Shit happens. But lately, it has felt like a lot of shit keeps happening in quick succession, not only at Concordia, but in the world as a whole. Trump threatens the livelihood of thousands of immigrants, we lost a Cobber, natural disasters have devastated multiple areas, and another mass shooting took the lives of 58…
When Colin Kaepernick, star National Football League player, started kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games, fans and the media erupted in outrage. News coverage everywhere read, “NFL player protests anthem.” This headline, while divisive enough to increase viewership numbers, was quite misleading. The reasons behind why he was kneeling, and why others started…
Weekends are dead on campus. On Saturdays and Sundays, it feels like the whole campus is sleeping, preparing for the coming school week. One thing I have heard many of my classmates and friends say is there is nothing to do in Fargo/Moorhead on the weekends. Usually the claim is that unless you are 21…
As we settle into the semester and our everyday routine, one of the our daily pit-stops lies as unacknowledged as ever; our on-campus Anderson Commons, known colloquially as DS. The common meeting grounds to Concordia’s social interactions cranks out over a thousand happy bellies each day. Providing countless laughs and social introductions, DS serves as…
The theme for Symposium this year was “Reformation: Transforming the World One Door at a Time,” and although the plenary session I attended focused on the Lutheran history of the Reformation, I would like to look at the Reformation from a more personal angle. Reformation from the non-Lutheran perspective can simply be defined as “the…
Whenever a vote comes up on a healthcare bill, many Democrats across the nation frame those who vote for reform bills as heartless egotists who want to take healthcare away from the American people. This could not be further from the truth. In order to lessen the financial impact health insurance companies bear as a…
When I first came to college, reading for leisure was one of the first hobbies of mine to fall by the wayside. One of my favorite things to do in the summer is catch up on all of the books I’ve been dying to read throughout the academic year. I like to read anything and…
Last week, as Symposium wrapped up one could find most students either grumbling about their reflection papers or discussing the sessions they found worthwhile. Yet, even with the conversation sparked by our fellow Cobbers, our ever-shrinking attention span means that the conversation on such topics lasts only until the reflection assignments are due. At Symposium,…
On Sept. 8, the long-awaited Fenty Beauty make-up line was launched and there was so much hype about it on social media. The hype was not just about Rihanna, the line’s creator, but also about the range of skin tones included in the cosmetic lines. 40 shades were introduced for women of all colors. Women…
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the band Hippo Campus released an EP album entitled “Warm Glow” to a rather surprised fan base. The EP consists of three new songs, “Baseball,” “Traveler,” and “Warm Glow.” This St. Paul-based indie-rock band dropped their most recent album, “Landmark,” not even a year ago. “Landmark,” unlike this new EP, was…