The Boiler Room, a new restaurant in downtown Fargo, offers Concordia students and the Fargo-Moorhead area unique and casual dining. Originally an actual boiler room, exposed brick walls and gear wall art are just a few of unique attributes the restaurant has. “Kind of the design take was, lets enhance that it used to be…
Karen Babine and Heather A. Slomski of the English Department are well-versed in publishing politics and the writing process. Babine is currently completing her nonfiction collection called Water and What We Know and Slomski recently released her book of short stories titled The Lovers Set Down Their Spoons. According to Babine, her book is a…
Why do they exist? The inquiry seminars are a staple to freshmen year at Concordia. Though they vary in content, they focus on one criteria in general: to inspire a love of learning in new students. Dr. Sethre-Hofstad, dean of the college and overseer of the first-year experience program is partial to instilling a love…
As of fall 2014, Concordia has become a tobacco-free campus with the relocation of smoking areas on campus to places off of school grounds. The installment of this new policy has several reactions across the student body. Molly Aga, the sophomore representative of Student Government Association believes this policy will put students who don’t smoke…
A report on gender equity and the treatment of women on Concordia’s campus has been released for the public eye, revealing that there are differences in compensation amongst faculty and staff based on gender. A task force was created two years ago to survey and perform research on gender equity. In 2012, the Community Relations…
Members aim to give back to Fargo-Moorhead community Lambda Delta Sigma, Concordia’s only female Greek philanthropy sorority is about a whole lot more than the pink feather boas they wear during rush week. The sorority upholds a mission that is two-fold: focusing on philanthropic work and empowerment of young women. It is fitting that one…
The myth of Prexy’s Pond has been debunked: it is biologically safe to swim in compared to other lakes, but it is still not allowed. Jerry Raguse, the Grounds Service Supervisor, has been keeping an eye on the pond all summer, adding water when needed and using a net to remove unnecessary objects. Prexy’s contains…
Whether or not you have read it, I am sure you have seen it around: the yellow-covered best-seller that is thick enough to be a booster seat for a young child, “The Help.” If you have not read it yet, you should. Publisher’s Weekly described “The Help” as “…assured and layered, full of heart and…