It’s a girl! It’s a boy! These words which may be a blessing for new parents can be a curse for a transgendered person. Sadly, gender is medicalized; someone in a white doctor’s coat points at you and says, “You have a penis therefore we are going to make you a man.” Or “You have…
From a senior staff member
As I sit down to write my last opinions piece for The Concordian, reality is finally sinking in. This is it. I feel a mixture of jubilation and panic. I won’t be coming back to campus to start a new year in August. I won’t be taking any more classes from my favorite professors. I…
You pierced what?
I have a total of four piercings. That means four extra holes in my head that, according to my mother, “just should not be there.” But I love my piercings – even if some people think I am not hardcore enough, too hardcore, or somewhere in between. They all have stories. The first is a…
What Concordia Offers
The end of the school year is always a time that mixes reflection with a look ahead. For a lot of Cobbers, that future planning involves even more school, which means even more applications. While Concordia is a great school, and the name carries some weight in the Fargo-Moorhead area, nationally it’s not nearly as…
Editorial
Alas, we’ve reached the end of another year. For those of us at The Concordian, that means a few different things. For one, time for an awesome banquet. Two, time for me to make a teary-eyed speech about how great a year it’s been and how much I love the staff. And, most importantly, time…
Remembering Rusty, a wife’s journey with grief
Most people won’t remember what they were doing on Dec. 30, 2007. Cindy Larson-Casselton vividly remembers that date as the day her husband, Rusty Casselton, died.
Part Two in our sex series
[Editor’s note: This is a continuation of last week’s “Let’s talk about sex” article. Part 1 addressed Concordia’s approach sexual safety accessibility compared to area colleges.] The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issued a sexuality statement in August 2009 about what the church believes is right. Under the commitment and sexuality section, it states…
Second semester sports round-up
Basketball, swimming, softball, tennis. Whatever your Concordia winter or spring sports persuasion, the Concordian is here to provide you with a recap of this season as well as a forecast for what may be to come as the spring season wraps up: Men’s Baseball: Concordia’s baseball team has experienced major cancellations this season due to…
Ultimate frisbee hits the road
While other Concordia College students fretted over schoolwork, the Ultimate Frisbee club took a road trip last weekend to Omaha, Neb., for a tournament put on by the University of Nebraska—Omaha.
A look at the history (and future) of the music major senior prank
No one knows exactly how long the music major senior prank in Hvidsten has been going on.