The Collegian Reporter – Page 233

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, Sports

Mustang FB advances to Round 2

Running back Brandon Wegher had a break–out day against the Bears of Rocky Mountain College, moving Morningside into a second round NAIA playoff game against Baker University of Kansas. Morningside, 10-1, ripped the Battlin’ Bears for 34 points in the first half en route to a 40-21 win. RMC came in ranked 10th and sporting…

Sports

Mustangs split with Hastings [photos]

The Mustang women put the visiting Hastings Broncos away early, but the men never quite turned the corner in a 78-74 loss. Senior Lacey Lehman led the Mustangs with 16 points in the 76-49 win. Morningside is now 6-2 as they head into a road game at Northwestern Tuesday (Nov. 26). The men fell to…

Sports

Playoffs begin for Mustangs: Da Bears!

By Darius Hicks–The No.5 Morningside Mustang football team will host the No.10 Rocky Mountain Battlin Bears in the marquee matchup of the opening round in the 2013 NAIA Football Championship Series. Saturday’s matchup features two of the most explosive offenses in the nation, both averaging over 400 yards a game. This game also has two…

Arts & Entertainment, Features

Morningfest a ‘sick show of metal’

By Emily Domayer–Morningfest may sound to some as an Easter Sunday church service. But for more than 70 people this past Saturday in the Yockey Room, it was an evening of metal music featuring five local bands. One of the bands, Beauty Killed the Beast, featured Morningside College students Mike Kessel, Nathan Roddick and Jordon…

News

Mediation Team competes in first event

The Morningside College Mediation team competed in the International Academy of Dispute Resolution’s 14th annual Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament held at Drake University Law school in Des Moines, Nov. 1-2. Morningside sent two teams comprised of three students each. One team consisted of Amy Widman, Cameron Oakley, and Nick Misukanis. The other team consisted of Victoria…

Sports

Men’s swimming dives into season

By Hannah Hecht–The Morningside men’s swim team will travel to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Nov. 8 to open the 2013-2014 season. The Mustang men come into the season with a strong team, one that is full of depth in many different events. Leading the Mustangs is sophomore distance swimmer Ben Kurz, who…