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...

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Best ways to Avoid Procrastinating/Study Tips

By Derek Krayenhagen—With finals right around the corner college students are fretting and stressing. Most of this stressing could have been negated if we all weren’t such procrastinators and this is definitely the pot calling the kettle black. I could be the worst procrastinator at Morningside College but I do know how to avoid it…

Television Review: Teen Wolf
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Television Review: Teen Wolf

By Dominique Swanson—Tyler Posey plays Scott McCall, an awkward teenager who unexpectedly gets turned into a werewolf. This television series follows his struggles as he and his friends face the problems his new lifestyle has created. Teen Wolf began in 2011 and is still running. While entertaining, this series definitely appeals to a more teenage…

Television Review: House M.D.
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Television Review: House M.D.

By Dominique Swanson—House M.D. is a series that ran from 2004-2012 that follows the lives of a group of doctors on a special diagnostics team that works to solve cases no one else is able to. Hugh Laurie stars as Dr. Gregory House, a Vicodin addicted genius-doctor who walks with the assistance of his cane….

Movie Review: Whiplash
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Movie Review: Whiplash

By Derek Krayenhagen—With incredible performances from a young upstart in Miles Teller and a more veteran player in J.K. Simmons, Whiplash grabs you in from the opening scene and never lets go. Whiplash is the story of Andrew Niemann (Teller) and his conductor Fletcher (Simmons). Fletcher seems to go Full Metal Jacket on many of…

Movie Review: Cinderella
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Movie Review: Cinderella

By Kayla Perkins—Disney fans, if you loved Maleficent then look no longer, because Cinderella is the film for you. Cinderella is a 2015 live-action romantic fantasy based on the fairy tale of the same name, with aspects of the 1950 Disney version included. The film stars Ella (Lily James), as she struggles to survive the…

Movie Review: The Gambler
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Movie Review: The Gambler

By Derek Krayenhagen—The Gambler doesn’t take your breath away but it won’t bore you to death either. The Gambler is more about the storyline rather than the action. The banter and writing tries to stand alone while it doesn’t do a bad job, a little more oomph could have done this movie some good. The…

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