When Colin Kaepernick, star National Football League player, started kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games, fans and the media erupted in outrage. News coverage everywhere read, “NFL player protests anthem.” This headline, while divisive enough to increase viewership numbers, was quite misleading. The reasons behind why he was kneeling, and why others started…
Weekends are dead on campus. On Saturdays and Sundays, it feels like the whole campus is sleeping, preparing for the coming school week. One thing I have heard many of my classmates and friends say is there is nothing to do in Fargo/Moorhead on the weekends. Usually the claim is that unless you are 21…
As we settle into the semester and our everyday routine, one of the our daily pit-stops lies as unacknowledged as ever; our on-campus Anderson Commons, known colloquially as DS. The common meeting grounds to Concordia’s social interactions cranks out over a thousand happy bellies each day. Providing countless laughs and social introductions, DS serves as…
Guess what? That’s right, the Vikings lost again. As is normal, I will attempt to rate where Minnesota fans should be at panic-wise after a 14-7 loss to the Lions. There’s one extra caveat this week: I didn’t technically watch the game. So here I go. Some of you might be questioning how I could…
On Tuesday night, Olson Forum filled with students and the sound of pop music. At the front of the room was senior Lindsay Marie Dusek of Lindsay Marie Fitness, leading the group through routines of salsa, merengue, and hip-hop moves. Dusek leads semi-regular Zumba classes on campus, sponsored by Concordia Events Commission. She has spent…
With a student-faculty ratio of 11-to-1, Concordia’s small class sizes are a large draw for prospective students. However, sometimes classes become a bit too small, and programs are left with only one faculty member. Programs such as French, Chinese, and German each only have a single professor to plan curriculum, teach courses, and engage with…
A remake of the 1990 sci-fi thriller of the same name, “Flatliners” strives to explore the afterlife and what it feel like to die by examining five medical school students engaging in a scientific experiment. The students trigger near-death experiences by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, drawn by the promise of increased…
Three writers will visit campus this week for Concordia’s annual Visiting Writer’s Festival. “I am always looking for ways to make the student experience [at Concordia] a student-centered one,” said Bill Snyder, an English professor at Concordia and the coordinator of the event. Each year, a poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer or journalist are…
Four new faculty members have joined the communication studies and theatre arts department this year: Dr. Najla Amundson, assistant professor and director of speech; Zackery Aschim, technical director of theatre; Andrea Ramstad, instructor; and Zachary Oehm, instructor and assistant director of speech. In addition to a need for more instructors, the splitting of the forensics…
On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 21, visiting professor Dr. Matthew Desing gave a presentation at the first of several events taking place at Concordia College in honor of Hispanic Heritage month, which spans from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Desing, who is a professor of Spanish literature at the University of Texas El Paso,…