Six years from now, Mark Krejci will be in a very different place. Not only is he stepping down from his position as provost and dean of Concordia College, but he is also beginning a five-year program to become a deacon of the Catholic Church. Krejci’s decision to become a deacon has been years in…
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Beanies: Take two
Call it a homecoming of sorts. Two people graduated college and left to pursue their careers in different places, and two separate job openings brought them back to the place where they started. Peter Haberman and Michael Culloton graduated from Concordia College just one year apart from each other. Housed out of the same major,…
Mapendo brings message of forgiveness
Congolese genocide survivor Rose Mapendo challenged the audience at the opening plenary session of Concordia’s Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium with a call to action. “This is my wish for everyone,” she said, “to forgive.” Rose Mapendo spoke about her experience in a death camp in Congo, but chose to focus more on her…
Fire alarms force residents out of dorm
ASU collects books
It’s that time of the year. School’s almost over, and its time to figure out what to do with all the books from this semester. Normally, options would include keeping them, lending them to a friend or selling them back for a measly sum. But this year, the African Student Union is asking the campus…
New SGA staff settles into new roles
Student Government Association President Meg Henrickson and the rest of her staff were officially installed into office on April 4. Since the installment ceremony, Henrickson and the new Vice President Colin Sullivan have been working to get to know students and staff across campus. Sullivan explained that they are “continuing to foster these connections” with…
Landing the internship
Ashley Gilles understood the irony of her dinner choice on April 1, 2012. All she wanted was a burger and beer, and a reason to take her mind off of 6 p.m. So she and her roommates drove to Smash Burger. That’s healthy, Ashley thought; while waiting to hear about my dietetics internship I’m eating…
Bussie to introduce Forum on Faith and Life to corporation
This article was written by Jonathan Fondell, a Contributing Writer for The Concordian. President William Craft’s inauguration draws ever closer and, as it approaches, so approaches the arrival of the Concordia College Corporation, Concordia’s final legal authority. Slated for this governing body is a schedule that promises legal business as usual but also a special…
Life in public housing
An elephant picture hangs on the wall, the mother’s trunk curled around her baby. A Bible verse is printed across the bottom in a smooth script. “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.” Isaiah 66:13. The brown leather sofa and chair sit empty around the opposing walls, an electric keyboard waits…
Thiele will speak to seniors
We have a life of choice. Little girls in America might prefer a red dress over a pink one, or a Blow Pop over a Tootsie Pop, but Haitian children don’t understand the difference, according to Joanna Thiele, class of 1997 and the 2012 Sent Forth Award recipient. “They have nothing,” she said, “but they…