The Impossible Foods Miracle
By: Jordan Mann What industry causes the most damage to the environment? The answer is animal agriculture; the raising of animals for food. This industry produces 18% of all greenhouse gasses. The burning of fossil fuel for cars, trucks, trains,…
Benedictine Shuts Out Concordia
River Forest, IL. It was a gloomy Saturday afternoon at Cougars Stadium as the 450 spectators watched the first place Benedictine Eagles (5-2) continue to roll as they defeated Concordia (2-5), 41 – 0. Benedictine was in control from the start of…
Human Trafficking Lecture: Brian Dugan
By: Jordan Mann On Tuesday, October 20th, the Ascension Catholic School in Oak Park hosted a lecture on “Human Trafficking.” FBI Supervisory Special Agent Brian Dugan was the guest speaker for this disturbing lecture. Dugan pointed out that although the…
An Evening at Trailside
By Jordan Mann The Trailside Museum of Natural History is hosting “An Evening at Trailside” on November 6th from 5 to 8 pm; this event is free of charge. This is a chance to get up close and personal with the nature center with the friendly and…
Aurora Wins Big Over Cougars
River Forest, IL. The Concordia Cougars (2-4) returned home, after dropping their game in Lakeland College the previous week, as Aurora University (3-3) dominated and take down the Concordia 58 – 7. Aurora took the lead quickly in the first period,…
Student Involvement: VOICE
By: Hailey Lindblom Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work alongside other CUC students and help get your voices heard? Well if you have, then you are in luck. The student government at Concordia known as VOICE has been doing their best to…
Who’s the Sweetest?
On October 14, 2015 Concordia Dinning Services hosted the first ever Sweetest Day Event, to support the holiday coming up that is celebrated on the third Saturday of October. The history of Sweetest Day is a legend that it was invented in 1922 by Herbert…
Concordia Baseball 2015-2016
By: Alex Patt Concordia Cougars baseball enters another season looking to repeat last year’s successful playoff run, this time under a new head coach. After former coach Adam Smith departed, assistant and pitching coach Mike Stawski was promoted to…
The Suger Beet and Customer Ownership
By Jordan Mann The Sugar Beet has been in the planning stages since 2012 and has finally opened. The Sugar Beet is a food co-op, meaning it is owned by many of its customers. One does not have to be an owner to shop there and anyone can become an owner.…
Oak Park Conservatory Opens
By Jordan Mann The New Elsie Jacobsen Discovery Garden recently opened just a few days before what would have been Jacobsen’s 101st birthday. In the 1960’s the Conservatory had fallen into disrepair and the village was considering tearing it down.…