I couldn’t help but shudder when I heard Eboo Patel praise Concordia for leading the way with interfaith dialogue at this year’s Opening Convocation. His high praise (although namely attributed to the establishment of the Forum on Faith and Life and the soon-to-be chapter of his Interfaith Youth Core’s organization “Better Together”) just did not…
Embrace Love
To President Craft and the Concordia College Community, I write this letter today as a recent graduate of Concordia, adjusting to the realities of reluctant adulthood. I see the pictures of the beginning of the year and I feel like I should be there-—leading a club through those first few days and imparting what wisdom…
Patel speaks, Centrum overflows
Just 10 minutes after the Centrum doors opened to the Thursday evening forum, there was standing room only. Live streaming in the Atrium was set up to accommodate those that were not able to snag a chair or floor space to hear Eboo Patel speak. Nine-hundred Concordia students and community members, representing 19 religious traditions…
Prairie Roots co-op to open
She simply loves food. And that love inspired Dr. Gretchen Harvey, history professor at Concordia College, to become involved with the Prairie Roots Food Cooperative. The Prairie Roots Food Cooperative is a vision that has been in the works for over two years to establish a member-owned co-op in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The co-op will…
Soccer welcomes new coach
This past summer, Concordia’s athletic department welcomed Benjamin Schneweis as the new head coach of men’s soccer. Schneweis brings ample experience on the field, both as a player and a coach. In addition to playing in high school, Schneweis played soccer for Brescia University, a small liberal arts college in Owensboro, Kentucky. “I fell in…
XC coach contracts west nile
On July 11, men’s cross-country coach Garrick Larson began feeling fatigued during a run. Larson guessed he might have been coming down with Lyme disease for the second time in two years, but the flu-like symptoms he was experiencing stuck with him for an extended period of time. In just a day, the symptoms became…
Sermons in Stones
What we take to be a given often turns out to be a human invention that’s been in place so long that we’ve forgotten how it came to be. Lots of examples rush to mind: the earth-centered cosmos, the assumption that women can’t do “men’s work,” or—this comes from my Pennsylvania upbringing—the grim certainty that…
Golf: No pretty-boy sport
Hype. Team. Mental and physical toughness. What’s the first sport that comes to mind when hearing these words? Football? Basketball? For the men’s head golf coach, Duane Siverson and a couple of his golfers, senior Jordie Siverson and sophomore Coy Papachek, these words were part of normal conversation. “It’s certainly not as glamorous as it…
May leadership internship leads to C3 Bash
Most Concordia students dream of vacations and summer fun when the month of May rolls around. However, a small group of students return to Concordia College each year after only a short break. These students are members of the major student organizations on campus, including Student Government Association, Campus Ministry Commission, Campus Entertainment Commission, Campus…
Provost to take on new role as deacon
Six years from now, Mark Krejci will be in a very different place. Not only is he stepping down from his position as provost and dean of Concordia College, but he is also beginning a five-year program to become a deacon of the Catholic Church. Krejci’s decision to become a deacon has been years in…