Would you trust an organization that asks you for monetary donations, but has a track record of not spending those donations wisely? Would you trust a company whose sole job is to make policies, but has failed to make any meaningful policies in the past 20 years? How about an organization that fails to report…
Faculty, students, and community members from all different backgrounds came together on Nov. 16 and 18 to participate in Narrative 4’s story exchange on the topic of difference. The event was a part of the Concordia Narrative 4 chapter’s plan to host a story exchange every month. According to senior Shawn Deegan, the student president…
If you were to walk the rows of practice rooms in Hvidsten Hall of Music on any given afternoon, you would likely hear the tenor voice of Logan Barat carrying through the corridor. Barat spends countless hours every week perfecting his craft; recently, all of his practice paid off. Barat, a senior vocal performance major…
Students, staff, and faculty of Concordia occupied the main hallway of the Integrated Science Center on Nov.16, in a sit-in protest denouncing the lack of action taken by the college to address diversity issues on campus. “I feel like it went really, really well,” said Grace Bryan, a junior at Concordia and a member of…
2017 has been a terrific year for comic book movies, and “Thor: Ragnarok” continues the dominant trend of success. After a $121 million opening week domestic and a $428 million global box office, it is on pace to be one of the top grossing domestic films this year. Between its development of Thor as a…
On Thursday, Nov. 9, just before midnight, pop artist Taylor Swift released her sixth album, “Reputation,” to an extremely eager fan base. I can imagine that a lot of people lean one of three ways when it comes to Taylor Swift. There are those of us who adore and support her in a vocal manner…
While scrolling through my news feed a few days ago, I saw a post about a far-right march in Poland. According to this post, roughly 60,000 people people marched as part of this fascist group, and their main purpose was that they wanted an “ethnically pure” country. As they marched, most people chanted the phrases…
As the semester turns from orange to red on the responsibility scale, students are running instead of walking to 8 a.m. classes, outfits are seeming more and more to resemble sweatpants, and the chronic exhaustion is increasing the cracks in students’ composure. One area that this can be seen is in our everyday behavior and…
Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone goes the glory. This is the motto of the beloved school we call home. But in recent times, there have been a great deal of questions of what does it mean to be a Christian school. I did a great deal of thinking on Pat Sorrells’ article of his…
As someone who actively engages in both theology and science, I was intrigued by Patrick Sorrells’ most recent column title. Dialogue around the value of faith, and how it is put into practice, is critical to building a stronger personal understanding of one’s faith. However, I found Sorrells’ article to be in need of a…