The Collegian Reporter – Page 160

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...

News / September 16, 2026 Virgo’s Season Starts this September

By Trenton Eilerts – The esports program at Morningside has made a big change, with bigger changes yet to come. Dray Virgo has been appointed as the new head coach of Morningside esports. Virgo wants to add to the program and change how the program is viewed by students, staff, and faculty. Virgo is already...

News / September 14, 2026 New AAFS Coordinator Brings Hands-On Agricultural Learning to Morningside

By Tayden VanPelt – Mia Heilman is bringing her background in agricultural education and production agriculture to Morningside University as the new Agricultural Facilities and Experiential Learning Coordinator in the Applied Agricultural and Food Studies department. Heilman’s position focuses on maintaining and expanding the university’s agricultural facilities while creating hands-on learning opportunities that connect students’...

News / September 9, 2026 Mustang Football Kicks off Season Against Top GPAC Rivals

By Cameron Hamilton – Football season is in full swing, but this year is different from most: the Mustangs not only opened the season with Benedictine, who was ranked #3 at the time, but also with local rivals the Northwestern Red Raiders (week 1) and the Dordt Defenders (week 3). These early games can decide...

News / September 3, 2026 Construction Near Elwood Olsen Stadium Brings Temporary Parking Changes to Campus

by Tayden VanPelt – Students and visitors returning to Morningside University this fall may notice construction and parking changes near Elwood Olsen Stadium. The construction is part of the Pulaski Drainage Improvement Project, which began in June and is expected to be completed by mid-September. Pulaski Park consists of 32 acres of recreational land made...

Arts & Entertainment, Morningside People

Morningside Professor Stars in “I’ll Eat You Last, a Chat with Sue Mengers”

(03.01.2017) By Liv Minshall — Shot in the Dark Productions presents “I’ll Eat You Last, a Chat with Sue Mengers,” running from March 2-6 at the Evelyn Larson Theater in downtown Sioux City. The show is a one-act story of Mengers’ character, opening Thursday, March 2 at 7 pm. The show is a limited engagement with…

Arts & Entertainment

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Game Review

(02.28.2017) By Liv Minshall — Capcom’s Resident Evil horror game series has taken many turns throughout its history, but Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is one of the biggest risks that the company has taken in a long time. Biohazard has taken the series’ long developed formula and completely flipped it upside down, shifting the genre from…

Features, Morningside People

Students Help African Students Raise Money For College

(2.27.17) By Jaclyn Arens – Student entrepreneurs Sarah Sadler and Lauren Lennon are selling unique shirts to raise money to help two African students go to college, but they got their nonprofit business start in Haiti. Sadler and Lennon started their business, Revived Ministries, after volunteering in Haiti. Sadler says, “We met a little boy…

Arts & Entertainment

Hidden Figures Movie Review

(02.26.2017) By Liv Minshall — Hidden Figures is a film about three underappreciated female African American mathematicians behind NASA’s great Space Race in the early 1960s. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janella Monae star as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, respectively. The movie primarily follows Johnson (Henson) as she is (dis)placed into…

Morningside People

Morningside College’s First Australian Study Abroad Experience

(02.26.2017) By Rachel Potter — Morningside College student Allie Vanhouten was the school’s first student to study abroad in Australia, through a program called CIEE. Vanhouten studied at Wollongon, New South Wales, Australia living in dorms with a roommate, also an international student, from North Carolina. While Vanhouten was in Australia she took three classes, equivalent…

Features

How Students Spent Their Snow Day

(02.26.2017) By Rachel Potter — On Friday, February 24, Morningside College cancelled all classes. After speaking with students, not one could remember the last time Morningside canceled every class at once. Students love having a day off from classes, along with the free time for different actives, from sleeping in to catching up on homework. Molly…