On Nov. 30, 2017 at an emergency senate meeting, the Student Government Association voted 28 to 2 to rescind $7,080 allocated to Young Americans for Freedom from the Special Projects and Initiatives Fund to partially fund bringing conservative speaker Ben Shapiro to Concordia College. The funding had already been granted a week earlier by a…
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that this article is in no way meant to assign blame to any individual or organization. I also don’t think what I have to say is particularly controversial, though I suspect some may take it as such. The war of Liberal vs. Conservative runs so deep…
One of the selling points for coming to a small liberal arts campus is the community and tight-knit culture on campus. Almost any student at Concordia would say this one of the reasons why they are currently loving their Cobber experience. What a lot of students do not realize, or that they take for granted,…
“There are too many black people in ‘Black Panther.’ I just think they could have been a little more diverse.” Welcome to our world, and thank you for feeling exactly how we feel when we turn on almost every TV show and do not see the representation of black people. I have heard some people…
There are many reasons to go shopping. We shop for groceries and toiletries, we eat out at restaurants, we buy gifts and purchase our next form of entertainment. How far do you go out of the way to accomplish these everyday tasks? Most individuals do not mind driving a few miles out to West Acres…
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. They can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, race, and ethnicity. Across the United States, at least 30 million individuals battle an eating disorder. These facts, among others, should make it hard to debate the validity and seriousness of these mental illnesses that touch…
When you are done eating at a restaurant and you sip the last of your drink from the bottom of your glass, do you ever wonder where your straw goes after the table is bussed? According to www.thelastplasticstraw.org, 500 million plastic straws are used in the United States every single day. That amount of straw…
Community spaces are all around campus. Open and full of light, these inviting locations are meant to be used for quality time and student enjoyment. Yet, the culture of Concordia students ends up diluting the space. Starting with Orientation week, we get into the habit of sitting together and grouping up. Almost no time during…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a microaggression as “a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group.” Microaggressions are viewed by some as being subtly oppressive, reinforcing wrongful stereotypes and racial biases. While I don’t 100 percent agree with that statement, I do…
This month we will be celebrating Black History Month, and it is going to be lit. During Black History Month a lot of people, whether African-American or not, use this opportunity to celebrate their black heritage. Too often, people talk about the men who made this history possible, but never acknowledge the women who have…