The Collegian Reporter – Page 154

News / October 6, 2026 My Very Own Taste of Morningside

By Carter Gill – As the Morningside Mustangs faced the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers at the Homecoming football game this weekend, Morningside’s annual Taste of Morningside event kicked off with a selection of local Sioux City food and drink vendors. Vendors included: Sippin’ 712, Kai Thai, Morningside Beef, Blue Tequila on the Go, 2 Fire Smash...

News / September 30, 2026 ODK’s Into the Streets

By Doreen Mshana – Morningside University students recently took part in an exciting event called “Into the Streets,” sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), in Sioux City. This event aimed to help the community and encourage students to get involved. Through Into the Streets, students gain a deeper understanding of their local community and recognize...

News / September 30, 2026 Sports Management Class Aims to Level the Playing Field Through Experiential Learning

By Cameron Hamilton – In Katy Burford’s sports management class, the students are looking to improve and manipulate the game-changing factor of fan engagement and support. The class does this in cooperation with Morningside’s Pack the Stands events, held at specific home games for different sports throughout the year. Sports management is a relatively new...

News / September 30, 2026 Live-Posting Past Events, As If It Were Today

By RyAnne Steffen –If today’s social media were around for major events from the past, how would it appear? Would we be updated every hour, every minute, every second? Thanks to the X account @25YearsAgoLive (2001Live), we can now make an estimate of how those situations may have been handled. 2001Live, curated by Manny Marotta,...

News / September 18, 2026 Spanish Club Invites Morningside Students to Celebrate Latino Heritage in Siouxland

By Brayan Ramos – As September continues, the Siouxland community will have an opportunity to celebrate Latino heritage through a series of events connecting students, families, and community members through culture and education. The celebration began Wednesday, September 9, with the Spanish Club’s Spanish Film Festival at the UPS Auditorium at the Lincoln Center. The...

News / September 17, 2026 Sweet Corn Eating Contest

By Doreen Mshana – The Morningside Garden Club brought hands-on agriculture, community donation, and fierce student rivalry together last week during its second annual Sweet Corn Eating Contest at the Buhler outdoor theatre. This summer, AAFS interns planted sweet corn in the Cargill Outdoor Classroom. On September 9 students in AGRI classes 130, 234, and...

News / September 17, 2026 Klinger-Neal Theatre Receives Upgrades Thanks to Partnership with Lamb Theatre

By Carter Gill – Morningside University’s Klinger-Neal Theatre received a major facelift this summer with help from the new partnership with LAMB Theatre and their generous $1 million donation. These renovations bring massive improvements for theatre goers and students alike. Some of the biggest changes coming to Klinger-Neal are brand new state-of-the art technology, including...

Morningside People

Morningside Senior Produces Film

(04.25.2017) By Liv Minshall — Morningside senior Jenni Beaver is busy most days, between balancing graduation, working at KMEG, and, interestingly, running a business with her mom Joanie. Positive Note Network is an independently-run website managed by the mother-daughter team focusing on how to live a positive, uplifting lifestyle. The two started PNN after Joanie won…

Sports

Mustang Ace Records 800th Career Strikeout

(4.24.17) By Blake Meacham – 800 Strikeouts. What a number. Who can say they struck out hitters 800 times in their collegiate career? Morningside softball ace Rachel Henks can say that for the rest of her life. Last weekend, Henks, affectionately called “Señorita Smoke” by her family and teammates, tossed her 800th career strikeout against the…

Features

Gender Undone Hosts Menstruation Event

(4.24.17) By Maggie Ganley – Menstruation. A topic most people try to avoid, but one that Gender Undone chose to embrace whole-heartedly. From March 13th to April 13th Gender Undone collected period products for the Siouxland Warming Shelter, an emergency shelter for those in need. Over 200 individually wrapped products were collected as a result…

News

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…

News

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…

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…