By now, I’m sure we’ve all had time to develop a firm dislike and distrust towards the NSA. Recently, this we has grown to include millions of French citizens and even former Mexican presidents when reports provided by Edward Snowden revealed extensive and malicious spying on both French citizens and Felipe Calderon, a former Mexican…
The Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Monday October 28 was packed with fans of punk music. The sold out show included Koo Koo Kanga Roo, The Smith Street Band, and headlining was Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls. Frank Turner has gone from underground punk rocker in England to a folk-punk solo world-touring artist who…
Shopping as a female is complicated, and finding quality clothes for low prices is pretty much impossible. If a shirt is seven dollars, chances are it will fall apart by the fourth wash. It’s easy to find 65 dollar sweaters that will last for several seasons, but nobody in college has the money to splurge…
Last weekend I was able to cross something off my college bucket list: attend a production by the FM Opera. I saw it as a not-to-be-missed event, since about half of Concordia’s music faculty, along with several of my friends, was involved in the show. Not having been to an opera before, I was a…
Over fall break, my parents and I decided to celebrate their birthdays by going to see Captain Phillips the story of ship that gets invaded by Somali pirates. It was a strange movie choice to celebrate a birthday with but I think we’d all agree it was a good choice. The movie begins with Captain…
Concordia College is up for accreditation this year, undergoing thorough internal and external evaluation to determine its legitimacy as an institution. The college has been continuously accredited since 1927. Accreditation is the process that allows a college to grant diplomas. A team of evaluators comes to campus and observes for three days then writes up…
Over mid-semester break a group of Concordia students biked to Bemidji to learn about sustainability Over mid-semester break, Concordia students Kristina Kaupa and Denise Sykora led a small group of students along with faculty advisor Dr. John Clark on a bike ride to Bemidji. The bike ride, called the “Lumberjack Ride,” focused on local and…
Dear Editor, It has recently come to my attention that your editorial staff, upon being presented with a story about alcohol consumption on our campus, deemed the story not only fit to print, but fit for the front page. What were you thinking? The story — although highly relevant to Concordia students, and, on the…
Rings, buttons and a maroon and gold stuffed animal dog. All contributions by Concordia alumni to the archives’ latest project. The Concordia archives are in the process of compiling artifacts from both present and past students to create the Concordia Memory Project. Over homecoming, the archives, along with Joy Lintelman’s History 112 class, hosted the…
Everyone has their subtle addictions: Cookie Monster has cookies, Dexter has his lab and murdering people — depending on which Dexter you prefer — Tiger Woods has women who are not his wife and Scarf Boy had choral music. And scarves, obviously, but choral music was his passion, his career, his destiny. He loved it…