Life is a series of accepting things you never thought you would be old enough to face. Going to college, losing a loved one, becoming an aunt or a parent–these are events that we all know will happen in the distant future to the older, more mature versions of our selves that the current, younger…
Category: Opinions
Editorial
On Tuesday, author Colum McCann opened Concordia’s 25th Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium with a plenary session about the necessity of optimism in art. Among other things, he spoke about the importance of being in touch with the reality of what is going on around us: “It helps to know the world outside your…
The humanity of technology
We have a reputation. We’re the technology generation and depending on who you talk to, it may not be a good thing. Even here at Concordia, walking through campus can be lonely when your fellow travelers all have their noses buried in their smartphones. Likewise, breaks in mealtime conversation are, as often as not, punctuated…
Top 10 freshman faux-pas
10) Don’t lock yourself out of your room. Now, I was a freshman once, and I understand the fact that you’re not used to having keys every time you leave. However I also remember a girl getting locked out of her room in December of freshman year, which is enough time to be used to…
Be better together
We recently came upon the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a day that has defined our generation in ways that we are still realizing. But how has it defined us? That day, each of us heard the news and reacted in our own private way, but as a generation we began to create a…
Hindsight is always 20-20
I can’t believe it’s already the middle of September. Time has blazed by. Campus has undergone the transition from the euphoria and optimistic overload of Orientation Week to a more somber academic reality. The clubs and icebreakers have come and gone, replaced with classes and homework. Yesterday while unpacking my backpack, I found my old…
Feminism: A transgendered perspective
It’s a girl! It’s a boy! These words which may be a blessing for new parents can be a curse for a transgendered person. Sadly, gender is medicalized; someone in a white doctor’s coat points at you and says, “You have a penis therefore we are going to make you a man.” Or “You have…
From a senior staff member
As I sit down to write my last opinions piece for The Concordian, reality is finally sinking in. This is it. I feel a mixture of jubilation and panic. I won’t be coming back to campus to start a new year in August. I won’t be taking any more classes from my favorite professors. I…
You pierced what?
I have a total of four piercings. That means four extra holes in my head that, according to my mother, “just should not be there.” But I love my piercings – even if some people think I am not hardcore enough, too hardcore, or somewhere in between. They all have stories. The first is a…
What Concordia Offers
The end of the school year is always a time that mixes reflection with a look ahead. For a lot of Cobbers, that future planning involves even more school, which means even more applications. While Concordia is a great school, and the name carries some weight in the Fargo-Moorhead area, nationally it’s not nearly as…