MOORHEAD, MN — The Maize, Knutson, Anderson Commons and the Korn Krib will be open normal hours starting Sunday. This update comes after water pipes burst in Knutson around 8:10 p.m. on Friday, triggering alarms in Bishop Whipple and the Knutson Campus Center. Flooding ensued, and standing water plagued the lower level of Anderson Commons…
Concordia’s Public Relations Club will debut the college’s first Social Media Summit on April 14. The Summit, originally proposed by Concordia senior Joel Leeman, will take the place of the club’s annual spring fashion show. Leeman said he got the idea from Thomson Reuters, a company he interns for in Eagan, Minn. They held a…
Melody Peterson was eagerly awaiting a month of jet-setting this May with Scott Olsen’s program Travel Writing: Around the World in 25 Days. However, when she checked her Facebook in late November, she saw that one of her co-travelers posted a status saying that the May seminar was cancelled. “I checked my email and wanted…
The New Year has brought some changes to the Office of Intercultural Affairs (ICA). Not only has its office been moved from the Parke Student Leadership Center to Lorentzen, but it also has a new assistant director. Susanna Lu joined the ICA right after finishing her thesis at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), where she…
Sitting in the passenger’s seat of an Impala, Britt Aasmundstad is the designated DJ, choosing songs to play from an iPod Classic to keep the driver from falling asleep at the wheel. Aasmundstad, along with three of her teammates, belt the lyrics to “Die Young” by Ke$ha as they make their way back to Moorhead…
Students interested in becoming presidential and vice presidential candidates for next year’s Student Government Association got started early this year—four months early, in fact. At least two groups of potential candidates have come forth stating that they intend to run. The groups (Levi Bachmeier/Matt Dymoke and Ryan Deschene/Andy Mackner) both said that they decided to…
Gun control issues have had people buzzing since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Some college presidents, including Concordia’s, have signed an open letter addressing gun safety. President Craft found out about the letter through an email and now more than 300 college presidents have signed. He says he is in no way a…
Despite minor delays, the Offutt School of Business in the Grant Center officially opened to students in time for the spring semester. “(It was) a very successful launch,” Bruce Vieweg, chief information officer, said. According to Joseph Kennedy, Instructional Designer and Academic Technologist for Information Technology Services, most classrooms are fully functional, but the remaining…
Nearly 300 Concordia students attended last Saturday’s Fuel the Fire conference, an annual event that allows students to participate in multiple LeadNow® sessions in one day. “I think leadership, for me, was an overwhelming thing—but it’s an essential part of life,” said Rachel McMartin, a member of the Fuel the Fire buzz team. “LeadNow® made…
Name: Jared Hernandez Class: Junior Major(s)/Minor(s): Nursing major with minors in classical studies and history Are you single and ready to mingle?: Oh yeah! Why did you apply for Mr. Concordia?: Some upper-level nursing students hustled me and I thought it would be fun. What is your talent?: Shake it like jello, make the boys…