The Collegian Reporter – Page 231

Arts & Entertainment, News / April 30, 2024 Kiosk 86 highlights end of the year

by Maren Ewertz–The Kiosk release is a highlight of the school year’s end. Every year since 1938, Morningside has released a short collection of fiction, nonfiction, and other forms of short stories in a book. From the years 1938 to 1952, the Kiosk was referred to as Manuscript. Then Manuscript became Perspectives from the years 1953-1970. Ever since 1971, we...

News / April 30, 2024 Morningside receives $2 million gift for the School of Business

by Maren Ewertz–Tom Rosen, a graduate of Morningside College from 1970, has given a $2 million gift to the Morningside University campus. The donation will be the essential funds for the construction and design of a brand new School of Business building. Rosen earned his degree from Morningside College with minors in livestock marketing and...

Arts & Entertainment / April 30, 2024 Fall in to Fallout

by Maren Ewertz–As someone who has watched people play the game Fallout. I was excited to see that there would be a new Fallout series based on the game streaming on Amazon.. Throughout the series, we are introduced to the characters in a clean and easy to understand way. For someone who doesn’t know much...

News / April 29, 2024 2024 graduates will not receive hoods

by Maren Ewertz–Traditionally, Morningside University graduates received an academic hood at graduation. This hood was white with a maroon chevron pointing upwards. This design originated around 1963. Looking in the Sioux, Morningside’s yearbook that ran from 1901-2004, students appear to wear the hoods we know today in 1963, but not in 1962. As the years went...

Morningside People, News / April 29, 2024 Morningside says goodbye to Terri Curry

by Maren Ewertz–Terri Curry, Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment at Morningside University, has been a well known and integral force for Morningside for nearly four decades. Curry has dedicated 39 years to Morningside. When Curry was interviewed recently, she touched on her motivation to pursue a career in academia, revealing that her graduate...

News / April 26, 2024 Palmer Research Symposium celebrates student involvement

by Chaise Pfanstiel–Morningside’s Palmer Research Symposium is an annual event that gives students the opportunity to present their research to the community to contribute to the greater knowledge of the campus. It is a campus-wide celebration of student involvement in research. Students were able to present both empirical and non-empirical, completed in a class or...

News / April 21, 2024 Is taking the train worth it? Yes.

by Diego Teixeira Setton–America is not exactly known for being public transport friendly, and its trains are definitely nothing like in Europe or Asia. But can they stand on their own? Recently, I traveled by Amtrak train from Omaha to Chicago. It was my second time taking the trip and while I was moving towards...

News

Sticking to Your New Years Resolutions

By Natalie Waller–Have you ever heard someone say, “It’s a New Year, it’s a new me” after the New Year? Maybe you’ve said it once or twice. People are always making New Year’s resolutions. They commit to being a better person, improving their health, or various other things. But why do people do this year…

Sports

Garret Ehlers: Athlete of the Week

By Andrew Schnebel–This week’s Collegian Reporter athlete of the week goes to Garret Ehlers. Ehlers, a senior from Ida Grove, Iowa, broke the school record for the men’s indoor 3000-meter run with a time of 8:40.63 At the Dordt Indoor Invitational. The Mustangs finished first, second and third in the event. The previous record was…

News

Calling all creatives…

By Hannah Hecht–Calling all creative writers and artists! Pick up your pens, grab your brushes, and open up your word documents because the Morningside College Kiosk literary magazine will be publishing its 76th issue this year. Submissions are open to Morningside students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Acceptable submissions include: art, creative nonfiction, fiction, graphic design, photography,…

Arts & Entertainment

Bundle up for Disney’s Frozen

By Amber Burg–Join Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf at the movie theatre for their frozen adventure to save the kingdom from a snowy cold. Disney’s most recent animated film Frozen has been freeszing out the competition for over a month. The main characters, Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) and her sister Elsa (voice of Idina…

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Therapy dogs comforting after “Ruff” semester

By Emily Domayer–Students looking for a study break during finals week had a chance to relax with some four-legged friends. The Special Troops Adaptive Riding School (STARS) were on campus Tuesday and Thursday. The STARS program mostly uses horses for its animal therapy, but now it has a K-9 dog program as well. Jean Gill,…

Sports

Profile: Savannah Larson

By Hannah Hecht–Five women in one-piece racing swimsuits, goggles, and swim caps stand lined up behind the starting blocks at the Morningside HPER center’s pool facility. Their faces are fixed in stony concentration and a couple of them are jumping around and stretching to loosen up their arms and legs. A man announces the beginning…