A student-led worship service on campus called the Remedy has had over 120 people in attendance each week since the start of the new school year. The catch is, they usually can’t tell all those people where they’re going to meet until just a few hours before the service begins. The Remedy is the latest…
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MS teams up with the Fargo Marathon
This season, the Fargo Marathon will be teaming up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis research. The disease causes the immune system to attack myelin, the fatty sheath that protects the connections between nerve cells, and can break down nervous system function over time. North Dakota has…
Study abroad numbers down, college seeks solution
Psychology professor Mona Ibrahim recently flew to southern Turkey to visit the village of Urfa, the birthplace of the prophet Abraham, to establish connections and finish plans for her summer school abroad program, “Egypt and Turkey: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.” The trip to Turkey will be the third that she and her husband, computer science professor Ahmed…
A Survivor’s Story
Connie Peterson is stateside now, but her thoughts are still with the people she left behind in Haiti. After four days of emergency medical care, carrying people through rubble, and being evacuated through streets so muddy they were nearly impassable, she may be home but she’s not at peace. “I’ve noticed since I came home…
Library receives extensive media collection
Two years ago Sharon Hoverson, Carl B. Ylvisaker library director, received a call from Gerald “Jerry” Connelly, who told her about his large media collection of classic American movies, Golden Age radio programs, television series and books. “You know, I’d like to give this to Concordia,” he said. “Would you be interested?” Hoverson told him…
Health Fair provides solutions for the winter blues
Campus Entertainment Commission will be hosting the fourth annual Concordia Health Fair on Jan. 27. The health fair will focus on six main areas of wellness: physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental, intellectual, and occupational. This year, the health fair will feature 34 separate organizations, including a dozen on-campus organizations and a keynote speaker. The organizations will…
Students find cheaper ways to purchase textbooks in low economy
A new semester means new classes, and every student knows that also means new books—books that don’t come cheap. College students spend an average of $702 on course materials per academic year, according to a National Association of College Stores 2008 report, and college textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of inflation over…
MLK Day events planned
On Jan. 18, Student Government Association will help students celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the help of Campus Ministry Commission and Campus Service Commission. The events, which will take place throughout the day, will feature speakers, a video presentation, and a variety of service projects to be carried out on Saturday, Jan. 16….
Finding strength through her song
Senior Rosie Sauvageau is nearly finished recording her first CD. She has recorded nine and a half out of 10 songs, all of which are her own compositions for piano and voice, plus a few with a little guitar and synthesizer added in. Sauvageau is currently working on the title track, “Be Around,” which she…
Tri-College campus security re-evaluated after break-in
The break-in on Nov. 8 that occurred on 8th St., just across the street from the heart of campus, is a reminder that Concordia is not isolated from the surrounding community. Two Concordia students were victims of an armed robbery. The intruders who have been arrested as of press time are all Fargo residents, yet…