By Corinne Schmidt MOORHEAD — On Thursday Sept. 25, Concordia held their first ever “Take Back the Night” event. It brought people together from Concordia College and the Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) campuses to bring awareness to sexual violence. Take Back the Night is a global movement opposing sexual violence in all forms. Originating…
Letters for Love Meets Cobber Crafts
By Mikaylah Ellis Letters for Love and Cobber Crafts are having a collaboration. The joint event is happening September 23rd and the two clubs are coming together to make cards for sick children. Letters for Love (LOL) was founded in 2018 by Grace Berbig. After her mother’s battle with leukemia, she started the organization in…
Building Choral Connections: The Kantorei, Chapel and Concordia Choir Retreats
By Averie Nurmie The three choirs at Concordia College all took a break from their regular rehearsals in Hvidsten Hall on Sept. 5 and 6. for the Concordia Choir and Sept. 13, for the Kantorei and Chapel Choirs to invest in something more personal: community. The Concordia Choir, Kantorei Choir, and Chapel Choir held individual…
How One Lawsuit Reshaped Disability Rights: Attorney Mike Williams Speaks at Concordia
By George French Attorney Mike Williams told Concordia students Thursday, Sept. 18, about North Dakota’s most significant disability rights case. The lawsuit shut down abusive state institutions for people with developmental disabilities and replaced them with community-based services. Williams was invited by Bruce Quick, adjunct instructor of political science and fellow attorney who studied with…
“Yes We Nar-Can!”: The Integration of Naloxone on Campus
By Megan Noggle New “Narcan Nooks” have popped up in residence halls and in major buildings around Concordia College’s campus. This addition comes as part of a Clay County initiative to lower the number of fentanyl and other opioid overdoses observed in the Fargo-Moorhead area, a reflection of the national spike in opioid use and…
Inside the Mind of the Campus Events Commission
By Corinne Schmidt MOORHEAD- Campus Events Commission (CEC) has kicked off this school year with community building activities. They’ve had over nine events this year and are not slowing down. CEC is an organization run by students for students. They plan about 80% of all student events on campus, funded through each student’s activity fee….
Concordia: Urine Trouble
By Liam Spychala Concordia College has become the target of a campus “pisser.” Many colleges in the United States have seen the creation of TikTok and Instagram accounts where the poster will allegedly urinate on a recognizable part of the college campus, such as statues or welcome signs, and posting the video of them doing…
Dining Services Serves Up New Changes
By George French and Liz Komagum Dining Services has made some improvements in time for the beginning of this school year. From 100 new food items to new pop fountains, there have been additions for students to enjoy. One of the biggest additions to Anderson Commons was the replacement of the pop fountains. Patrick Dew,…
Live From Moorhead, it’s Concordia-On-Air! Campus TV Program Begins New Season
By Saige Mattson MOORHEAD – Concordia-On-Air (COA), Concordia’s co-curricular live news and entertainment program, aired its first show of the 2025-2026 season at 6 p.m. on September 17, 2025. T The student-led COA team, which receives guidance from communication studies and theatre arts (CSTA) department faculty, works to put together both informational and entertainment-based segments…
Asking “Big Questions” Through Art – Jessica Chipman Joins Concordia as New Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater
By Saige Mattson MOORHEAD – After theater faculty shakeups last year, Concordia has brought in a new visiting assistant professor of theater, Jessica Chipman. Chipman, a playwright originally from Iowa, worked in the high school setting and directed theater in Minnesota before coming to Concordia to share her talents with students. “I started out as…