This past summer, I was a bridesmaid in my cousin’s wedding. She met her wonderful husband during her freshman year at Gustavus College in St. Peter, Minn. They were happily engaged by November of their junior year, and they were married this summer right after they graduated college. I had always looked up to my…
Conversations surrounding sustainability around campus are nothing new. However, sociology professor Andrew Lindner’s Political Sociology class has focused on a different spin of sustainability that nearly everyone is guilty of: having too much stuff. The class has just wrapped up their Too Much Stuff Week project, which included a clothing drive and a viewing and…
Concordia student wears holiday sweaters for 25 days of Christmas [wzslider transition=”‘slide’”] Junior Kate Bjelde, a self-proclaimed Christmas enthusiast, has created a tradition for herself to wear a different Christmas sweater for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas, including Christmas Day. Submitted photos. It kicked off Dec. 1 with a quotation…
No visibility for miles. Outside the window, the evergreens stand tall, snow resting on their needles. Curled up sipping hot cocoa, I find myself lost in a book, contently enjoying the winter season. With the fire glowing, warmth seeps through my woolen socks, and the smell of gingerbread lingers in the air from the stove….
Students in the dorms will not hear the fanfare of caroling Christmas horns preparing them to march into finals this year. The regular tradition of Concordia’s horn players going Christmas caroling will take this year off, according to horn instructor Karin Wakefield, who usually leads the horns. “Horn caroling isn’t happening this year due to…
Walking through the atrium last week, Concordia students took advantage of a unique opportunity to create their own pieces of art. Bottles of acrylic paint, a cup of dirty water, used paintbrushes, scraps of fabric and an old novel sat on the table before them. The students were given funny-shaped puzzle pieces of wood to…
Alright, my sweatpants-clad, coffee-stained, tired, stressed and all around tired Cobbers, this week is almost over. One day we will all look back on this and laugh, but right now, instead of laughing, we are tired. The word seems almost innocuous, but at least for me, it is the only word that aptly describes how…
Being a person who is a Studio Art and Communications double major, I couldn’t count the amount of times those who study primarily math and science comment on how much easier life as a non-science major must be. Yes, those of us focusing more on the arts normally do not have to spend weeks memorizing…
See the opposing argument here. Old Christmas is dead, but hold your tears and don’t mourn quite yet. The New Christmas is worthy of all your joy and praises, but more importantly, your money. The Old Christmas feelings of cherishing what you have and rejoicing in what you can give others is gone. Now we…