When I began my inquiry into joining the Catholic Church, I had no idea how many preconceived notions I had about the Church that ended up being completely and utterly wrong. Knowing what I know now after my official confirmation into the Church this past Easter, I can say that I have a better grasp…
In one of my communication studies courses earlier this week, my classmates and I were giving persuasive speeches. Among the “we should lower the drinking age” and “why we should have the death penalty” arguments, one of my classmates gave a compelling speech about why we need to stop buying plastic water bottles. Her speech…
Randy is a Cobber graduate from 1978 and is a Lutheran Pastor in Menomonie, Wisconsin Dear members of our Concordia family, the Caring Community, I am sharing about a fellow Cobber in dire need who is about to become homeless and on the streets without YOUR assistance and that of members of our greater Concordia…
Religion and politics are two of the most commonly avoided subjects at the dinner table. Both have existed since the dawn of humankind and continue to serve as cornerstones for modern society. When we look at history, great and terrible movements alike have used both religion and politics to gain momentum. Movements like the Crusades,…
While attending the National Book Awards at Concordia, I could feel the power and respect for the intellectual female that saturated the Centrum. Both Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of “Never Caught,” and Nancy MacLean, author of “Democracy in Chains,” were brought in not only as celebrated authors, but as celebrated women. Sophisticated and eloquent historians,…
I wrote about alternative student transportation methods just a few weeks ago, but the bright sunshine beginning to warm our cheeks has inspired me write why students should break out their bikes this spring. In terms of creating sustainable habits for yourself, using a bike to travel across campus and throughout our community is a…
Last week, high school students around the country participated in a nationwide walkout to protest the high number of school shootings happening in the U.S. The goal of this protest was to bring awareness to the issue and to show that students not yet old enough to vote are demanding change. Students spent 17 minutes…
“Why would anyone be so ignorant?” These were some of the words I heard from my friends as they called me on Saturday night to narrate what had happened to them. They had returned from a cultural event known as Celebrations of Nations across the street at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, where one of them was…
During mid-semester week, the women’s hockey team played in a home playoff game against Bethel. Before the game, I saw several social media posts stating that the first 100 students would get in to the game free and that there would be a shuttle service from campus to the game. So, I expected that there…
During my recent spring cleaning extravaganza, while digging through my closet for things to throw away I accumulated quite the pile of clothing, used notebooks, and what I felt was junk. I threw the pile into a garbage bag, and prepared it for its departure to the trash can. After thinking about it for a…