Student debt is running rampant across the U.S. and beyond. Students must weigh their options about whether or not they’re college bound much earlier because of the cost of tuition. The question every potential college student has to ask themselves is whether or not a degree is worth the money that they will pay to…
College is a busy time. With a full load of difficult classes, sports, music, clubs and other extracurricular activities, it’s easy to stretch yourself too thin — to put too much pressure on yourself to exceed at everything. Coming into college, I knew what “stretched too thin” felt like. My experience in high school, for…
With Halloween just around the corner, the last few weeks of October are crucial for finalizing a great Halloween costume. For all of the graduating students who have been diagnosed with TOTS — trick-or-treat senioritis — don’t worry. The Concordian has prepared a list of last minute costume ideas just for you. First, we recommend…
Skimming through the latest edition of the Concordia, I was pleasantly surprised at the thought provoking story about the Divest Concordia movement started by the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group on campus; however, as a continued to read the paper, I noticed an interesting, yet controversial opinion piece regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline. The article,…
When a child is born, he or she has just a few years of life free from responsibilities outside the home. During these years, the child learns to walk, speak and fit into society. At four years old, the child has learned enough to finally attend school, at which point he or she may begin…
Agriculture – a basic necessity, a cornerstone of the global economy and the root for the concern over food security – will play an integral role in how we as a planet move into the future. Currently, our goal to feed all the humans on earth requires the use of outdated and inefficient farming practices….
Have you ever seen the movie “The Roommate”? Leighton Meester plays the role of Rebecca, a college freshman who becomes obsessed with her roommate Sara. Rebecca tries to win all of Sara’s friendship and attention by stalking her, killing her cat and stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death. As if that weren’t enough, at the end…
We all know that there are cliques on Concordia’s campus. We all talk about them like it’s no big deal that they exist. We all abide by the social norms these cliques have implicitly set in place. Why? In high school, they always tell you that it will be different in college – that there…
The world has changed drastically in the last few hundred years. The invention of cars, planes and other vehicles, along with major growth in technology around the world has dramatically affected he world economy with regards to fossil fuels. Whereas not too long ago oil was almost useless, it how fuels everything from lawnmowers to spaceships. As…
This year’s symposium took countless hours from countless faculty, staff, students, and guests to set up and run, but it only took one issue of the Concordian to ignore its effect. I was somewhat shocked when I picked up the September 29th issue of the Concordian and at first glance saw no mention of the…