Concordia Cobber Fitness provides an affordable hot yoga class once a week “Namaste,” Concordia student yogis said in a packed 105 degree yoga studio. Hannah Steffen, the class’s hot yoga instructor and a sophomore at Concordia ended her class with the simple word that is accepted as a respectful parting of ways in the yoga…
Category: People
Online newspaper: The Valley Express
Cobber creates, runs and edits hometown paper For 135 years, The Grant County Review was the only source of news for residents of Milbank, S.D., the town where Concordia junior Dezmond Ward grew up. It was available in print and online, but there was a catch — it was only published weekly. Ward noticed that…
To beard or to mustache: An analysis of ‘No Shave November’
Every November men are posed with the same question: To beard, or not to beard? Sometimes a brave soul might even take it one step further and trim the beard back to a mustache. Either way, facial hair is given a spotlight during the month of November. Participants who choose to flaunt a mustache…
Humans of Concordia
“My old self acted purely on instinct. I found myself trying different majors, minors, personality traits and even fashion. I’ve tried a lot of weird stuff in the past four years and have had the chance to decide what works for my life in a way that fills me socially, emotionally and spiritually. The most…
Thursday nights at Mick’s Office
Older Cobbers bond over a well-established tradition If you searched through the kitchen cupboards of many Concordia students, it is likely that you would find an array of colorful plastic mugs from Mick’s Office, a bar in downtown Moorhead. Senior Ryan Modahl said he has gone to Mick’s about twice a month since school started…
Humans of Concordia
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…
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…
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…






