What a crazy couple of weeks it has been in sports. The NCAA tournament was in the Sweet Sixteen last time I wrote a column that was not about Rock, Paper, Scissors. In order to try to summarize what has happened since, I am handing out five awards I made up. The “Bartolo Colon” Award:…
Rebecca O’Shurak was named the head Concordia women’s soccer coach on April 3, making her the seventh coach, and the first woman to lead the team, in program history. O’Shurak has a long history of assistant coaching at the Division III schools of Allegheny College, Earlham College, and Thomas More College, as well as at…
Silence has never been so terrifying. In his most recent film, John Krasinski—yes, the same John Krasinski that stars as Jim Halpert in “The Office”—has created a unique, powerful thriller that arrived in theaters on April 6. While most horror movies focus on jump scares and increasing volume to startle audiences, “A Quiet Place” hones…
Sophomore Kim Krattley has been named one of this year’s Phillips Scholars, and the only one from Concordia. The Phillips Scholars program recognizes private college students with a passion for serving people with unmet needs in Minnesota communities. According to the Minnesota Private Colleges website, Phillips Scholars are selected to receive a $6,000 junior-year scholarship,…
Dr. Cindy Larson-Casselton, chair and professor of communication studies at Concordia, is surprised by the development of rules and legislation in regards to tobacco she has seen over her lifetime. “If you were to tell me restaurants would be smoke-free, bowling alleys would be smoke-free, whole campuses were smoke-free, I would have told you, ‘You’re…
Concordia Theatre’s final production of the year will take on topics such as the power of language, existential crises, and the complexities of romance—all at the hands of six student directors. “All in the Timing” is an energetic collection of six one-act plays, all tied together through their unique portrayals of time. This production is…
Jeff Bretherton has resigned as Concordia’s athletic director, less than a year after accepting the position on May 1, 2017. Bretherton was the first full-time athletic director in Concordia’s history. Concordia released a statement last Wednesday stating, “Effective April 4, Jeff Bretherton has resigned his position and will no longer serve as Athletic Director at…
Randy is a Cobber graduate from 1978 and is a Lutheran Pastor in Menomonie, Wisconsin Dear members of our Concordia family, the Caring Community, I am sharing about a fellow Cobber in dire need who is about to become homeless and on the streets without YOUR assistance and that of members of our greater Concordia…
Religion and politics are two of the most commonly avoided subjects at the dinner table. Both have existed since the dawn of humankind and continue to serve as cornerstones for modern society. When we look at history, great and terrible movements alike have used both religion and politics to gain momentum. Movements like the Crusades,…
While attending the National Book Awards at Concordia, I could feel the power and respect for the intellectual female that saturated the Centrum. Both Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of “Never Caught,” and Nancy MacLean, author of “Democracy in Chains,” were brought in not only as celebrated authors, but as celebrated women. Sophisticated and eloquent historians,…