Flat tire? No problem. Loose bolt? Easy fix. A bike shelter for COBBikes with a fix-it station for everybody’s use was installed outside of Knutson Campus Center this summer. The shelter was made to house the bicycles and to act as a landmark for where they are located. COBBikes is a bike share program that…
New majors and minors added to the course catalog This year, Concordia has added one new major, one new minor and two new concentrations to the mix. The new major is heritage and museum studies, data and analytics is now being offered as a minor and business majors may now add a concentration in agribusiness…
Hi, I’m Erica and I’m an environmentalist. I like to be outside, I eat (for the most part) a vegetarian diet, I believe all living things on Earth have intrinsic value and I would gladly hug a tree if you asked me to do so. I will be co-writing this column with Sarah Liebig and…
Bucky Burgau passed his title to Cobber alumni Chris Coste Over the past year, Concordia’s baseball team has made a minor change in the coaching staff. Their longtime head coach, Bucky Burgau, took the role of the assistant coach, while former Cobber and last year’s assistant Chris Coste was promoted to head coach. According to…
How will Concordia crash our sleepovers? With no more visitation policies in the dorms, students may intermingle with either gender at any time of day. However, Resident Life has issued a new policy to regulate overnight stays. The question is, will it be followed? “I’m glad that intervis is not a thing anymore,” Grace Bateman…
Symposium Staged Reading Sept 15 As a part of the 2014 Symposium on “Sustainability: Local Action | Global Impact,” Concordia Theatre will be sponsoring a staged reading of Cherrie Moraga’s “Heroes and Saints.” The play tells the story of Mexican immigrants who are employed at barely survival wages to labor in fields poisoned by pesticides…
A tough schedule and a winning record were in the Cobbers’ favor as they were selected for the NCAA National Tournament Concordia’s Women’s Basketball finished off their season by making it to the NCAA National Tournament. “We set goals at the beginning of the year and being in the National Tournament was definitely one of…
Good morning Cobbers. I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and that your studies are going strong. While I’m sure everyone’s weekends were full of studying, hanging out and other festivities, mine was filled with driving, navigating, and getting to know Kansas City. Why, you might ask? Well for the first time ever I went…
Second expo of the school year cultivates Cobber involvement with student organizations The Cobber Expo, traditionally held only once in the fall, was held again this winter for the second time in Concordia’s history to showcase over one hundred on-campus student organizations. Originally scheduled for Thursday, January 16, the Expo was moved to January 21,…
See the opposing argument here. There was a saying during the Great Depression that “It used to be when a man was down on his luck, he went west. Now, he goes on welfare.” Social safety-nets were instituted during that time in our history in order to give the masses suffering from a protracted economic…