Black Friday came and went in a flash. People camped out, stood in line for hours on end, and scrambled for the best buys. Yet, in a privately owned boutique, Black Friday wasn’t a day of chaotic shopping. Crystal House was filled with a unique array of clothes and accessories including hand painted leather bags…
Wednesday night’s mental illness student panel hosted by Concordia’s Active Minds drew a crowd that required a switch to a larger venue not once, but twice to accommodate the turnout. A parade of approximately 200 students shuffled through the halls of Jones Science building, moving from room to room, vying for seats, and eager to…
Instead of driving 40 minutes away, Cobbers now can experience the barn dance atmosphere on campus College students, and people from the community, swing dance and line dance on the shiny floors of the restored barn. The mood is set with a live country band playing in the front, and a bar in the back,…
On Thursday, October 30, the African Student Union, in collaboration with the International Student Organization will be hosting an Ebola panel discussion and presentation in the Fuglestad Auditorium (Jones 212) from 7-8 p.m. According to Senior Sia Mbatia, a board member of the African Student Union, the presentation will consist of a panel of speakers…
Well-known slam poet Sierra DeMulder visited Concordia not only to perform her style of original political poetry, but to convince students that their vote matters. The audience snapped fingers as DeMulder passionately performed one of her poems. As she recited her work, her voice ebbed and flowed with rhythmic diction, while her hand gestures illustrated…
Speaker shares lessons learned through years of activism From Philadelphia to Calcutta to Baghdad, Christian peace activist and author Shane Claiborne has been advocating against injustice around the world for nearly 20 years. Claiborne visited campus last Tuesday for a lecture and discussion, sponsored by Concordia’s Forum on Faith and Life. Claiborne’s lecture was entitled…
Concordia played host to several world-renowned musicians this past Saturday for the 24th annual Day of Percussion, which brings professional percussionists to campus to provide clinics and perform with students. Among this year’s clinicians was Chester Thompson, best known for stints drumming with 1970s and 80s progressive rock group Genesis, along with Genesis leader Phil…
Concordia Theatre and SAGA collaborate Concordia’s Straight and Gay Alliance teamed up with the theater honor society, Alphi Psi Omega, to host Concordia’s first-annual drag show. Alphi Psi Omega President Hannah Wehlage was excited to do something new this year for the theater’s annual dance. “We have a dance at the end of the year,”…
Concordia features fiction and nonfiction finalists Once each year, the people of Concordia College gather together to talk about the best books in the nation. The occasion is the annual National Book Awards at Concordia, which this year will bring acclaimed authors Rachel Kushner and Wendy Lower to campus. The authors will be on campus…
“You guys scare me,” said Laura Egland, founder of the local storytelling scene The Tell, as she took the stage. Egland said she was scared because she did not attend college and did not look as young as she wanted. Students chuckled as she began to introduce the first storyteller of the night. The first-ever…