By Brennan Collins MOORHEAD- Cobber Football kicked off their 2025-26 season with a win on Saturday against Mayville State Illuminated by Jake Christian Stadium’s new field lights. The College’s first ever night game proved to be an event not many students, parents and alumni planned to miss including that of Mayville State who found themselves…
By George French and Liz Komagum The Carl B. Ylvisaker Library received an upgrade over the summer. The main floor has been transformed with new furniture, additional study spaces, and a refreshed layout designed to create a more inviting atmosphere for students. The biggest change to the library is the furniture. With help from Facilities,…
By Abigail Koenig Scott Olsen has been a fixture of Concordia college since 1987, teaching almost exclusively non-fiction writing courses and embarking on a total of 19 school sponsored overseas trips with Cobber students and staff. He is now doing a phased retirement. Phased retirement is a one or two year program where a professor…
By Abigail Koenig The Cobber Expo is an annual event in which Concordia students get the opportunity to explore the various cocurricular activities available to them. Registered student organizations set up tables with candy, crafts, raffles and posters to help attendees get to know each club. The event is officially part of the Concordia First-Year…
MOORHEAD — On Friday, April 25, 2025 from noon to 2 p.m., a small demonstration was held by the Student Environmental Alliance (SEA), near the Concordia campus fire pit to voice their support for sustainability efforts on campus. [Editors Note: this story is no longer current and was not published until September 2025] The crowd…
MOORHEAD — On Monday, April 14, over a hundred athletes from nearly every branch of Cobber athletics attended the annual banquet. Held in Concordia’s Memorial Auditorium, dozens of tables spanned the length of the gym. Football players were seated stage right with track and field to the left. Between the two groups: tennis, golf, swimming…
Concordia’s communications professor Darren Valenta, along with communications students Saige Mattson and Olivia Slyter, held a lecture titled “Drive Me to Doggy Daycare: Stand-up Comedy’s Impact on Suicidality Discourse,” on April 15 in Olin, where they presented their thorough research. They discussed how sensitive topics, like suicidality or the risk of suicide specifically, can be…
Grace Halvorson and Daniel Davies ended their terms as the President and Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA) on the first Monday of April, when the term is slated to end according to the SGA Bylaws. Halvorson and Davies, both being in their last semesters at Concordia, reflected on the successful term that…
From 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Concordia students can file into Anderson Commons to stack a new drink atop their usual breakfast menu. The smoothie flavor put out is different from the last, and with everything from raspberry to “Peach Mango Power”, they still share one commonality: “I like how they’re…
Cornstock 2025 will take place at 7 p.m. on April 26 in Memorial Auditorium. This event is an annual end of year concert and has been a Concordia tradition since 1989, first being sponsored by the Campus Entertainment Commission, now known as the Campus Events Commission. The event is based on the Woodstock music festival. …