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…
Generalizations hurt everyone. Intellectually, they hurt those making the generalization since the person is not exercising their mind enough to see the nuances that exist within a given area. They also hurt those who are the subject of the generalization, for they are unfairly lobbed into a category that they might not fit into. Some…
After finally winning a Best Bet last week, it’s time for me to make picks based on zero football knowledge! This week I will be making my picks based on one simple question: which team has the best jerseys? (Shoutout to Erik Manning). As you will read in the rest of my picks this week,…
Though the team success of the Concordia College swimming and diving team has been limited by its roster size over the last few seasons, a number of individuals and relay teams have managed to set records for the Cobbers. Between 2016 and 2017, seven school records were broken. Although only one of those record setters,…