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Tuesday 16 September 2025

News / September 15, 2025 Best Outdoor Study Spots on Campus

By Maron Guimarães – When the weather is nice, sometimes the best classroom is the outdoor environment. Our campus has a lot of underrated spots perfect for getting work done while getting some fresh air and sunshine. One hidden gem is the rooftop by the Krone fountains. Not a lot of people go up there,...

News, Sports / September 15, 2025 Getting Ready to Race: Inside on the Mustangs’ Prep for the Season Opener

By Lynx Gregoire – The Mustangs are gearing up for their season debut at the Augustana Twilight meet. The excitement surrounding the program is palpable. After four years as a part-time coach, this marks Coach Eilers first full season coaching full-time—a transition he says has made all the difference. “It’s been good to finally have...

News, Sports / September 8, 2025 Women’s Soccer Wins Season Opener

By – Keyara Harmon On August 27, Morningside women’s soccer team started the season in style, with a commanding 4-0 victory against SMSU, setting the tone for what looks to be a promising year. Junior Emma Feigl said the win not only boosted the team’s confidence but also brought them closer together. Junior Lilou Dominguez...

News, Sports / August 29, 2025 Mustang Football – Stay ahead

By Lynx Gregoire – The Mustang’s goal going into this upcoming football game/season is to stay ahead. Last season, the Stangs went 12-2, having lost their first game to Benedictine College and a playoff game right before the National Championship. In between, they went on a 12 game win streak, showcasing their skills and talents....

News, Sports / August 29, 2025 Mustangs Ranked No. 3 in NAIA Preseason Poll

By Diego Ocando – The Morningside University football team will begin the 2025 season ranked No. 3 in the NAIA Football Preseason Poll, solidifying its place among the nation’s elite programs. The Mustangs earned 384 points in the coaches’ poll, finishing as the highest-ranked team from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). Grand View, the...

News, Sports / August 29, 2025 Women’s Soccer Team Ready for Season Opener

Women’s Soccer Team Ready for Season Opener Keyera Harmon – The women’s soccer team kicked off their season August 27, and the players are excited and ready to finally get into game action. Before the opener, players Kyla Severson and Fran Telford provided some insight about how preseason has been and how they’re feeling heading...

News, Sports / August 27, 2025 The Ultras are back!

By Maron Guimarães. – The Ultras are back for another exciting season of school culture and support! Founded in 2022, the Ultras started as a passionate group of students dedicated to boosting our Morningside athletes and creating an atmosphere that makes a difference in every game. With over 250 followers on Instagram and countless moments...

News / August 26, 2025 Morningside Welcomes Record-Breaking Freshman Class

By Mia Wenzel – Morningside University officially kicked off the 2025–2026 academic year by welcoming its largest freshman class in school history. The campus has been buzzing with excitement as students arrived for move-in day, jumped into orientation activities, and settled into their first week of classes. With such a large group of newcomers, campus...

News / April 7, 2025 Explore the World With Morningside

By Katie Miller – Are you interested in traveling abroad? Morningside is offering two unique trips in 2026 that will explore diverse cultures. Both trips will provide students with the opportunity to experience new places and people while engaging in hands-on learning. One of the trips is Cuisine of Spain and Portugal , which will...

Morningside People, News / March 31, 2025 Morningside Celebrates Women of Excellence

By Jaden Carney – On Friday, March 28, 2025, four members of the Morningside University community attended the 40th anniversary of the Siouxland Women’s Aware, Women of Excellence. The Mustangs in attendance were Dr. Leslie Werden, Chair of the Humanities Department; Melissa Nelson, Externship and Internship Coordinator for the Applied Ag and Food Studies Program;...

Senioritis hits early

By Rachael Arnts–Senioritis. The classic case of a student wanting to end a chapter of their life and start a new one. With two weeks of school under everyone’s belt, two senior Morningside education students are already showing the symptoms of this “disease”. Senior English Education major Mattie Carstens has already noticed a huge increase…

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The Hook Up: Become Upstanders, Not Bystanders

By Lindsey Smith– MAC’s first campus event started with a bang as students could be heard calling out, “whore,” “slut,” and “stud.” In fact, students were not verbally abusing others, but bringing light to how society views individuals who engage in sex. Courtney Abbott, a senior educator at Catharsis Productions, led the discussion with a…

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Morningside Reeling from Google Phishing Attack

(05.09.2017) By Austin Brunick — A suspicious email has been traveling not only around Morningside’s campus but campuses and businesses around the nation, and is believed to be a phishing attack. A phishing attack is the attempt to obtain information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising the virus as a trustworthy site….

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Students Stand Against Sex Trafficking

(04.19.2017) By Kayla Perkins — Morningside’s students are standing in solidarity for 24 hours for the estimated 4.5 million victims of sex trafficking. While most students prefer to stay inside on rainy days, other students are outside taking part in a 24-hour stand against human sex trafficking on the iconic “M” in the middle of…

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Morningside Experts Discuss Sexism in Politics

(4.19.17) By Maggie Ganley – Hillary Clinton as a nutcracker, Sarah Palin as arm candy, suffragettes as home-wreckers, and Stalin in petticoats. Examples such as these prove that sexism is still rampant in politics On April 11th at 7:00 in Weikert Auditorium, Professor Kitty Green gave a lecture called “The Historical Background of Sexism in…

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Speaker Encourages Students to Fight Climate Change

(04.18.2017) By Rachel Potter — Morningside College hosted climate change speaker and writer Connie Mutel on Monday, April 10th to an enthusiastic audience of Morningside students and Siouxland community members. Mutel discussed on how climate change is the largest existential threat humanity has ever faced, and compared climate change to ISIS and the problems in Syria,…