The Collegian Reporter – Page 263

Sports / May 10, 2024 Tennis: On to nationals and GPAC honors

by Diego Teixeira Setton–This spring became a very special one for Morningside Tennis Athletes, as they conquered the GPAC for the first time in program history. Both men’s and women’s teams won the title, with the men boasting an overall record of 18-4 and going undefeated in the conference. The women’s team finished at 18-3...

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, Sports

Morningside launches Bowling program

By Gustav Hollnagel– Imagine that, Morningside is extending its athletic realm by bringing Rob Casper to campus to show interested students and future prospects how to roll a shiny ball into a triangle of pins. Yes, bowling has arrived at Morningside. During one of his holiday gatherings, President John Reynders announced that such a program…

News

Sex Signals returns

By Paige Potter– Nearly 200 students packed into Yockey on Wednesday night for a presentation called Sex Signals, which was put on by two actors, Jack and Kristen, who came to talk to the Morningside students about practicing safe sex and the do’s and don’ts for men and women. Last year, Morningside brought in a very similar…

News

Obama’s message

By Claire DeRoin– President Barack Obama spoke at Morningside College on Saturday, September 1, at 5:45, stressing the importance of the middle class, affordable education, and bringing troops home from Afghanistan. Before the President arrived, a series of introductory speakers took the stage: Julio Rodrigues, a U.S. Navy veteran, led the audience in the Pledge…

Features

Things you might not have known about President Obama’s visit to Morningside

By Claire DeRoin– There were a few things that the public wouldn’t perhaps know about what went on behind the scenes before and during President Obama’s visit to Morningside College: • A large white tent complete with phone lines, internet access, and scores of power strips served as a mobile work station for the White…

Features

Behind Obama’s visit and Morningside’s ‘presidential’ history

By Jescy Rodriguez– This past weekend President Barack Obama visited campus as one of the first stops on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina for the 2012 Democratic Convention, being held Thursday September 6. More photos of Obama’s campaign stop. Morningside has been a popular stop for political campaigns of Presidential candidates both current and…

Editorials

Saving money at Target

By Meghanne Adams– We are all college students, which usually can mean one thing: we are probably broke. Target is a store that has a lot of the must-haves on our weekly shopping lists and is fairly close to our school. I’ve compiled some tips together to help save students money while shopping there. Let’s…