Livedalen residents competed in a Mario Kart tournament with a twist in Livedalen’s lounge on Sunday, March 9. The twist to this tournament was that in pairs, students were required to each manipulate one part of the controller. This added difficulty and uniqueness to the well-known video game. The competition began with 13 teams competing…
International Justice Mission works to educate students on human, sex trafficking Filing through the streets of Amsterdam, potential customers peer into windows where half-naked women kneel on silk sheets and pillows. Glowing red lights outline the women’s bodies as they sway around, beckoning buyers. Amsterdam’s famed red light district where sex is sold like groceries…
Members of the Fargo-Moorhead community raised $12,218 during Dance Marathon on Saturday. The money raised will go to Sanford Children’s Hospital in Fargo, which is a member of the Children’s Miracle Network. The Children’s Miracle Network raises money for children’s hospitals across the United States. One of the benefits of being a Children’s Miracle Network…
Cost of school continues to rise, but net total is flatlining in recent years Tuition for the 2014-2015 academic year has been set at a comprehensive fee of $41,484, an increase of $1,510 from last year’s tuition. President Craft announced in an email sent out in February that this will be “the smallest comprehensive fee…
Some winter-sick college students may have spent spring break lounging on the beaches of Florida, but members of the High-Impact Leadership Trip returned with more than bronzed bodies. The HILT is an annual student-organized trip that targets locations of social, economic and environmental struggle. This past spring break, 18 Concordia students packed into two vans…
Credo renovators and students are enthusiastic about the changes that were made in classes this fall, especially the expansion of undergraduate research. The Credo Honors Program is an academic student opportunity that Concordia applicants are invited to based on high school GPA and ACT scores. Incoming Credo students have a different set of options for…
The pros and cons of an academic calendar change Concordia College could be one of the first colleges in the nation to implement a new type of academic calendar. Eric Eliason, dean of the college and vice president of academic affairs, has written a proposal to change the current “4-4” academic calendar to a “1-3-3-1”…
Cobber alum wrote piece in memory of former president No one saw it coming. On June 9, 2010 Bruce Vieweg received a call the he will always remember. Vieweg was on vacation when he received a call informing him that former Concordia president Pam Jolicoeur had experienced a stroke, and it was unlikely that she…
The International Center, that consists of three apartment buildings for French, Spanish and German speaking students, will not be used next year due to deteriorating amenities and lack of recent upkeep. The buildings, located on 8th Street, were not built by Concordia College. “Because they weren’t built by Concordia, they weren’t built to…
Dip in enrollment leads to fewer RAs on campus next year Things will be slightly different for Resident Life staff members in the upcoming academic year. Fewer Resident Assistants were hired for the next school year. Mikal Kenfield, Assistant Director of Resident Life staff, provided some detail regarding next year’s RAs. “We’ve hired fewer staff…