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…
[wzslider autoplay=”true” info=”true”] Student creativity is in the spotlight this month at Concordia’s Cyrus M. Running Gallery for the annual student art exhibition. The exhibition opened with a reception in the gallery this past Thursday and will run until March 30. Each year the exhibition is judged by a juror chosen from the local arts…
Speaker performs poetry and gives presentation for Women Appreciation Month Ekere Tallie, a poet, teacher and activist who speaks against racism, violence and silence, believes in the value of seeing people and the world without stereotypes and judgments that cloud the capacity to accept difference. The Woman Studies Department invited Tallie to come to Concordia…
Pop-rock musician Ben Rector will be performing at this year’s Cornstock event with headliner Hoodie Allen. Since 2006, Rector has released five full-length albums and three EPs, touring frequently in between. Rector began releasing music while he was still an undergrad at the University of Arkansas, where he studied marketing. Like Cornstock headliner Allen, Rector…