The upstairs dish room in Anderson Commons hums with the sound of running water and machinery. Three student workers stand in front of two clear plastic bins that are filling up with a medley of foods left over from their classmates’ plates. The students are told to empty drinks into the trough in front of…
The most important news in higher education this week comes out of rural Virginia. Sweet Briar College, a historic women’s college, announced it would close over the summer. Liberal arts colleges across the country are stunned. I have no personal connection to Sweet Briar, but I feel compelled to review this story. Students across the…
HILT visits California, D.C. This year, two High Impact Leadership trips set off to their destinations over spring break. One trip went to Washington D.C. to learn about environmental policy, while the other went to California to learn about sustainable agriculture and organic farming. Both groups came back filled with knowledge, ready to implement change…
Concordia pastor Timothy Megorden recently announced his plans to retire by September 2015. When Megorden accepted the position of campus pastor in 2007, he vowed that he would retire in four years. “It’s been eight years because it’s really been good,” he said. Megorden graduated from Concordia in 1969 with a sociology major and philosophy…
While I-94 became crowded with students drifting back home or to locations for various mission centered trip during Spring break, members of both the men and women’s tennis teams traveled to California to further their training and compete against Chapman University. Throughout the week, each team completed a variety of practice sessions, visited Indian Wells,…
As a Music Education Major, I’ve gotten to do clinicals in order to gain classroom experience. In my personal experience, this can mean anything from personal errands for the teachers to tutoring fractions with fifth graders. At my last clinical session, my teacher asked me for help with some prep work for a class later…
Following the Tin Roof Theatre Company’s performance of “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail” on Saturday, March 21, there will be a Folk Jam Fest featuring original compositions by Jared Hoeft, a 2013 graduate from Concordia College. Howard Taubman of the New York Times described the ideological relevance of the play to contemporary audiences, stating…
Matt Dymoke, a 2014 Concordia graduate, was recently nominated for Teacher of the Year in the White Bear Lake school district after only being in the classroom for six months. The social studies education major, organizational communication minor was nominated by three students who had the option to nominate any teachers in the district. Dymoke,…
What is the last thing most of us do right before falling asleep? Is it almost routine to check social media or text a friend right before you are ready for bed? Is it common to feel the need to check your phone for missed notifications in the middle of the night? A National Sleep…
For some athletes, jersey number has meaning Athletes have long been identified in three ways: their name, the team they play for, and by the number they wear. Some could say that the jersey number is an identifier or even a way to avoid confusion. Despite how spectators look at a player’s jersey number, many…