Former Cheer and Stunt Athletes Say They Were Pressured to Compete Through Injury
Amid allegations of athletes being pressured to compete through injuries and coaches not being present at practice, the Concordia University Chicago Cheer and Stunt teams had their 2026 seasons cancelled as questions began to appear pertaining to the…
Housing Consolidation Leaves Some Students Feeling Burned
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…
New Era of Music Begins at CUC
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’ Event Raises $2,000 for Local Elementary School
On a cold Saturday afternoon in January, several hundred basketball fans walked through the doorways of Geiseman Gymnasium as CUC held its inaugural “Pack the Stands” event. The doubleheader on Jan. 17 had two goals: to break the record for…
Festivalgoers Celebrate 20 Years of Riot Fest
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…
CUC Gears Up for 2026 Egypt Trip
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 to…
Emmy-Winner Paul Walter Hauser Looks Back on His Time at CUC
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 2009.…
What Pulls Comics Writers and Artists to Chicago?
Chicago’s best-known nickname is The Second City. The moniker was coined by A.J. Liebling, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, who used the nickname to put down Chicago. However, if there is one area in which Chicago is no longer playing second fiddle…
Where Does the Student Activity Fee Go?
If you are an undergraduate student here at Concordia University Chicago, you pay $178 to the “student activity fee” as part of your billing and tuition. As of fall 2024 there were 1,185 undergraduate students, according to the CUC website.…
Budget ‘Shifting’ Leaves SGA With No Money Left to Spend
As the 2024-2025 Spring semester began in January, Samantha Seggerson, the director of campus engagement, met with CUC’s Finance Department to discuss the Student Government Association budget for the rest of year. She had an idea of what the…