With finals starting only next week, now is not a good time to procrastinate studying. That is, unless you are checking out one, or all, of the following worthwhile web distractions. 1. Kate Upton & Snoop Dogg – You Got What I Eat (Hot Pockets Music Video) This is a music video featuring Snoop Dogg…
Category: Variety
25 sweaters of Christmas
Concordia student wears holiday sweaters for 25 days of Christmas [wzslider transition=”‘slide’”] Junior Kate Bjelde, a self-proclaimed Christmas enthusiast, has created a tradition for herself to wear a different Christmas sweater for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas, including Christmas Day. Submitted photos. It kicked off Dec. 1 with a quotation…
Cobbers reflect: Popular holiday music
Black Friday: A family tradition
It is the day of the year that thousands of Americans wait for: Black Friday. A day that prompts people to wait in endless lines for hours as they check items off their Christmas gift lists. Concordia mother-daughter pair Sandi Paulson and Geneva Nemzek have been going Black Friday shopping for as long as Nemzek…
How to find off-campus housing
Tips to snagging your temporary dream home As if you were not already stressed out enough with finals and holiday shopping looming, if you are a sophomore or junior it is also time to figure out if you are going to live on or off campus next year. Luckily for you, if you are leaning…
Theatre professor brings new life to department
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…
Maize fries: Behind the scenes
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…
Student starts hunger awareness campaign
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 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…
‘Urinetown’ reflects on societal issues
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….









