Wendell Berry, author and environmental activist, said, “To be interested in food but not in food production in clearly absurd.” To most people in the U.S., food is simply something one conveniently finds in a supermarket; it is also a commodity that never seems to run short, despite the prolonged hunger problem in the U.S….
Winona LaDuke speaks on indigenous people, environment and the seventh generation On the morning of Monday, Oct. 17, Winona LaDuke stood alongside the hundreds who had gathered at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to protest construction of the controversial 1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline. That night, she stood before a full audience in the Concordia…
The scent of freshly baked cinnamon sticky buns wafted through the room above the heads of some of the greatest minds in Minnesota. Women and men gripped styrofoam cups filled with cheap coffee and chatted between the blue walls of the unusually named Red Room. It was 10:20 a.m. and chapel had just ended. The…
Year after year it seems as if the women’s soccer program has a superb team and season record all-around. But as everyone knows, people graduate and leave the team looking to fill the holes that are left. Although sometimes, the new team dynamic just isn’t the same and neither is the season, the teams just…
It’s time to address how absolutely horrendous Concordia’s parking situation is. On an average day, I will drive through at least two parking lots before settling on the Hoyum lot or parking on the street. Other than the residence hall lots, all the other parking lots have very ambiguous signs that have never totally made…
“College age women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than robbed” says the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network on statistics of campus sexual violence. For this reason, on the evening of Oct. 13, the Women’s and Gender Studies department at Concordia hosted a documentary screening and talkback featuring the film “It Was…
Concordia’s EcoHouse residents are giving back to nature by feeding their food scraps to worms that turn the waste into nutrient rich compost. This process is called vermiculture or vermicomposting. According to EcoHouse resident Samantha Ferguson, the worms are contained in an indoor bin with multiple layers that can be taken apart. “You’re cutting up…
Winter is coming. This knowledge is not just limited to Game of Thrones characters or fans of dank memes, but also to a small community in Texas. Dakota Access, a company based in the Lone Star State, is responsible for the construction of a pipeline that would carry 500,000 barrels of crude oil every day…
Student debt is running rampant across the U.S. and beyond. Students must weigh their options about whether or not they’re college bound much earlier because of the cost of tuition. The question every potential college student has to ask themselves is whether or not a degree is worth the money that they will pay to…
College is a busy time. With a full load of difficult classes, sports, music, clubs and other extracurricular activities, it’s easy to stretch yourself too thin — to put too much pressure on yourself to exceed at everything. Coming into college, I knew what “stretched too thin” felt like. My experience in high school, for…