An analytical chemistry lab is taking BREW to another level by analyzing the chemical content of four different kinds of beer: Pillager, Porter; Azacca Attacker, American Pale; Burn the Boats, American IPA; Broken Rudder, Irish Red Ale. Cobber students produced research that will be used to help Drekker Brewery in downtown Fargo. “Everybody has been…
Before Paul Johnson began digitally designing the mural for the Concordia Christmas Concerts, students, faculty and other volunteers had to paint the mural by hand. Since 2009, Johnson has created a digital file of the mural and printed it onto large strips of wallpaper. The design is then pasted onto 44 panels that make up…
Every November men are posed with the same question: To beard, or not to beard? Sometimes a brave soul might even take it one step further and trim the beard back to a mustache. Either way, facial hair is given a spotlight during the month of November. Participants who choose to flaunt a mustache…
Concordia College theatre’s first production of the 2015-2016 season featured vampires. Their second show, opening Nov. 12, will feature a Dragon. Director Sally Story said the department’s upcoming production, Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award-winning “Company,” tells the tale of Bobby, a 30-something New Yorker attempting to navigate the single life while surrounded by couples. “Company” may…
Concordia’s Christmas concerts are known far and wide, but they would not be the same without the familiar voices that narrate the performances. “The two narrators that they have are amazing,” said Katie Heyer, a freshman this year who has attended the concert several times in past years and will be performing in the concert…
Four flights of stairs below the stage in the Frances Comstock Memorial Theatre are boxes filled with vampire teeth, prosthetic monster masks, beaded fabrics, and a powder that mimics blood when mixed with water. The Concordia College theatre department is preparing for William McNulty’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” opening Oct. 15. According to a…
Her mother is a parish liturgist, conducts children’s and adult’s church choirs, and brought her straight to the church when she was born; there, the choir sang to her, their voices echoing off the church walls and surrounding her with harmonic sound. Her siblings all play instruments, and they are connected through the expression of…
The remodeling of Ivers-Jones has forced science, mathematics and nursing professors to relocate to Fjelstad, and their classes are now spread across campus. “The majority of the mathematics classes are in Old Main and Grant Center,” said Dr. Douglas Anderson, head of the mathematics department. “Some of them are also in Olin, Grose and Bishop…
Students without visiting families find ways to make memories during Family Weekend As Family Weekend approaches, senior Kylie Windecker thinks of her parents, who who died from illness in 2009 and 2013. She remembers watching old black and white films with her dad and having long conversations with her mom, who always had a cup…
Concordia students learn to confront global peace tactics Students representing 89 different countries met in Norway this summer in an effort to have meaningful conversations about peace. Alex Gray and Matthew Lillehaugen were selected to represent Concordia in the 2015 Peace Scholars program. The two students spent one week in Lillehammer, Norway and six weeks…