Chinese New Year was brought to Concordia Saturday evening. Students and community members filled the Centrum Feb. 9 to celebrate. About 400 people attended this year, according to Chinese professor Tao Ming. This number in- creased from the 350 in attendance last year. This is the fifth year Concordia has celebrated Chinese New Year. It…
The weather forecast was incorrect about the temperatures on Saturday, Feb. 2. TheWeatherChannel.com had predicted temperatures to be in the twenties, a hopeful prospect for the twenty- one snowboarders and skiers that boarded vans early Saturday morning to head to the Andes Tower Hills in Alexandria, Minn. But at 8:00 a.m., as they boarded the…
Alone on Valentine’s Day this year? Don’t worry about it. Grab some friends and head down to the Francis Frazier Comstock main stage production of “Boeing Boeing” to hear about Bernard’s romantic problems and you might feel better about your situation afterwards. This play, originally written in French by Marc Camoletti, follows the hectic love…
The sniffles, the coughing, the sneezing and the groans of sickness. The sound is everywhere. Flu season is here, and it came a lot earlier than expected. This flu season got off to its earliest start since 2003. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), it began in October. Officials saw numbers that were…
Summer is three months away. Even so, students are now starting to look for work and internships to beef up their resumes. When so many students are applying, it’s often difficult to figure out how to stand out in the crowd. The on campus Career Center offers several 60-minute sessions and one-on-one appointments throughout the…
The New Year has brought some changes to the Office of Intercultural Affairs (ICA). Not only has its office been moved from the Parke Student Leadership Center to Lorentzen, but it also has a new assistant director. Susanna Lu joined the ICA right after finishing her thesis at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), where she…
Coughs, sneezes and sniffles are not uncommon sounds in the classroom during winter at Concordia. Although the influenza scare may be almost over, maintaining good health is still a constant battle for college students, who are surrounded by germs. With New Year’s Resolutions struggling to be upheld, many people are striving to live healthier lives….
Carl B. Ylvisaker Library is welcoming a new director, Laure Probst, this month. Probst has joined Concordia’s community after about 30 years of library work in larger universities around the country. As a native Minnesotan and graduate of Luther College in Iowa, Probst is looking forward to being back at a place more like home….
Name: Jared Hernandez Class: Junior Major(s)/Minor(s): Nursing major with minors in classical studies and history Are you single and ready to mingle?: Oh yeah! Why did you apply for Mr. Concordia?: Some upper-level nursing students hustled me and I thought it would be fun. What is your talent?: Shake it like jello, make the boys…
Concordia faculty member, Sharon Hoverson, will be retiring within the next month. She will be leaving her position as library director after 32 years of service to the Carl B. Ylvisaker Library on campus. Hoverson, a Concordia grad, has been the Library Director since 2004, overseeing all of the operations at the library. She has…