaper subscriptions of The New York Times and The Washington Post. Physical copies of The Star Tribune and The…
Offutt School of Business Dean moving to job at bigger school next year Six and a half years ago, Concordia hoped to elevate its business program while keeping it steeped in the liberal arts. Mark Krejci, who was then vice-president of academic affairs and dean of the college, hired Greg Cant to be the founding…
What does it take? Two years ago, a large crowd of students gathered in the atrium awaiting an announcement. Campus Entertainment Commission members stood above the students and unfurled a banner revealing the headliner of Cornstock. When students saw Karmin would be the headliner of Cornstock 2013, there was clapping, but there were also whisperings…
Lower 2015-2016 budget a result of estimated lower enrollment numbers Like numerous colleges around the country, Concordia faces challenges in preparing its budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Concordia faces $5.6 million in decisions for the upcoming fiscal year that runs from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016. This number is the result of a $3.8…
In honor of the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade – the Supreme Court Case that declared anti-abortion laws unconstitutional – North Dakota State University held a screening of Obvious Child, a film about a woman receiving an abortion, on Jan. 22. Afterward, a panel of students from NDSU, MSUM and Concordia conducted a discussion…
Concordia’s Reverend Copeland compiles a book of 21 student essays Though Zandbroz Variety in downtown Fargo might not be exactly the center of the world, its location makes it a fitting venue to speak about college-related issues, being the unofficial epicenter of the tri-college area. Concordia’s own Reverend Copeland chose Zandbroz to discuss his newest…