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The Spectator

The Spectator

A suite in Concordia Hall.
Housing Consolidation Leaves Some Students Feeling Burned
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor • April 10, 2026

Just a few weeks removed from winter break and into the start of the spring semester, students from the first floor of Jonathan Hall were surprised to learn that they would all have to find a new place to live.  “I found out from my roommate, who heard it from our RA,” said one First Jonathan...

Freshman Grant Bowen in the parking garage.
High Parking Costs Prompt SGA Inquiry
Katelyn Whitlock, Editor-in-chief

 During much of his free time, junior Alan Saban finds himself picking up extra shifts in the tutoring center. Not to cover typical living expenses or to have extra spending money, but to help pay for parking. Saban, a nursing major, needs a...

Richard Fischer conducting the University Band for the last time before his retirement on Dec. 5.
New Era of Music Begins at CUC
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor

For the first time in over half a century, Concordia University Chicago has a new director of bands. CUC named Johanna Anderson, who previously worked at Concordia University Wisconsin, as the new director of bands in January. She replaces Richard...

"Pack the Stands" on January 17.
‘Pack the Stands’ Event Raises $2,000 for Local Elementary School
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor • February 5, 2026

On a cold Saturday afternoon in January, several hundred basketball fans walked through the doorways of Geiseman Gymnasium as CUC held its...

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...

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...