You know who you are. You spend hours working on your computer without giving it a break. You have an unlimited text messaging plan on your phone and you’ve used T9 so much the letters on your keys have worn off. You treat your tech with disrespect and are mostly unappreciative of what your devices…
It’s that time of the school year where, for the second time, you begin to take stock of which of your teachers has the most strict attendance policy, and figuring out how many you can miss before your grade takes an immediate turn for the worse. It’s that time of year again where you lament…
The 2011 Mr. Concordia was crowned at the ceremony which also served as a show in the Centrum on Jan. 22. Contestants in this pageant were judged by answers to two interview questions, their performance of a unique talent and their exhibition of Cobber spirit. Sophomores Aubrey Stromberg and Ashley Leone were this year’s emcees…
Two-and-a-half year old Jason had just received a liver transplant. He had also just received a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota. “He could only speak three words. One was mom, one was dad, and one was SpongeBob,” Aj Swenson, senior and Make-A-Wish Foundation intern, said. “Even a child that couldn’t communicate knew…
David Selvaraj, the founder and director of an institute for development and peace studies and action in southern India called Visthar, will spend the next four months at Concordia as a scholar-in-residence, even though Concordia does not have a standing scholar-in-residence program. Selvaraj was welcomed to Concordia at a reception on Monday, Jan. 24. “It’s…
Underpants will be a common sight at Theatre B during the month of February as they present “The Underpants,” a farce written by Carl Sternheim and adapted by Steve Martin. During opening weekend Feb. 3-6, students who wear underwear over their clothing will get two tickets for the price of one. Additionally, prizes will be…
Andrew Wiens, a senior, and Brie Petrich, a 2010 alumna, have been described as “The Parents,” “The Grandparents,” and “The Old Couple” by their friends and those the couple have hosted. Wiens and Petrich act older than they are: taking care of those who do not outwardly ask for help, looking at the whole situation…
“All Good Things” tells the story of David Marks (played by Ryan Gosling), son of highly successful real estate mogul Sanford Marks, and his wife Katie (Kirsten Dunst). Set in the 1970s, this romantic crime thriller is based on a real story, the life and times of one Robert Durst, who was tried and acquitted…
The first half of the Cobber-Ole basketball game is coming to a close as the players rush off the court and head for the locker rooms. Taking their place is the half-time entertainment: the Cobber Dance Team accompanied by their special guests, the Men of East. The group shakes and shimmies to a peppy 80s…
Room 541 in Brown Hall is not your typical quad-style Concordia dorm room. Traditionally, each quad in Brown is equipped with a desk, chair, bed and wardrobe for each of the four residents. But the residents of room 541 added something extra to that list: a ball pit. Roommates Anthony Benz, Jeremy Kramer, Timothy Wisdom…