Sitting alone in his hotel room in Waterloo, Iowa, in early February, Sam Gaines wondered, “What did I get myself into?” The next day at the UNI Overseas Recruiting Fair sponsored by University of Northern Iowa, Sam got his answer: a two-year contract to teach middle school music in Kuwait. Gaines, a senior vocal music…
Story of the Week @KingJames: “Stop trying to find a way to FIT-OUT and just FIT-IN. Be apart of something special! Just my thoughts.” On Feb. 7, 2015, notable modern philosopher Lebron James unleashed this now-famous subtweet. At the time, James was in the midst of his first season back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and…
One of the selling points for coming to a small liberal arts campus is the community and tight-knit culture on campus. Almost any student at Concordia would say this one of the reasons why they are currently loving their Cobber experience. What a lot of students do not realize, or that they take for granted,…
First and foremost, I want to make it clear that this article is in no way meant to assign blame to any individual or organization. I also don’t think what I have to say is particularly controversial, though I suspect some may take it as such. The war of Liberal vs. Conservative runs so deep…
“There are too many black people in ‘Black Panther.’ I just think they could have been a little more diverse.” Welcome to our world, and thank you for feeling exactly how we feel when we turn on almost every TV show and do not see the representation of black people. I have heard some people…
There are many reasons to go shopping. We shop for groceries and toiletries, we eat out at restaurants, we buy gifts and purchase our next form of entertainment. How far do you go out of the way to accomplish these everyday tasks? Most individuals do not mind driving a few miles out to West Acres…
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. They can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, race, and ethnicity. Across the United States, at least 30 million individuals battle an eating disorder. These facts, among others, should make it hard to debate the validity and seriousness of these mental illnesses that touch…
When you are done eating at a restaurant and you sip the last of your drink from the bottom of your glass, do you ever wonder where your straw goes after the table is bussed? According to www.thelastplasticstraw.org, 500 million plastic straws are used in the United States every single day. That amount of straw…
Community spaces are all around campus. Open and full of light, these inviting locations are meant to be used for quality time and student enjoyment. Yet, the culture of Concordia students ends up diluting the space. Starting with Orientation week, we get into the habit of sitting together and grouping up. Almost no time during…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a microaggression as “a comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group.” Microaggressions are viewed by some as being subtly oppressive, reinforcing wrongful stereotypes and racial biases. While I don’t 100 percent agree with that statement, I do…