The Collegian Reporter – Page 281

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...

News / April 7, 2025 Explore the World With Morningside

By Katie Miller – Are you interested in traveling abroad? Morningside is offering two unique trips in 2026 that will explore diverse cultures. Both trips will provide students with the opportunity to experience new places and people while engaging in hands-on learning. One of the trips is Cuisine of Spain and Portugal , which will...

Morningside People, News / March 31, 2025 Morningside Celebrates Women of Excellence

By Jaden Carney – On Friday, March 28, 2025, four members of the Morningside University community attended the 40th anniversary of the Siouxland Women’s Aware, Women of Excellence. The Mustangs in attendance were Dr. Leslie Werden, Chair of the Humanities Department; Melissa Nelson, Externship and Internship Coordinator for the Applied Ag and Food Studies Program;...

Arts & Entertainment / March 28, 2025 Faiyaz provides a calming diversion

by Gustavo dos Santos — Larger Than Life by Brent Faiyaz presents a smooth, immersive experience that is ideal for his personal style. Faiyaz, who is well-known for his captivating and reflective lyrics, goes deeper into his typical relaxed vibe to create an album that feels both private and wide. Each song expands time and permits reflection,...

Arts & Entertainment / March 28, 2025 CHROMAKOPIA is a deep dive

by Maron Marcel Guimaraes — Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA album is a 14-track album packed with genre-bending production, interesting lyrics, and Tyler’s signature different flair, offering an immersive listening experience. Right from the jump, CHROMAKOPIA feels like a dive into Tyler’s mind. The opening track, St. Chroma, featuring Daniel Caesar, sets the tone with a...

Morningside People, News / March 25, 2025 How Music Forms the Movie Experience

By Katie Miller – Morningside will host “Experiencing Music in Film” as part of its ongoing Humanities Speaker Series. This discussion will explore the relationship between music and film and how it is used to influence cinematic experiences. This event will take place today, March 25, at 7 p.m. in Weikert Auditorium and will be...

Arts & Entertainment / March 21, 2025 A Rock Sails By is ‘out of this world’

by Gabriel Ruiz — Simultaneously out of this world and profoundly grounded, Sean Grennan’s A Rock Sails By takes audiences on an existential expedition to explore the unknown, the unspoken, and the unidentified. Directed by Russell Wooley, A Rock Sails By follows dry–witted Dr. Lynn Cummings (portrayed by Diana Wooley), a renowned professor and astrophysicist who has the ability...

Features

Don Domayer to Retire after 18 Years

By Emily L. Domayer– Don Domayer, a math tutor at Morningside, will retire after 18 years at the college. “This will be a big deal for me. I’ve worked here at Morningside for eighteen years and I’m 61 years old.” Don has worked or taken college courses since he was 17. “That’s 44 years. My…

News

Palmer Symposium Session Winners

2012 Palmer Undergraduate Research Symposium Session Winners (Panels are not judged) Oral Sessions Oral Session I (8:00-9:00): Tanner Ferguson, Mariah Stauffer, & Nathaniel Drees – Staphylococcus aureus Resistance to Basteriophage Oral Session II (8:00-9:00): Rachel Penning, Tavis Hanson, & Jennifer Ranek – Plinko: More Than Just a Game Oral Session III (8:00-9:00): Garth Hamilton –…

Sports

Mustang Softball Invite Kicks Off this Weekend

By Andrew Schnebel ~ The SYA complex will be swarmed with softball players this weekend as the Morningside Mustang softball team hosts the Morningside Invitational. The tournament will be Friday, through Sunday with eleven teams participating in the round robin tournament. The host team Mustangs got off to a slow start, beginning the season with…

Arts & Entertainment

The Hunger Games

By Jazmine Dirks~ In a futuristic world, a young man and young woman are selected from twelve different districts to bring pride to their district in a fight to the death. Writer, Suzanne Collins’s popular book series titled The Hunger Games came out with a bang in its first motion picture thanks to Lions…

News

Golf team fundraiser is a hole in one!

By Sarah Davy ~ On Saturday March 24th, the golf teams put on their first annual pancake breakfast feed. It was held in the Yockey room and was definitely a success. Everyone worked together to cook and serve the food on the spot. Coach Todd Sapp said, “It was a great bonding experience for the…

Sports

Mustangs Split in Doubleheader

By Andrew Schnebel ~The Morningside Mustang’s baseball team played in a doubleheader against Dickinson State Friday afternoon at Lewis and Clark Park. The sun was out and shining as the crowd of approximately two hundred came out and watched the Mustangs play. The Mustangs dropped the first game 8-4. Storm Throne started the first game,…