Over the past few weeks, I heard a few people mention that The Concordian should become digital, much like SGA’s choice to let all students have digital access to the New York Times. While there can be good arguments made to try and advocate for a digital Concordian, I think there are many people who…
In the March 12 article “Reading the Readers” it is reported that a switch to online newspaper subscriptions of The New York Times and The Washington Post are changes that “have been made in order to make the news more accessible to a larger audience, improve the college’s goal of sustainability and adhere to the…
Reader engagement, visual appeal among goals Let’s all be honest with ourselves right now. How many people on campus actually knew we had a weekly, student-run newspaper until you started reading this? Now, I am sure many people could answer yes to that question. But I will pose an even better question: How many people…
Concordia is known for its bubble, an invisible shield that guards the campus from Dragons and bad news. I would like to propose a different definition for the bubble – community. After hours of conversation with reporters and editors from small-town publications at a recent newspaper conference, I am convinced this campus is as much…
Sometimes it’s amazing how looking back at an old newspaper can change the way we read a new one. In the homecoming edition of the 1945 Concordian, the editorial was not about homecoming festivities, or even about daily cobber life. Rather, on the heels of World War II, the opinion of the publication…