The Collegian Reporter – Page 286

Photo, Sports / December 5, 2024 Mustangs Upend Visiting Bulldogs in White Out

The Mustang men’s and women’s basketball teams defended their Allee Gymnasium court, besting Concordia Wed., Dec. 4. The women began the evening with a 70–56 win over the fifth–ranked Bulldogs. Alexis Spier led the squad with 21 points. Chaise Pfanstiel added 12 and Ella Wragge 10. The men’s team, now 8–1 (4–1 GPAC), jumped out...

News / December 4, 2024 Morningside’s Stangsgiving Event Draws Praise

By Gabriel Ruiz – Stangsgiving is Morningside University’s annual event where students, staff, and faculty join for a Thanksgiving meal. It provides the campus at large with an opportunity to come together and share a meal as well as look back on the year as we move forward into the holiday season. Students were eager...

Photo, Sports / December 1, 2024 Mustangs post shutout against MNU

The No. 6 Mustangs are moving on to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals to face No. 4 Montana Western. Morningside blanked MidAmerica Nazarene 35-0 to keep its 2024 season alive. Read the game story HERE. Montana Western’s Bulldogs bested Dickinson State 41-14. MW quarterback Michael Palandri threw for five touchdowns in the win.

News / November 25, 2024 Be More Chill Cast Announced!

Y’all keep your chill. The cast list for Morningside’s production of Be More Chill has been announced. Directed by Taylor Clemens with music direction by Shannon Salyards Burton, Be More Chill follows an anxious social outcast, Jeremy Heere (Ben Feeken), as he attempts to navigate the pressures of high school social life alongside his laid...

Arts & Entertainment, Morningside People / November 5, 2024 Logan Gerdes Vocal Recital November 8

Logan Gerdes will be performing his senior vocal recital in Eppley Auditorium, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Gerdes’ pieces were selected through various lessons with Shannon Salyards Burton, and he enjoys the opening piece of his recital in particular for the creative liberty he’s allowed at certain sections of the song. “I like how it...

News / November 4, 2024 Struck gets 100th win

by Mia Wenzel–The men’s tennis team won 6-1 over Mount Marty Oct. 16, giving Coach Alex Struck his 100th win. The men’s fall season ended undefeated 3-0. The women’s tennis team added another win, making the fall season an undefeated 4-0. The Mustangs won against Mount Marty by a score of 5-2. “I’m humbled and...

Sports / October 27, 2024 Mustangs Trample Briar Cliff in Rivalry Game

By Dayne Davis – Saturday (October 19, 2024) the Mustangs hosted cross-town rival, Briar Cliff University, in battle for the saddle. The Chargers entered the game looking to beat Morningside for the first time in school history, but Zack Chevalier and the Mustangs had other plans as Morningside put the belt to the Chargers backside...

Features

Group work: preparation for life

By Michelle Kuester– A sure way to bring out a round of groans and protests from almost any class is the use of two words. Group work. The time when the go-getters do the legwork while the less-than-ambitious take a backseat yet share in the glory. Depending on which type of student you are, chances…

Arts & Entertainment

Music review: Lady Antebellum Christmas Album

By Shelby Powell– The latest musical offering from country music powerhouse Lady Antebellum is a throwaway compilation of 6 Christmas classics that sounds and feels like it was produced in a hurry. From the first track, a humdrum and twang filled version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, to the last, a simple “Silver…

News

Black Friday, the most infamous day of retail

By Kevin Green– Roughly 152 million Americans participated in this year’s Black Friday bonanza. Here in Sioux City, the late-night turnout was just as impressive. Several localbusinesses got into the act this year including Target, Best Buy, as well as the Southern Hills Mall, which opened its doors at midnight for the first time in…

News

Electra Brief

By Claire De Roin– Morningside students put on a rendition of Electra by Sophocles that ran from the 17-20th of November. The audience sat on the edge of their seats as Athena Riesenberg delivered her lines Saturday night in Klinger-Neal. Not a sound could be heard but her heartfelt monologue. Electra, an adapted Greek tragedy,…

Features

Photo Club: Put yourself in the picture

By Alex Devalos — “For me photography is capturing something that strikes inspiration,” was the way Brooke Spencer, president of the Morningside Photography Club, described the art of picture taking. The Photography Club is a small group of young artists here on campus, that work to portray ideas to the rest of the student body….

Arts & Entertainment

Fans keep some shows alive

By Shelby Powell– At the end of nearly every television season, as the mercury rises and leaves begin to grow on the trees once more, one or two shows will be put dangerously close to cancellation. For many shows, that’s it. They will go quietly to the television graveyard like so many before it. For…