What If? Sitting in on Minnijean Brown-Trickey’s keynote address on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I was floored by the realization that I was listening to one of the nine key students who integrated our nation’s schools. Later that evening while reflecting on her words, my mind wandered to a Facebook post that had caught…
Although many of us are already counting down the days until we can go outside without having to bundle up, three fellow Cobbers are embracing the cold. These individuals have grown up enjoying the chilling months because freezing temperatures means they can go ice fishing. Ever since senior Chris Rud can remember, he has gone…
Second expo of the school year cultivates Cobber involvement with student organizations The Cobber Expo, traditionally held only once in the fall, was held again this winter for the second time in Concordia’s history to showcase over one hundred on-campus student organizations. Originally scheduled for Thursday, January 16, the Expo was moved to January 21,…
Two paintings quietly appeared on the walls in Knutson this past December. One painting, titled “The Rock Climbers,” is located beside the stairs that lead to the post office and the Parke Student Leadership Center. It bears the inscription on the back of its canvas, “For all those who hunger/ and thirst after righteousness/—self-justification is…
This evening thousands of Americans turned on their television to watch the 2014 Grammy Awards. Although I wasn’t one of them, I did peruse the tweets, and Facebook posts that followed the event. While scrolling through my Facebook homepage, I saw a link to the Beyoncé performance. Since I enjoy her music, I decided to…
Multi-event athletes have both physical and mental endurance Many people are familiar with the main events of track and field, but many are not familiar with multi-event athletes. Multi-eventer athletes participate in two-day competitions consisting of ten events for men and seven for women. Men compete in decathlons that include the 100, 400 and 1500-meter…
Concordia Forensics press release Concordia and NDSU’s forensics teams collaborated to host two speech tournaments this past weekend, but due to poor weather, two schools dropped out of the tournaments on short notice. Because of the drops, there were no longer enough schools participating for any competitive points to count, including qualifications for the American…
The complexities of studying the environment Perplexing and thought-provoking, environmental studies is an intricate interdisciplinary subject, in which varies in methods and beliefs on how to tackle these sometimes daunting issues. Environmental issues, however, have been around for decades and often require urgency, thorough planning and sometimes-radical viewpoints. I often find myself asking, how do…
Cobbers, staff and yeoman alike, this article is for everyone. We all have that one habit that makes us want to run through the woods, on fire, into a tree covered in kerosene. You want to know what mine is? The sheer existence of Taylor Swift, but beyond that, it’s fake laughter. I cannot tell…
Students hauling heavy backpacks are at risk of permanently injuring the muscles and joints in their back according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Loaded backpacks should weigh no more than 10 to 15 percent of a student’s body weight states the ABC News of Sept. 13, 2013. According to sophomore exercise science major…