As Cobbers line up outside Anderson Commons in the morning for waffles and muffins, a few Dining Services employees are busy packaging both hot lunches and extra frozen meals to be carted off before noon. About 200 additional meals are prepared by Concordia’s Dining Services each day to be delivered to recipients of Meals on…
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Global slavery week
“Our conservative estimate is that there are 27 million people in slavery today. This means that there are more people in slavery today than at any other time in human history,” according to the Web site of Free the Slaves, a not for profit organization dedicated to eradicating slavery around the world. Statistics like these…
Heightened terror threat in Europe
Spring and summer destinations for the Concordia College Global Education program recently received attention when the U.S. State Department issued a travel alert for Europe. The State Department issued the travel alert Oct. 3 in response to an increased threat of terrorism. The statement was not meant to deter people from travel to Europe, but…
Warm and fuzzy
Kate Gantz felt inspired to help the homeless when a stranger gave her $100. Gantz attended a retreat for Catholic confirmation as a high school sophomore. Every year, the speaker for the event selects one person to receive $100. The person can do whatever he or she wants with the money. That year, the speaker…
Kupper attends national conference
The Concordia Education Club had an apple party earlier this year, and it was one reason senior Molly Kupper was selected to attend a national education conference. Kupper was one of four Minnesota students chosen to attend the Connections Conference, a national education conference in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 4 to Oct. 7. The conference…
Concordia grad’s free range turkeys come to DS Thanksgiving
Responsibility and Thanksgiving don’t always go together, but an entrepreneurial Concordia graduate put local, vegetarian-fed, free range turkeys on plates in Dining Services at the annual Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday, Nov. 11. Kelsey Velo, a 2009 graduate of Concordia College, and her family have a commercial turkey farm in Rothsay, Minnesota. Eddie Velo, Kelsey’s brother…
SGA’s plans for 2010-11
After winning the election by 13 votes with a campaign promise to reconnect your connection, Student Government Association President Erik George and Vice-President Whitney Derks entered the academic year with strong ideas of what they wanted to accompolish. With their new ideas combined with last year’s successful events, SGA intends to create a stronger bond…
Concordia teams compete in international programming contest
With the ringing of the 11:30 a.m. alarm on Nov. 6, the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest was underway. Eight teams at the North Dakota State University site ripped open their problem packets and the two- or three-member teams distributed problems among themselves. Then they sat; they read; they thought. “Before we sit down…
An intellectual investment
Concordia’s tuition for the 2010-11 academic year is $26,950. Just a few blocks away, Minnesota State University-Moorhead’s tuition for 2010-11 is $6,140. Looking around at the bustling, active campus, it’s easy to see that something still draws students to Concordia. In fact, most seniors at Concordia are satisfied with their education here, despite the extra…
‘America Reads’ helps kids in FM area
When it comes to literacy in children, the doctor knows best—Dr. Suess, that is. America Reads is a federally funded work-study program started by the Clinton Administration in an effort to improve literacy rates in kids, said Jess Almlie, assistant director of student leadership. It is designed to work with children who are at or…