I am sure that anyone reading this article is familiar with Patrick Sorrells’s opinion column titled Politics and Religion. From what I can tell, Patrick is a voice for the conservative mind at Concordia, I want to applaud him for this. As Elaine Laliberte pointed out in her own opinion piece just below Patrick’s in…
Here at Concordia, we straddle many differences. Minnesota or North Dakota? Arts or sports? Korn Krib or the Maize? Sandy’s Donuts or…no, wait. The lesson is, Cobbers get the best of both worlds. Another example, living green or staying on a student budget? Perhaps sustainable clothing or makeup comes at a premium, but there is…
It snowed last week, so I feel like this is probably a good time to write this. Not only did we get to see snow on the ground—if only momentarily —we also got to see the first Cobber hockey games of the year. Well, a few people did. The combined attendance for the women’s hockey…
For assistant athletic trainer Kathleen Vesta, athletes are more than just patients. In her five years training primarily baseball, basketball, and men’s and women’s soccer, Vesta has developed relationships with countless Cobber athletes. Though Vesta never attended Concordia as a student, she completed her graduate assistant work at Concordia while attending North Dakota State University….
Kristian Aardahl, who graduated from Concordia in May of 2017 with a biology degree, has been serving in Senegal since August with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Young Adults in Global Mission. While in Senegal, Aardahl is working at a pharmacy and resource center for individuals with HIV/AIDS through a Lutheran, Senegalese non-profit organization….
Concordia students can expect further diversification of the college’s music community with the development of student-led Latin Jazz group, Fuego. First year finance student and trombone player Xavier Hernandez began raising awareness for the group early this semester with the intent of expanding Concordia’s music opportunities. Currently, Fuego is comprised of several notable musicians from…
At the start of spring semester, Dr. Amy Watkin will step down as chair of the English department and assume a new role: director of First-Year Experience. Watkin’s new role at Concordia will come with new responsibilities, including recruiting inquiry seminar professors, helping program fall orientation and FYT labs, working with the enrollment office on…
With his famous moustache and button-bedecked blazers, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer Bruce Vieweg is one of the most recognizable figures on Concordia’s campus. This October, Vieweg took on another identifier: hot pink hair. Vieweg went pink for a fundraising campaign called Real Men Wear Pink, hosted by the American Cancer Society. The…
On Thursday, Nov. 2, Nadia Bolz-Weber will speak at a public event on Concordia’s campus hosted by the Forum on Faith and Life. Bolz-Weber is the New York Times best-selling author of two memoirs, “Pastrix: the Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint,” and “Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People.” She…
When sophomore graphic design major and self-taught photographer Josiah Kopp sets out to get the perfect shot, he looks to the sky. “I always like finding new places I’ve never been before. I love taking pictures of night skies and the Milky Way, that’s sort of my forte,” he said. One night last July, as…