Dear Flood Fighter, I just wanted to write you and tell you how proud of you I am. No one told you that you’d spend a week filling, passing, and stacking. That’s not why you came here. But that didn’t stop you. When you heard the news of the flood, you didn’t shrug and look…
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Cobber selected to dig in Athenian Agora
Many Cobbers will be working as interns this summer. Junior Michele Hockett is one of those Cobbers, but there’s one catch. Her internship is over 5,000 miles away and she’s going to have to get her hands dirty. Hockett, majoring in sociology and classical studies, has been accepted for a prestigious internship in Athens, Greece….
Striving for peace
St. Olaf College hosted the 21st annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum March 6-7. The Forum was entitled “Striving for Peace: A Climate for Change” and honored the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. The Norwegian Nobel Committee jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC…
Beloved theater professor, mentor retires
Director of Theater Jim Cermak heard news in April 2006 of his wife Helen’s cancer coming back. Helen was a part of the theater department at Concordia for almost 30 years. “There is one thing that’s never kept us from doing things that we know we have to do: hard times; everybody has them,” Jim…
All is quiet at Concordia
Concordia students will no longer be able to download free music from Ruckus, an online music service geared toward college students as a legal alternative to piracy. The site has ceased its operation. Bruce Vieweg, associate vice president for academic affairs and chief information officer, sent out an e-mail to all students the morning of…
Author, illustrator visits Concordia
Author and illustrator Derek Anderson visited Concordia last week and gave three presentations on the Carl B. Ylvisaker Library mezzanine to students, faculty, and community members. Anderson is the illustrator of the children’s books such as “Gladys Goes Out to Lunch,” “Over the River: A Turkey’s Tale,” and the popular “Little Quack” series written by…
Striving for Student Success
Sophomore Kristin Halley remembers the first few weeks of freshman year as being incredibly stressful. “I was fortunate enough to know a lot of upperclassmen,” she said. “But so many kids come in blind.” Halley is now a student mentor for The Office of Student Success and Retention to help students find their niche in…
Banner system brings new possibilities to Concordia’s campus
In the fall of 2006, Bruce Vieweg came to Concordia’s campus as a consultant of the current operating system, Legacy. After that meeting, Vieweg made suggestions to the president’s cabinet; one of which was to purchase a new system. “[Legacy] didn’t meet the information and service needs of the college,” Vieweg said. “After meeting with…
Obama’s Inauguration
On Jan. 20, I was one of the 1.8 million people that covered the National Mall in Washington D.C. to witness the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. The crisp, clear winter day will forever be engraved in my memory. It began when I woke up at 5 a.m. to…
Go far in 2009
Flat, fast, friendly, and fun. 2009 will be the fifth year of the Fargo marathon and several members of the Concordia community are gearing up for the May 9 races that include a 5K Fun Run/Walk, the relay marathon, half marathon, and full marathon. This year, the course starts at the Fargodome and continues to…