This semester I am studying at a nonprofit organization in Bangalore, India as part of Concordia and Gustavus’ Justice, Peace and Sustainable Communities program. So far, I have studied issues of injustice in great depth both inside and outside the classroom. In addition to some challenging class exercises and discussions, I have visited several slums,…
(Editor’s note: in response to Johnny Wagner’s letter to the editor in the Oct. 7 edition of The Concordian.) Nobody has the inherent right to always feel comfortable. It is the challenges we face that allow us to grow as humans. To argue that these challenges should be removed from college (the very place meant…
Before I begin I want to point out that I have no affiliation with Dining Services, financial or political. (This is why I have not officially endorsed Susan’s bid for the U.S. presidency.) The only power DS holds over me is dictating which flavor of coffee I’ll drink each day. Thus, it is with total…
Imagine, if you will, a perfect student. This precocious individual spends all of his or her free time studying, has impeccable attendance, and always scores highly on tests. Now, visualize said student logging on to the internet to check grades and being devastated to find that, for the first time in the individual’s life, he…
After a few hectic weeks, we are headlong into the semester, and I am thinking about masks. No, not Halloween masks, but instead the masks we wear in an attempt to fit in. Orientation whipped by, then before we knew it Family Weekend and thereafter Homecoming flooded media with exciting pictures and so-called Happy Cobber…
In the March 12 article “Reading the Readers” it is reported that a switch to online newspaper subscriptions of The New York Times and The Washington Post are changes that “have been made in order to make the news more accessible to a larger audience, improve the college’s goal of sustainability and adhere to the…
As the year dwindles down into weeks, the stress of final papers, final presentations and long nights with no sleep hovers over me like the razor sharp edge of the guillotine, ready to decapitate my GPA and send me flying to the depths of the despair called unemployment… Or so my anxiety disorder would have…
How many South Americans does it take to change a light bulb? …A Brazilian. Hopefully that joke has drawn in more people than were scared away by the title of this article. Nice to meet you. I’m Karley, and if you don’t know me, I’ll get you up to speed. I’m a woman. But I’m…
Being college students, I think we can all agree that sleep is quite often in high demand and in short supply. We all know that sleep is obviously necessary to function and getting enough of it can lead to better health and higher productivity. This may seem a little disheartening since we can never seem…
What is the last thing most of us do right before falling asleep? Is it almost routine to check social media or text a friend right before you are ready for bed? Is it common to feel the need to check your phone for missed notifications in the middle of the night? A National Sleep…