I like my comfort zone, because it’s like a safety blanket, protecting me from judgment for the things I do. A lot of my mannerisms are really weird and out there, mostly because of my friends … they’re all more loud than I am, so I feel more comfortable being obnoxious. I met them at…
Category: Variety
Looking through the lens
The best nooks in Fargo, according to student photographers When browsing through Instagram, you might find a couple of Concordia’s own student-photographers. You might click on their profiles and peruse their unique photos and notice their unusual backgrounds of graffiti walls or urban alleyways. But where do Concordia seniors and photographers, Morgan Schleif and Bri…
Peter Halverson returns as beloved ‘voice of God’
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…
Student composers build professional portfolios
When senior Jordan Degerness sits down to compose a piece of music, he has a lot to consider. When creating music, he prefers to use composition notebooks instead of music writing software. When looking for a place to focus, he’d rather write in a big room than in a small, confined space — so he…
Unseen Ministries aims to fight poverty, human trafficking
Thirty million individuals are trapped in human trafficking and 1 billion go hungry every day according to Unseen Ministries website. Unfortunately, in today’s society, problems of this magnitude may still go unknown. That is why one of the goals of Unseen Ministries is to raise awareness about human trafficking, hunger and or poverty, and orphans….
Feminism is for everybody
Cobber feminism club focuses on the equality of all sexes and genders Feminism Club has two basic rules: 1. Talk about feminism. 2. Don’t be a jerk. The club is new to Concordia’s campus this year and executive board members Katie Beedy, Rachel McCloud and Natalie Dulka aim to create a safe space to have…
Concordia Orchestra plays with the spirit of Halloween
Halloween. The word conjures up masked figures and haunted houses, jack-o’-lanterns and witches flying on broomsticks. Now picture a vampire playing violin, a goblin playing cello, a ghost playing double bass — and you might be imagining how the Concordia Orchestra, will look this Halloween. “My stand partner and I are going to do something…
Metal welder’s work embellishes campus
All around campus, an individual will find the handiwork of one man. Ron Sauvageau is Concordia’s fabricator, one who makes and welds metal, and the campus would be pretty sparse without his work. Sauvageau works with a number of different tools and metals to make fixtures around campus. “No matter what trade is working, if…
Snyder performs at local pastry shop
On Christmas Day in 1961, Dr. Bill Snyder received a guitar from his parents. He began teaching himself how to play by listening to Joan Baez records and to folk music on the radio. He already knew how to play the ukulele, which made it easier for him to pick up the guitar. “I don’t…
Humans of Concordia
“My parents were missionaries and met each other at a Christian college. They were put in a group of other couples and missionaries to go church-planting. They ended up going to the poorer provice of Mindanao, Philippines. I was born there along with my younger brother and my older brother, who is adopted. I lived…