The Collegian Reporter – Page 196

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...

Features, Morningside People

Seniors’ Plans After Graduation

By Kayla Perkins—As the semester reaches its final weeks many people are making plans for summer vacation. However, the senior class is preparing for much more as graduation rapidly approaches. As they reach their final days at Morningside College we have to wonder what they plan to do in the coming years. Some seniors have…

Arts & Entertainment

Game Review: Freshman Year

By Kayla Perkins—There are some games that are not meant to be played for fun. Freshman Year would fall under that category because it is a game that teaches rather than entertains. Freshman Year is a free online game developed by Nina Freeman. It depicts the results of a freshman college student attending a party….

News

Community Connection

By Jordan Heim—On Thursday, April 16, KMSC Fusion 93 held the annual Community Connection in the lobby of Olsen Student Center. The event is designed to allow students and non-profits to come together. Jenni Beaver the public service coordinator for KMSC was in charge of organizing the event. “It’s our chance to invite non-profits onto…

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Fiorina Stops At Morningside College

By Jordan Heim—Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2010 California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina spoke to a full UPS auditorium on Tuesday, April 21. Tuesday’s visit marked the second stop on her five day, thirteen-stop tour of Iowa. The last time she was in Iowa was in mid-March for several events. The town hall meeting consisted of…

Features

Tips For Moving Out of the Dorms

By Dominique Swanson—As finals approach, the imminent doom of moving out of the dorms is also closing in. While summer being here is always a time to celebrate, the process of moving out is never fun. Here are some tips to make the process go a littler smoother and hopefully avoid wanting to rip your…