Theatre art professor Jen Thomas insists she did not come here planning to revitalize the theatre department; she has simply tried to do her part. Nonetheless, Thomas has made a lasting mark on theatre at Concordia during her tenure here, both onstage and off. A number of changes have occurred in the theatre department since…
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…
In the small pre-screening room of the medical clinic in San Lorenzo, Ecuador, Mike Rose and his new friend, Gonzalo, sat patiently waiting for their daily snack to be ready. The day was Aug. 14, 2013. Rose was in his final month of a three-month long mission trip to Ecuador. He spent the last part…
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…
Using plungers to fight for their right to pee for free, the lower class of “Urinetown” raises important social questions in Concordia’s upcoming musical production. “Urinetown,” which opens Nov. 14 and runs through Nov. 24, offers a musical commentary on the issues of sustainability and the conflict between what is right and wrong in society….
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…
Concordia’s new Campus Service Commissioner has been chosen. Megan Dickerson, a sophomore, will take over from senior Moriah Nelson next semester. As Commissioner, Dickerson, a nursing major with a minor in Spanish, will be responsible for planning many of Concordia’s service-oriented events, including service projects for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a blood drive…
The recently chosen orientation chair for 2014, junior Katie Englund, will be selecting the members of next year’s Orientation Committee in the coming weeks. Englund, a native of Lakeville, Minn., said she chose to come to Concordia for the “type of people” who attend. “The community sense kind of hooked me,” Englund said. Englund was…
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….
To step into Concordia’s plumbing department is to step into a foreign culture where the language spoken is one of acronyms like HVAC and the typical attire includes steel-toed boots. Small, plastic drawers colored with different shades of blue line two walls from top to bottom, each with a faded label designating its contents. A…