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CUC Baseball team prepares for what they hope is a special 2026 season.
CUC Adds New Athletic Director and Two New Head Coaches
Jonathan Aungst, Sports Editor • November 3, 2025

CUC athletics saw major changes this summer, with new leaders in the positions of athletic director, head baseball coach, and head cross-country coach. John Jaramillo took over from the previous athletic director, Janet Wolbert, who had served in that role since 2023. Jaramillo had most recently served...

Junior Tim Meyer, freshman Connor Nicols, freshman Jack Starich, and junior Elijah Kolmeier hang out in Kay's Corner on April 22
Students face Housing Issues Amidst Housing Staff Vacancies
Anna Kuschel

During the fall of 2024, junior Lily Seifferlein studied abroad in Cambridge, England. Because of her time off-campus, her housing application for the spring semester was separate from the one most of the student body had filled out the previous spring.  Because...

Former CUC student Paul Walter Hauser won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his role in the 2022 Apple TV+ series "Black Bird."
Emmy-Winner Paul Walter Hauser Looks Back on His Time at CUC
Eric Perry, Arts & Culture Editor

Before he was an Emmy Award-winning actor, Paul Walter Hauser was a student at Concordia University Chicago. Hauser, who appeared this summer in the films Fantastic Four: First Steps and The Naked Gun, attended CUC from January of 2008 to May of...

Concordia University Chicago men's lacrosse lost 5-22 to Beloit College in their final game ever on April 23.
CUC Cuts Men’s Lacrosse Program
Fatima Martinez January 17, 2025

Last Spring, men's lacrosse looked to have a promising season with an experienced coach, Christopher Button, newly hired to rebuild the program....

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...