News / September 20, 2024 A MAC-Packed Week for Homecoming

By Jaden Carney – With homecoming week on the horizon, the Morningside Activities Council (MAC) has been working hard to create fun and engaging activities for the student body. The plan is to have one of event for every day of the week, which are the following: Monday, October 7th Street Signs at Student GOV...

Arts & Entertainment, News / April 30, 2024 Kiosk 86 highlights end of the year

by Maren Ewertz–The Kiosk release is a highlight of the school year’s end. Every year since 1938, Morningside has released a short collection of fiction, nonfiction, and other forms of short stories in a book. From the years 1938 to 1952, the Kiosk was referred to as Manuscript. Then Manuscript became Perspectives from the years 1953-1970. Ever since 1971, we...

News / April 30, 2024 Morningside receives $2 million gift for the School of Business

by Maren Ewertz–Tom Rosen, a graduate of Morningside College from 1970, has given a $2 million gift to the Morningside University campus. The donation will be the essential funds for the construction and design of a brand new School of Business building. Rosen earned his degree from Morningside College with minors in livestock marketing and...

News / April 29, 2024 2024 graduates will not receive hoods

by Maren Ewertz–Traditionally, Morningside University graduates received an academic hood at graduation. This hood was white with a maroon chevron pointing upwards. This design originated around 1963. Looking in the Sioux, Morningside’s yearbook that ran from 1901-2004, students appear to wear the hoods we know today in 1963, but not in 1962. As the years went...

Morningside People, News / April 29, 2024 Morningside says goodbye to Terri Curry

by Maren Ewertz–Terri Curry, Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment at Morningside University, has been a well known and integral force for Morningside for nearly four decades.  Curry has dedicated 39 years to Morningside. When Curry was interviewed recently, she touched on her motivation to pursue a career in academia, revealing that her graduate...

News / April 26, 2024 Palmer Research Symposium celebrates student involvement

by Chaise Pfanstiel–Morningside’s Palmer Research Symposium is an annual event that gives students the opportunity to present their research to the community to contribute to the greater knowledge of the campus. It is a campus-wide celebration of student involvement in research. Students were able to present both empirical and non-empirical, completed in a class or...

News / April 21, 2024 Is taking the train worth it? Yes.

by Diego Teixeira Setton–America is not exactly known for being public transport friendly, and its trains are definitely nothing like in Europe or Asia. But can they stand on their own? Recently, I traveled by Amtrak train from Omaha to Chicago. It was my second time taking the trip and while I was moving towards...

News / April 21, 2024 Sioux City “Book Lover’s Sale” is open now

by Diego Teixeira Setton–Starting Thursday, April 18, Sioux City’s 2024 edition of the “Book Lover’s Book Sale” opened its doors to all the public.  Located at 4400 Sergent Rd, the annual sale will be running from through April 27, offering a gigantic variety of used books, CD’s, DVD’s and even vinyl, all costing between $4...

News / April 17, 2024 Palmer Symposium has the numbers

by Maren Ewertz–Students at Morningside can count on having their research appreciated by the university. The Palmer Research Symposium is a yearly event that shows off research done by many different disciplines.  While there isn’t a true “theme” to Palmer, there is the sentiment that anyone who submits knows that it is a place to...

News / April 10, 2024 Eclipse in S.C. was a bust

by Diego Teixeira Setton–It’s no lie that weather in Sioux City Is not the best, but this felt like a sick joke.  Students hoping to catch a glimpse of the once–in–a–generation event Monday were met with nothing but gray skies. As I prepared to try and watch the eclipse today, I didn’t see many students...

News

Homecoming Week: Get Wild, Go Retro
Features, News

Homecoming Week: Get Wild, Go Retro

By Amber Burg–Get Wild: Retro Style. It’s homecoming week for the Morningside Mustangs. Kick-off the week with the A Cappella group Ball In The House. They will be preforming at 8pm at Buhler Outdoor Performance Center. They sing a wide variety of songs including well-known covers of ‘Just The Way You Are’ by Bruno Mars,…

Takin’ it to the streets
News

Takin’ it to the streets

By Hannah Hecht–Every year, Morningside’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, an upper-classman honor society, puts together an event that involves nearly two-thirds of the school. This year, more than 800 students went “Into the Streets” October 2 to donate about three hours of their time to the local community. This was my third time volunteering…

News

Two cars stolen from Morningside lots

By Darius Hicks–Thefts on the Morningside College campus usually are of the laptop, computer, backpack or iPad variety. Now add automobiles to the list. Two car parked in campus lots were reported stolen the weekend of Sept. 28. A handful of others were vandalized. Sunday morning Assistant Director of Security Brett Lyon received a call…

It’s time you learn about the Writing Center
News

It’s time you learn about the Writing Center

By Hannah Hecht–As midterms approach, professors begin to assign more and more lab reports, personal statements, literary analyses, and history essays. One of the most important steps in the writing process is often one of the most often overlooked: obtaining a second opinion. That’s where the Morningside College Writing Center comes in. Located on the…

News

May Term travel plans

Traveling out of the country for May Term? Haven’t decided where to go yet? May terms 2014 are from all around the world including Italy; France, Switzerland and Italy; Australia and Fiji; Germany and Switzerland; Hawaii; France, Netherlands and London; and Ireland. Informational meetings have been occurring and spots are filling up. All trips need…

News

Preparing to go “Into the Streets”

By Hannah Hecht–Next Wednesday (October 3), more than 750 Morningside students will go “Into the Streets” for a day of city-wide community service. The event, organized by Omicron Delta Kappa, the campus upperclassman honor society, will give students the chance to volunteer at over 120 locations in the Sioux City area. Students will perform a variety…

1 … 80 81 82 83 84 … 102

Searching