A list of Concordia campus mainstays — the bell tower, the Concordia Choir, Kernel Cobb — is not complete without the inclusion of Maize fries. According to junior Katie Ahlstrom, a Maize student manager, Maize fries are the most popular item at the Maize. Below are the results of some investigative reporting regarding what Ahlstrom…
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Students attempt to break record for registered organ donors
Students team up with nonprofit to attempt to break Guinness World Record Tri-College Public Relations students are working with local nonprofit Alexa’s Hope to break the Guinness World Record for most organ donors registered in an eight-hour period. The event is entitled the “#GivetoLive Challenge.” Alexa’s Hope and the PR students are attempting to break…
Colleges Against Cancer take over No Shave November
MOORHEAD- The gentlemen of Concordia are about to look a little scruffier than usual, but this time it may be for a cause. Colleges Against Cancer has turned No Shave November into an opportunity to raise money for cancer research. Junior Laura Wood, entertainment chair for CAC, said the idea for the event took about…
Residence halls open doors to trick-or-treaters
Dressed in a safari hat and khaki cargo pants, with a stuffed cobra around his neck, the young zookeeper walked up to room 202. “Trick or treat,” he said. Kailey Berry and Alicia Benson, residents of Park Region, handed him a few pieces of candy, after which he thanked them and continued down the hall….
Facebook confessions pages: An examination
Anonymous Facebook confessions pages have captivated and alarmed Concordia’s campus. The pages — Confessions of a Cobber, Cobbers Confess and Cobber Mingle — have each impacted the campus in their own way. They have made students laugh, made them cry and have even put some in danger. Pages like these are not new to Concordia….
Concordia collects artifacts for memory project
Rings, buttons and a maroon and gold stuffed animal dog. All contributions by Concordia alumni to the archives’ latest project. The Concordia archives are in the process of compiling artifacts from both present and past students to create the Concordia Memory Project. Over homecoming, the archives, along with Joy Lintelman’s History 112 class, hosted the…
Professors commute by pedal and foot
Alternative transportation chosen for health and sustainability Concordia physics instructor and lab manager Donald Brummond has been commuting by bicycle since the late 1970s, and he is only one of many professors who commute to and from campus by foot or pedal rather than by car. Brummond chooses to commute by bike both for pleasure…
Edible landscaping: A potential in Concordia’s future?
Proposals to create more productive landscaping are underway This time next year, Concordia students could be celebrating fall with fresh produce from campus bushes. Landscaping on Concordia’s campus could become edible if a Concordia garden intern’s proposals are accepted. John Stelter, a garden intern from this past summer, believes the landscaping on campus would be…
Concordia reports low diversity
When Michael Wilson stepped onto Concordia’s campus for Orientation four years ago, he knew there would be a lot of white kids. But when he looked around at all the upperclassmen, he saw that white was the vast majority. Wilson, a senior and former president of Concordia’s Black Student Union, is from Waukegan, Ill., located…








