This article was written by Jamie Offerdahl, a contributing author for The Concordian. After more than two years of working as the assistant dean of the registrar, Nancy Penna is leaving her job at Concordia College. Penna’s last day at Concordia was Oct. 26. In mid-November she will start a new job with the National…
The Concordia College speech and debate team is dominating competition this year. Both teams have had impressive performances in recent tournaments, and on Oct. 15 and 16 at Minnesota State University-Mankato and Gustavus Adolphus College, the speech team took home the gold. Fred Sternhagen, debate coach and programs director for the forensics team, emphasized that…
The smell wafts down the hallways of East Complex, enticing anyone nearby to call them up. Stomachs growl as the aroma of melted cheese and butter distracts studying students. As students peak their heads out of their rooms to investigate, they see homemade grilled cheese sandwiches being delivered to their neighbors by two football players….
Some students who spend time in the Maize might think about the fries they ordered or the Twins game on the flat screen or the printer jam that is causing them to be late for history class. When Alan Bjerga, a 1995 Concordia graduate and agriculture reporter for Bloomberg News, was on campus one year…
Each year, incoming freshmen take one of several exams to assess different aspects of their experiences coming into college. For upperclassmen, these assessments took place during freshmen orientation. However, this year’s freshmen weren’t required to take assessments during orientation. Instead, they were asked to participate online in their free time. These changes were decided when…
From a distance, it might have been mistaken for a wall of mud. But step closer and hear the hum of the sump pump hose, see the dismal brown yard once covered by green grass, and the contents of the mound become clearer. Piles of clothing. Ice skates. Car parts. Microwave manuals. A Kum &…
This Halloween season, there were many things haunting Minnesota Vikings football fans: a dreadful 2-6 record; the possibility of not getting a new stadium and moving away lingering overhead like a black storm cloud; the spirit of formerly-elite QB Donovan McNabb being cursed to wander the sidelines; and those terrifying cheese monsters, the Green Bay…
This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Kelsay Peterson, Dining Services Nutrition Assistant at Concordia College. In June 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled the MyPlate icon, replacing the previous MyPyramid. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “MyPlate is part of a larger communication initiative based on…
Their outing to the Moorhead Buffalo Wild Wings was not spur of the moment. When fifteen cobber men from the Concordia Band arrived at the popular sports restaurant on October 19th, they arrived with one goal: Eat 600 wings. The idea was incited by an article printed in the September 27th issue of the Concordian. …
I’m shocked. I woke up one day and saw that the man famous for being a former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and repeatedly saying “nine-nine-nine” has made it to the top of the Republican presidential candidate heap. I’m still unsure how this happened, but according to the latest Des Moines Register poll, Herman Cain is…