The Collegian Reporter – Page 140

Photo, Sports / December 5, 2024 Mustangs Upend Visiting Bulldogs in White Out

The Mustang men’s and women’s basketball teams defended their Allee Gymnasium court, besting Concordia Wed., Dec. 4. The women began the evening with a 70–56 win over the fifth–ranked Bulldogs. Alexis Spier led the squad with 21 points. Chaise Pfanstiel added 12 and Ella Wragge 10. The men’s team, now 8–1 (4–1 GPAC), jumped out...

News / December 4, 2024 Morningside’s Stangsgiving Event Draws Praise

By Gabriel Ruiz – Stangsgiving is Morningside University’s annual event where students, staff, and faculty join for a Thanksgiving meal. It provides the campus at large with an opportunity to come together and share a meal as well as look back on the year as we move forward into the holiday season. Students were eager...

Photo, Sports / December 1, 2024 Mustangs post shutout against MNU

The No. 6 Mustangs are moving on to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals to face No. 4 Montana Western. Morningside blanked MidAmerica Nazarene 35-0 to keep its 2024 season alive. Read the game story HERE. Montana Western’s Bulldogs bested Dickinson State 41-14. MW quarterback Michael Palandri threw for five touchdowns in the win.

News / November 25, 2024 Be More Chill Cast Announced!

Y’all keep your chill. The cast list for Morningside’s production of Be More Chill has been announced. Directed by Taylor Clemens with music direction by Shannon Salyards Burton, Be More Chill follows an anxious social outcast, Jeremy Heere (Ben Feeken), as he attempts to navigate the pressures of high school social life alongside his laid...

Arts & Entertainment, Morningside People / November 5, 2024 Logan Gerdes Vocal Recital November 8

Logan Gerdes will be performing his senior vocal recital in Eppley Auditorium, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Gerdes’ pieces were selected through various lessons with Shannon Salyards Burton, and he enjoys the opening piece of his recital in particular for the creative liberty he’s allowed at certain sections of the song. “I like how it...

News / November 4, 2024 Struck gets 100th win

by Mia Wenzel–The men’s tennis team won 6-1 over Mount Marty Oct. 16, giving Coach Alex Struck his 100th win. The men’s fall season ended undefeated 3-0. The women’s tennis team added another win, making the fall season an undefeated 4-0. The Mustangs won against Mount Marty by a score of 5-2. “I’m humbled and...

Sports / October 27, 2024 Mustangs Trample Briar Cliff in Rivalry Game

By Dayne Davis – Saturday (October 19, 2024) the Mustangs hosted cross-town rival, Briar Cliff University, in battle for the saddle. The Chargers entered the game looking to beat Morningside for the first time in school history, but Zack Chevalier and the Mustangs had other plans as Morningside put the belt to the Chargers backside...

Morningside People

Read2Soar Sparks Reading Improvements

(4.19.17) By Jaclyn Arens – “The need is obviously there. 47% of students nationwide cannot read at their grade level.” Dr. Bonni Boschee from the Morningside graduate education department discovered a need, and she is currently working on a solution to the problem because of her passion for reading. Boschee discovered that many students were…

News

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,…

Sports

Golfers Win Home Opener

(4.18.2017) By Rachel Potter–Morningside College’s women’s golf team is in full swing of their spring season. The team is coming off its second straight tournament victory, making six tournament titles for the 2016-2017 season. The Mustangs won their home opener on Wednesday, April 12, at Whispering Creek Golf Club with a score of 334 tying…

News

The Easter Bunny Makes an Appearance at Morningside

(4.17.17) By Maggie Ganley–The Easter bunny came a little bit earlier than expected to Morningside College thanks to Alpha Omicron Pi’s Hop Out Arthritis event. Hop Out Arthritis is an annual event Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) puts on for the Siouxland community. “This year we raised over $1,000 for Arthritis research, which is the highest…

News

Morningside Hosts ‘Branding Yourself’ Event

(4.17.17) By Maggie Ganley–A recent “Branding Yourself” event on campus taught students the importance of creating their own brands and marketing themselves on social media. The Sioux City Growth Organization and Morningside College came together on April 6 to host a Branding Yourself as a Professional seminar in Weikert Auditorium. Guest speakers at the event were…

Arts & Entertainment

KMSC to Participate in Annual Vinylthon

(04.16.2017) By Jared Martin — Morningside’s student voice will be overrun by the hiss and pop of vinyl records for a full 24 hours this month for the second annual Vinylthon. Vinylthon is an event that will take place on Saturday, April 22, when the college’s radio station KMSC will play vinyl records for 24 hours…