As Concordia moves closer to midterm, students are spending more time on their laptops, either preparing for the onslaught of papers and tests or avoiding them with social media. The increased use of laptops in classes the last few years has prompted professors to lay out specific policies for technology use in class. “They’re a…
Concordia’s speech team has been inviting some new members to its practices–high school students. Joe Kennedy, one of the team coaches, is putting a fresh spin on the weekly political discussions he conducts for Concordia’s speech team by inviting Fargo-Moorhead high school students to attend. Each 90-minute discussion, referred to as a “roundtable,” challenges students…
Last week, approximately 300 students signed a petition to stop the sale of Cobber Water on Concordia’s campus. The Student Environmental Alliance promoted this petition throughout Feb. 4-7, aiming to make a positive change on campus. Throughout the week, events were held that focused on working toward an environmentally friendly campus. On Monday, SEA set…
More than 70 Concordia band students missed classes last week to share their music with local schools, churches, and communities around Minnesota. “Tour is always fun because you spend a lot of time with friends,” said senior Rachel Miller, who plays French horn. “A lot of my really close friends are in band.” Tour is…
She calls it her “rad school search.” What most see as a stressful–and often expensive–graduate school search process, she has turned into a friendly competition. Laura Pancoast, along with four other senior vocal performance majors, is busy with the frenzy of activity caused from applying to graduate schools. After her graduation from Concordia in Dec.,…
Toting their stellar GPAs and superb ACT scores, some of the area’s most competitive high school students competed for Concordia’s most prestigious academic scholarship over the last couple of weeks. About 150 prospective students applying for the Regents Scholarship descended upon campus on Jan. 28, Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 to interview for the award….
Residence Life has adopted two new rules to make living on campus more flexible for upperclassmen. Starting next year, Residence Life has agreed to eliminate inter-visitation restrictions in Brown Hall. Also, both Bogstad East and Bogstad Manor will be co-ed by unit rather than the current system where men and women live on separate floors….
On March 13, Concordia students will advocate for better government student aid at Minnesota’s Day at the Capitol by meeting with state legislators. Meg Henrickson attended the Day at the Capitol last year. She was excited to share her experience. “It went really well. We were going there to thank them last year,” Henrickson said….
In Barbara Schramm’s office, the vibrant accent wall, colorfully draped curtains, and beaded lamps identify her creativity and one-of-a-kind ways. The piano, which consumes the space, and her everlasting grin tell her passion for what she does. Schramm, a music professor at Concordia, is about to share it with the Concordia community through organizing a…
He saw her at a produce stand. Loren Johnson was filling in for another worker, selling vegetables in a Kmart parking lot, when he met his future wife. Amy Brown was delivering farm-grown fare that day, and though they only spoke briefly, he knew. “The night after I met Amy, I went back to my…