The Collegian Reporter – Page 232

Photo / April 27, 2025 Students’ Favorite Skies of Sioux City

By Jaden Carney – As you stroll around Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, one of the most beautiful things that will grab your attention is the park-like beauty of the campus. However, have you ever experienced the campus at sunset? If not, you are truly missing out. You can walk around Morningside Campus any...

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...

News

English Honor Society to Host “Spoken Word Slam”

By Hannah Hecht–Do you have a poem just bursting out of you? Do you love to explore new worlds through fiction? Do you keep a diary of creative nonfiction? Do you want to win $100? If you answered “yes,” to any of these questions, you should print off your writings and present them at the…

News

New Website Narrows Focus to Prospective Students

By Hannah Hecht–The newly redesigned Morningside College website went live earlier last week. Its implementation is part of a campus-wide project to improve the quality of Morningside’s online presence. The new site features a sleeker, more modern style, with a user-friendly interface and simple navigation. The website has narrowed its emphasis and now concentrates on…

Arts & Entertainment

Restaurant Review: Red Bones Cafe

By Andrew Schnebel–One restaurant in town that many don’t know of may surprise you. Red Bones is a family owned restaurant up north just off 7th and Hamilton. This soul food restaurant is known for its chicken, and what I found out was their catfish. When arriving at the restaurant it had a rough exterior, which…

Features

Suicide is Preventable

By Natalie Waller–Suicide is always a tragedy. People of all ages may commit suicide but when it happens to a child or young adult it can be even harder to deal with. People at those ages have so much life ahead of them and cutting it short because of one bad decision is a true…

Features, Food and Drink

Don’t Waste Time Counting Calories

By Lindsay Martin–Society today is obsessed with appearance. Tabloid headlines share secrets about weight loss or the newest exercise that burns a ridiculous amount of calories. The question is: should we count calories in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle? I recently got the MyFitnessPal app. I entered my weight, height, and how many pounds…

Morningside People, News

Transfer Student Union Takes Shape

By Lauren Sorenson–Morningside will be welcoming a new student organization next fall: the Transfer Student Union (TSU). Jack O’Brien, Student Advocate on the Morningside Student Government, has been spearheading the project along with several other students. O’Brien said there has been a history of transfer students coming to the Student Government seeking some sort of…