Sports / April 25, 2025 Tennis Takeover: Morningside to Host GPAC Tennis Tournament

By Mia Wenzel – Morningside University will host the GPAC Tennis Tournament for the second consecutive year. On April 9, 2025, the Morningside Men’s Tennis Team clinched back-to-back regular season GPAC Champions with a 7-0 victory against Mount Marty. On April 14, 2025, they further solidified their status as back-to-back regular season GPAC Champions with...

Arts & Entertainment / April 24, 2025 From One Generation to Another: Morningside’s Choir Centennial Concert Celebration

By Thomas Godtland — Morningside Choir’s Centennial Concert will be held in Eugene C. Eppley Memorial Auditorium Saturday, April 26, at 7:00 p.m. and will feature music from the Centennial Alumni Choir. This concert will feature past and present conductors of the Morningside Choir such as Dr. Ryan Person (current), Timothy Watson, and Dr. Bruce...

Arts & Entertainment / April 24, 2025 Final All America Concert Band Performance

By Thomas Godtland — The All America Concert Band will be having their final performance of the season titled,“Dance!” on Sunday, April 27, at 7:30pm in Eugene C. Eppley Memorial Auditorium. As the name would suggest, selections from this concert will be inspired by dance, featuring highlights from Dancing in Air by Yo Goto, I...

Arts & Entertainment / April 24, 2025 Morningside Hosts 2nd Annual Concert Band Festival

By Thomas Godtland — Morningside University will be hosting their 2nd Annual Concert Band Festival this Thursday, April 24. Starting at 9:00am, participating bands will have the opportunity to perform in Eugene C. Eppley Memorial Auditorium and receive feedback from two adjudicators. These adjudicators will be using IHSMA (Iowa High School Music Association) large group...

Arts & Entertainment / April 24, 2025 Morningside Spring Concert With Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band

By Thomas Godtland — Friday, April 25, Morningside’s Wind Ensemble and M-Avenue Jazz band will present their Spring Concert in Eppley Auditorium.  M-Avenue, under the direction of Dr. Erik Mahon, will perform Gold & Lavender by Eric Oatts, C Jam Blues ala. Mambo by Duke Ellington and arranged by Michael Philip Mossman, Mixolydian Soul Frog...

Features / April 23, 2025 Is It Just Me, or Have People Become More Rude? (It’s Both)

By Gabriel Ruiz – I recently learned that nearly half of Americans believe people have become ruder since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. To be honest, I’m surprised the statistics aren’t higher. The notion that individuals we encounter in our daily lives are ruder than in the past is not a new...

Sports / April 15, 2025 Mustangs Dominate Doubleheader Against Concordia

By Dayne Davis – On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Morningside Softball hosted the Concordia Bulldogs. The Mustangs allowed only one run across both games of the doubleheader, sweeping Concordia with scores of 8-0 and 7-1. In Game 1, Adeline Fliege pitched a complete game in just 5 innings. This marks the freshman’s second complete game...

Best-Selling Author Leads 2017 Waitt Lecture
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Best-Selling Author Leads 2017 Waitt Lecture

by Sara Alexander– “The American dream is in crisis.” J.D. Vance, author of the New York Times best-seller “Hillbilly Elegy: A memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” believes the traditional American dream is in crisis; not every kid in every part of the country has an equal chance at achieving said dream. One reason…

Saint Xavier next for Mustangs (photos)
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Saint Xavier next for Mustangs (photos)

Third-ranked Morningside (12-0) will host No. 8 Saint Xavier (10-1) Saturday, Nov. 25, in the NAIA Football Championship Series Quarterfinals. Game time is 12 noon. The Mustangs broke Sterling College 63-7 in a first-round game. Read more here.  

Climatologist suggests Midwesterners shouldn’t ignore climate change
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Climatologist suggests Midwesterners shouldn’t ignore climate change

by Rachael Arnts, Mitch Kellogg–A century’s worth of data suggests the climate is changing and that several American sectors are facing a new normal. On his farewell tour before retirement, Mark Seeley, a climatologist, professor, and Minnesota public media personality, shared his data to prove that the climate change is related to agriculture and religion…

Gender Undone kicks off Feminist Week with Q&A session
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Gender Undone kicks off Feminist Week with Q&A session

by Lindsey Smith–Gender Undone members gathered Tuesday (Nov. 14) afternoon to cover a number of topics ranging from discovering the language in the LGBTQ+ community to how to be a good ally. Combining Feminist Week with Transgender Awareness Week, Gender Undone is using this time to bring awareness to the LGBTQ+ community, which is so…

Theater students to put best feet forward at KCACTF
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Theater students to put best feet forward at KCACTF

by Lindsey Smith–With the upcoming Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in January, students at Morningside are working hard to prepare their performances. Among the nominees are Jared Martin and Amy Carothers. Martin was selected for his role in Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., and Carothers for her part in Quilters. In addition, Joey Volquartsen…

Morningside had a “soup-er” Halloween
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Morningside had a “soup-er” Halloween

by Rachael Arnts–Morningside’s chapter of the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta (STD), was “soup-er” excited to kick off this year’s Cup of Soup fundraiser on Halloween. The menu featured homemade tomato basil tortellini, zuppa toscana, creamy potato, chicken tortilla, and chili. Also, bread and butter beer fudge were offered. Hungry customers commented that it…

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