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CUC Athletics Took on October Mental Health Month
CUC Athletics Took on October Mental Health Month
Jonathan Aungst, Sports Editor • November 28, 2025

During the week of Oct. 4, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee hosted a ribbon making event outside of the cafeteria to help raise awareness of the mental resources available at CUC. The men's soccer team and the women's volleyball team had fans wear all green, the color for mental health, to...

Tourists take a camel ride in front of the Great Pyramids at Giza.
CUC Gears Up for 2026 Egypt Trip
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor

Over the past two summers, Concordia Chicago staff, students, and alumni have taken trips to Sicily and Greece. Next summer, another ancient area with deep ties to Christianity will be crossed off the list: Egypt. The trip will be taken from June 6...

Festivalgoers at Riot Fest listen to Shonen Knife, the first group to perform on Riot Fest weekend.
Festivalgoers Celebrate 20 Years of Riot Fest
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor

For three days at the end of every summer, a relatively small park in Chicago is the home of tens of thousands of stoned and tipsy-to-drunk punk rock fans celebrating several decades of rock. What is normally an empty field for 362 days of the year is...

Runners line up at the start of the 800-meter dash at CUC's Cougar Invitational.
Records Keep Falling for CUC Track and Field
Jonathan Aungst April 18, 2025

As CUC track and field athletes enter the outdoor season, they look to build on their highly successful indoor season where the Cougars broke...

Professor David Bates teaches in the classroom on April 28.
Why Do Some Professors Assign Homework Over Spring Break?
Anna Kuschel

As the bus left the hotel in Minnesota at 6 a.m. on day seven of the Wind Symphony's Spring Break tour, freshman Kierra Mohalley took out her...

The sandwich options that are available for students to pick from at the Lib Café (Photo Credit to Katie Vazquez)
Opinion: Sodexo’s Limited Options

By Asia Lagrow Living on Concordia’s campus brings adventure after adventure to the lives of all residents; but what is an adventure without...