About a year ago, I wrote an article on Twitter. More specifically, how much I hated the service. A year later, I’ve changed my mind. I’ll tell people that I started my Twitter account for the newspaper, but this is a half-truth at best. I was interested in Twitter’s real function, something that I couldn’t…
Viewpoints
This week the Concordian is introducing “Viewpoints,” a new feature where writers voice their collective opinions on a wide array of topics. Let us hear your voice, or submit an idea via @CCLendMeYourEar on Twitter or at the Concordia College Lend Me Your Ear Facebook page! This week’s head to head: check your grammar, this…
October 12, 2011
This week in On-Air, we get our flu shots with Maddie and Heather. Emily tells us what kind of weather to expect for our homecoming weekend. Hannah and Yaw tell us how we are winning. And Minnesota is going royal in A & E with Fredrik and Mariah.
Homecoming King and Queen crowned
The entire 2011 Homecoming Court wore smiles as seniors Elise Tweten and Skyler Vilt were crowned Homecoming King and Queen Tuesday night. Coronation, an event that has been a part of the Concordia Homecoming tradition since 1926, was the first event of this year’s Homecoming week. “This is a great tradition in which students’ lives…
September 28, 2011
Sept 28, 2011 On this first show of On-Air Fall 2011, our brand new cast tells you all about the ongoings in and around campus. Maddie and Sam tell us about the hikers that were just released in News. Emily tells us about the wonderful, sunny weather…
Yearbook Revival Effort Falls Short
Searle Swedlund, associate director of alumni relations, sits in his office amongst a history of nearly 100 years of student life. Dozens of Concordia College yearbooks sit in memory of moments past; for him, they bring back old emotions and evoke new pain. The document, once made by teams of committed students, has been losing…
Schuetz Takes Reins As New VP
Steve Schuetz, hired last July as Concordia’s vice president of Enrollment, first came to campus with no intention to stay for long. After a friend who worked at a search firm called him and suggested he apply for the opening here, he drove to the Twin Cities to meet the hiring committee on a whim….
Fishbowl Gets a Facelift
This article was written by Kayla Culver, a contributing author for The Concordian. The Carl B. Ylvisaker Library got a facelift over the summer. New furniture was added to Serendipity, the asbestos was removed from the Fishbowl ceiling and the Fishbowl was wired, adding more computers. The changes have not stopped. Walking to class you…
Condom Bingo Raises Awareness
The residence life staff got creative to raise awareness about Concordia College’s new sexual conduct policy. Students living in the on-campus apartments were invited to attend condom bingo, which took place in the Park Region lounge on Sep. 18. Senior Tara Wegner was one of the three Residence Life staff members who were responsible for…
Bobby’s Sports Banter
With a surplus of freshman students on campus this year, sports have benefited with increased membership. Now the benches are completely full, instead of maybe half full or so. In turn, this leads to more opportunities for camaraderie, glory and other cliché things you could see in “Air Bud” movies. One might say that Concordia…