Concordia’s freshmen are shaking up MIAC golf. The women’s golf team has finished up a very strong 2011 season; finishing fourth out of eleven schools competing in the MIAC conference championship. They finished in the top half of all of their tournaments this year, including a first place at the Cougar Invite in Morris, Minn….
Even if art isn’t your favorite thing, there still would have been something for you to love about the 8th annual FM Studio Crawl that was held Oct. 1 and 2. The Studio Crawl is an event that happens every year where the artists of the Fargo-Moorhead area open their doors and invite those without…
It is one minute until class ends; everyone’s notes are put away and yet the professor’s lecture continues. If you are like most students, your eyes are probably glued to the classroom clock, which you may have noticed getting digital makeovers over the past couple of years. Rebecca Amundsen, director of budgets and planning, has…
Immigration and the status of foreigners have long been issues of importance in the nation. Given the significance of this topic for many on campus, perhaps it should come as no surprise that the play chosen to open this year’s theater season is “The Foreigner,” a comedy by Larry Shue, which presents the question “When…
There are some people who believe Minnesota has only two—albeit unequally distributed—seasons: hot and humid summer and nostril-freezing winter. But here in the Red River Valley, we acknowledge two short-lived bridges to those unpleasant times: flood season and the wonderful, picturesque autumn. As we transition from the dog-days to the color changes of leaves, marked…
Nestled in the heart of Downtown Fargo is Theatre B, a cozy space dedicated to producing plays that are fresh, new and thought-provoking. In conjunction with National Coming Out Week Oct. 9-15, the non-profit theater is presenting “Next Fall,” a contemporary comedy examining faith, homosexuality and the family dynamic. “This show really typifies how a…
Local conservative political talk show host Chris Berg brought his program to Concordia when he broadcasted live from the Atrium last Thursday morning. Berg is a radio host from Fargo’s AM 1100 “The Flag,” and his stop at Concordia was part of a Fargo-Moorhead college tour. Berg’s Thursday morning show featured eight Cobbers who joined…
Last week, Libby Larsen, music composer and Grammy Award winner, visited Concordia to share her experience in creativity. Larsen spent her residency here, rehearsing her music with players and attending the performance of her pieces. The concert on Sept. 27 included Larsen’s 2005 piece “Sifting Through the Ruins.” This featured poems from family and friends…
For years we’ve used Facebook to update our friends, families and “the hot chick we met at that one party” with anecdotes detailing the minutia of our day-to-day lives. Favorite movies, places to eat, quotes out of context (inspirational or otherwise) and relationship statuses all delivered separately can seem unimportant and narcissistic. Together they become…
Friday night, eight o’clock and I’m waiting for a show to start up that I will watch again. Hi Cobbers, here I am, a TV obsessed individual. When I was a kid TV was my babysitter. It was cheap, fun and all could be heard in every room in our house. Kind of like my…