It’s a major decision. According to Bruce Vieweg, 471 Concordia students have declared majors in multiple disciplines, and each year new students debate the advantages of declaring an additional major. Maddie Gray, a junior, has declared a joint major in political science and history as well as a communications major. She is also minoring in…
Images of Justin Beiber’s face on Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader wearing Mickey Mouse ears are just a few of the hundreds of internet responses to the purchase of Lucasfilm by Disney for $4 billion on Oct. 30. Now Star Wars fans of all ages are turning their thoughts to 2015, the year that the…
Squash, potatoes, mushrooms, honey, beans, dips, syrups and flour will all be available for purchase in the Knutson Campus Center on Nov. 20. Concordia College will host its fourth annual 100-Mile Thanksgiving, in association with local farmers and several student groups, with the goal of teaching the local community about the benefits of choosing local…
The Stage at Island Park in Fargo, ND is hosting works from two Concordia students. Michaela Chorn, a senior this year, and Andrea Wagner, a Concordia alumna, both received the SGA Undergraduate Research Fellowship award. Both, Chorn and Wagner studied under Professor David Boggs. The students’ works are on display now through Dec. 17. Wagner…
“How long is a piece of string?” This was how long Ruthie Stein, a Concordia junior, had to hike to get to the overnight rest stop on the second to last night of English Professor Scott Olsen’s week-long trip to Scotland. Put another way, it could be only a few feet or it could be…
The semester just got a little longer. Concordia College faculty are now required to utilize the finals period as a part of new federal law that defines a credit hour and its corresponding seat time. High default rates on guaranteed student loan money and Pell grants by students attending online schools led to this regulation,…
Reverend Elizabeth “Elly” McHan never wanted to be a pastor. She is, however, now the latest addition to Concordia’s ministry. Her father was a pastor, and she remembers how hard he worked. So when it came time to choose a career, McHan said, “The only thing I knew was that I would not be a…
Students will delve into learning about collapsed cultures in next semester’s new religion class “Encountering Despair and Radical Hope.” The class was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities last March. “We’ll look at the way individuals have responded to radical cultural breakdown,” said Stewart Herman, professor of religion and one of…
With painted chests and impressive outdoor voices, the men of Cobber Nation have led Concordia students in cheering on our athletic teams since 2004. At a football game, Cobber Nation can be seen leading the student section in cheers, doing recaps of plays, and even counting off Concordia’s score in push-ups. This year, Cobber Nation’s…
Concordia’s decision to put the musical, “Into the Woods”, onto its main stage this fall has been a dream come true for many members of the Cobber theater community. Based off of six well-known fairytales, “Into the Woods” connects the different tales through a traditional story of a baker and his wife that have been…