Evidence suggests whitewashing of the composer’s legacy As probably very few of you outside the music department know, the Fargo-Moorhead area is currently in the throes of something called Beethovenfest. This is basically a community-wide celebration of Beethoven’s life and works. For those readers not very familiar with classical music, it’s pretty cool. Lovely, lovely…
“It’s band time!” Each week members of the Concordia Band hear their director Dr. Peter Haberman shout this phrase before rehearsal. But during the week of Feb. 2-6, there was extra excitement with this exclamation because the band was on tour in Washington state. The Concordia Band goes on tour annually during the first week…
Concordia will bounce around the globe in future symposiums. The Concordia community will learn how our region plays a significant role with the rest of the world in the upcoming two years of symposiums. In 2015, “China Rising: New Global Order?” symposium will focus on how China’s power within the world has been growing, and…
I am reminded this week of the February 11, 2005 issue of The Concordian: the top headline is “STUDENT APATHY” (capitalized, I assume, for journalistic panache). The subject of the article is the fact that the Student Association – as student government was then called – had only one team running for executive office. The…
I was pointed to the article “Culture Clash or Expensive Field Trip” after reading Dawn Duncan’s response. I don’t intend to add on to the heap, but this is too important to me and countless other students to not say something as well. To begin, using a week-long study abroad, while a great opportunity, as…
I made four new friends this week. At least, I think I did. I hope I did. I’d like to discuss that uncertainty. I was walking to my table in DS on Tuesday when I caught a group of strangers, twenty feet away, staring at me. They did the standard look-away as soon as I…
Offutt School of Business Dean moving to job at bigger school next year Six and a half years ago, Concordia hoped to elevate its business program while keeping it steeped in the liberal arts. Mark Krejci, who was then vice-president of academic affairs and dean of the college, hired Greg Cant to be the founding…
A grassroots organization has sprung up on Concordia’s campus that welcomes faculty and staff who share a desire for a community free of sexual violence. The group, founded by faculty members Laurie Dahley, Susan Larson and Elna Solvang, refers to itself as Employees Against Rape or Employees Advocating Respectful Sexual Situations (EAR). “To change a…
It may be old news, but “50 Shades of Grey,” with main characters Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) hits the big screen on February 12th — just a couple days before Valentine’s Day. The book itself was finished in 2011, with two sequels following in 2012. British author E.L. James originally self-published “50…
I was going to rant about girls. I’m not proud of it, but there we are. It was going to focus on girls I didn’t know, people I’ve met passing through the Atrium every Wednesday or sitting down to meals a few tables away, and the moments where they’ve met my gaze or haven’t. I…