The Collegian Reporter – Page 289

News / October 21, 2026 Morningside University Builds High Tunnel to Expand Hands-On Learning

By Tayden VanPelt – A new outdoor classroom structure aims to extend the growing season, increase food production, and strengthen community connections. Morningside University’s Applied Agriculture and Food Studies Department is constructing a new high tunnel in its outdoor classroom to expand hands-on learning opportunities and increase food production for campus and surrounding communities. Construction...

News / October 6, 2026 My Very Own Taste of Morningside

By Carter Gill – As the Morningside Mustangs faced the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers at the Homecoming football game this weekend, Morningside’s annual Taste of Morningside event kicked off with a selection of local Sioux City food and drink vendors. Vendors included: Sippin’ 712, Kai Thai, Morningside Beef, Blue Tequila on the Go, 2 Fire Smash...

News / September 30, 2026 ODK’s Into the Streets

By Doreen Mshana – Morningside University students recently took part in an exciting event called “Into the Streets,” sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), in Sioux City. This event aimed to help the community and encourage students to get involved. Through Into the Streets, students gain a deeper understanding of their local community and recognize...

News / September 30, 2026 Sports Management Class Aims to Level the Playing Field Through Experiential Learning

By Cameron Hamilton – In Katy Burford’s sports management class, the students are looking to improve and manipulate the game-changing factor of fan engagement and support. The class does this in cooperation with Morningside’s Pack the Stands events, held at specific home games for different sports throughout the year. Sports management is a relatively new...

News / September 30, 2026 Live-Posting Past Events, As If It Were Today

By RyAnne Steffen –If today’s social media were around for major events from the past, how would it appear? Would we be updated every hour, every minute, every second? Thanks to the X account @25YearsAgoLive (2001Live), we can now make an estimate of how those situations may have been handled. 2001Live, curated by Manny Marotta,...

News / September 18, 2026 Spanish Club Invites Morningside Students to Celebrate Latino Heritage in Siouxland

By Brayan Ramos – As September continues, the Siouxland community will have an opportunity to celebrate Latino heritage through a series of events connecting students, families, and community members through culture and education. The celebration began Wednesday, September 9, with the Spanish Club’s Spanish Film Festival at the UPS Auditorium at the Lincoln Center. The...

News / September 17, 2026 Sweet Corn Eating Contest

By Doreen Mshana – The Morningside Garden Club brought hands-on agriculture, community donation, and fierce student rivalry together last week during its second annual Sweet Corn Eating Contest at the Buhler outdoor theatre. This summer, AAFS interns planted sweet corn in the Cargill Outdoor Classroom. On September 9 students in AGRI classes 130, 234, and...

Features

Top 5 Twitter Accounts to Follow

By Shelby Powell ~ Twitter is a social networking platform that has not, as of yet, enjoyed the kind of widespread understanding and acclaim that has come to websites like Facebook. Many have regarded Twitter as a bastion of celebrity stupidity, a place where Justin Bieber rules. In all actuality, it is a clever and…

Arts & Entertainment

A Reviewer’s Regret: New Girl

By Shelby Powell ~ In September, I wrote a rather harsh critique of an advanced viewing of the Fox television show New Girl. Zooey Deschanel stars as the titular character, Jess Day. Jess is a quirky young woman who wears thick-framed glasses and sings her way through her daily chores. After a bad breakup, Jess…

Sports

Morningside Competes in Sioux City Relays

By Andrew Schnebel ~ The Sioux City relays took place over the weekend at Elwood Olsen Stadium. It was a two-day event that brought hundreds of schools from all over, with kids in elementary school all the way up to the college level competing. Both the Morningside’s men’s and women’s track and field team competed….

Features

‘Learn to appreciate difference’

By Claire DeRoin ~ It’s no secret that the student body at Morningside College is predominantly white. As a matter of fact, at least 86% of campus is made up of white students. The number could actually be higher than that, since 5% of students gave no information about their race. In addition to a…

News

The Morningside Activities Council has big plans for next year.

By Tasha Drey ~ The Morningside Activities Council (MAC) recently took its annual trip to NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) which is held in St. Paul, Minnesota. MAC president for next year, Katie Schiltz, has a lot planned for the 2012-2013 school year. “I have a lot of new great ideas for MAC that I…

News

Student Government hosts Spring Formal

By Jazmine Dirks ~ Spring Formal is tomorrow night, and the excitement is already pulsating throughout campus. Student Government is hosting their annual Spring Formal, and at a recent meeting Andrew Pflipsen, a faculty member who oversees Student Government here at Morningside, made it clear of what this event meant to the organization as well…