Superheroes save lives. They come to the rescue. They’re heroic. According to Tonya Simenson, the donor recruitment representative for United Blood Services, donating blood is an act of heroism. “You’re saving lives, bottom line.” she said. “You might not think you’re a superhero, but to somebody, you are.” From 12:30-5 p.m. Sept. 25-27, Concordia students,…
Something that runs rampant in our generation is “slacktivism.” Slacktivism, according to Urban Dictionary, is “the act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem.” Students are quick to sign a petition or buy a t-shirt that supports an organization, movement or ideal they feel…
Monday night, Concordia Student Government Association (SGA) passed an official position regarding the upcoming marriage amendment vote. Part of the position reads SGA “encourages a vote ‘no’ on the proposed marriage amendment taking place on November 6.” This is the first time, in known history, that SGA has adopted an official position on a political…
Campus Entertainment Commission, Campus Ministry Commission, and Campus Service Commission joined forces to put on an outdoor bash for the community last Saturday. Mikka Langmo, CEC Concerts and Dance Commissioner, said the purpose of the event was to bring people and the commissions together. “[It is] also to advertise and bring awareness to the three…
Students and employees of North Dakota State University received notification of a bomb threat Friday morning and were evacuated off campus. Students and employees received the following email: “From: NDSU Campus Alert E-mail Notifications on behalf of NDSU Police Dept, NDSU Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:45 a.m. Subject: EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATION – THIS IS…
The past two weeks have played host to freshman orientation, two speeches by interfaith leader Eboo Patel and a two-day symposium on international genocide. A brief glimpse through the pages of this week’s Concordian reveals how seriously we as students and professors accept the charge of engaging the world around us. At the Concordian, we…
A Concordia student has gone public about her plans for a t-shirt campaign during National Coming Out Week to counter what she views as the majority student body attitude towards homosexuality. This issue exploded a few weeks ago when Facebook notes and blog posts written by senior Rebecca Julius went viral. She published her…
Bike theft has been a serious problem on campus and in the Moorhead community for years. According to Lieutenant Tory Jacobson of the Moorhead Police Department, 49 bike thefts have been reported from on- and off-campus in just the last three months. These numbers are steady throughout the year and have not dropped from years…
I couldn’t help but shudder when I heard Eboo Patel praise Concordia for leading the way with interfaith dialogue at this year’s Opening Convocation. His high praise (although namely attributed to the establishment of the Forum on Faith and Life and the soon-to-be chapter of his Interfaith Youth Core’s organization “Better Together”) just did not…
Just 10 minutes after the Centrum doors opened to the Thursday evening forum, there was standing room only. Live streaming in the Atrium was set up to accommodate those that were not able to snag a chair or floor space to hear Eboo Patel speak. Nine-hundred Concordia students and community members, representing 19 religious traditions…