Right down the street from Concordia’s campus is a beautiful building home to thousands of the Midwest’s artistic treasures. Open to the public from 1 to 5 p.m. every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Rourke Art Gallery and Museum is within walking distance of campus and is completely free for students. Going to art museums…
Today (Oct. 19) is Laxmi Puja, the third day of the Tihar, also known as Diwali. Instead of finding a way to celebrate in a land thousands and thousands of miles away from my hometown, I sit on my desk with tears pooling in my eyes, slowly dripping down my cheeks with an array of…
In his article “College does not fulfill mission,” Pat Sorrells clearly states that he believes that Concordia should remove the phrase “dedicated to the Christian life” from its mission statement. His main points are that Concordia does not require mandatory chapel attendance (something he believes that Concordia should do) and that the religion department is…
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…