After she left for fall break, senior Natalie Dillemuth got a call from her roommate saying they had gotten an alcohol violation. Dillemuth, who lives in the campus townhouses, was fined $100 for having Mike’s Hard Lemonade in the apartment. “I know that it was our fault for getting the violation because we shouldn’t have…
With his first year as athletic director nearly behind him, Rich Glas and the rest of the Athletic Department are reflecting on how Glas’ strategic vision for the department has changed Concordia’s sports atmosphere. Glas said his vision was to improve Cobber athletics overall and increase Concordia’s MIAC All-Sports Trophy score, which averages and combines…
More students with voting power will soon have representation within Student Government Association forum meetings, thanks to three bylaw changes from SGA Forum members at their April 19 meeting. In future meetings, up to five members-at-large could become members of the forum if confirmed by existing members of the forum. Traditional residence halls will also…
In our time at Concordia, a divide among Christian students across campus has always been present. Different Christian groups, such as The Remedy, Cru (the campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ), and Campus Ministry Commission, are all well-established on our campus and populated by students looking for worship experiences, service opportunities, Bible studies and…
Bill Gates’ visit to Concordia just may be the extra push prospective students need to send in their deposits before the May 1 deadline. Steve Schuetz, vice president of Enrollment at Concordia, said that events such as Gates’ visit serve as another way to get the Concordia name into potential students’ ears. “It raises awareness…
The end of the year is here. I have a lot of weird apprehensions I think. My year has been filled with weird realizations, moments and a list of things I am just 500 percent done with right now. I will be ending my junior year, and it has gone faster than any year here…
SGA recently purchased 14 iPads with the remainder of their 2012-2013 budget. But why, I ask, do the members of SGA need iPads? In the recent article in The Concordian, their reasoning was explained as “an effort to go green.” With the use of iPads, there wouldn’t be a need to use as much paper…
Senior Hannah Johnson recently partnered with Tracy Briggs, host of “The Great Indoors,” for a cooking show on the InForum website. Johnson’s interest in cooking and baking began as a way to spend time with her grandma Sonja. This interest has turned into a passion that was the inspiration for creating the “Cobber Cooking Show”…
SGA has put sustainability as one of the issues at the forefront of its platform for the upcoming year by stressing sustainability during elections and with the creation of a new position on their team, the Sustainability Commissioner. SGA’s focus on sustainability for our campus is great, but was the decision to purchase iPads truly…
I wanted to write a response to Katelyn’s article “The all-nighter” from last week. I, too, in my infinite wisdom as a senior, decided that getting a German minor my freshman and sophomore years was a good idea despite the fact that I haven’t used the language since. As a result, the second semester of…