The Collegian Reporter – Page 67

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...

News

AOII recognized as group

by Ashley Duncan–As many might not know, Greek life is present on Morningside’s campus. The sorority Alpha Omicron Pi, or AOII, has a chapter that lives in Dimmitt. The chapter, Theta Chi, was first acknowledged as a fraternity in 1966 on Morningside’s campus because there were no sororities at the time. It is now considered…

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Student Government considers censure

by Abby Koch–Morningside Student Government raised the possibility of censure against freshman senator Caleb Lubbers during the Feb. 2 meeting. Student government senators decided in a 9-4-1 vote that no course of censure will take place against Lubbers’ position. The motion of censure was made by sophomore senator Collin Adank, due to reports of Lubbers…

Sports

Mustangs Lock Down Lancers

by Abby Koch–The Mustangs were looking for a return to the win column after losing to University of Jamestown recently. The Mount Marty Lancers were on the hunt to cause a GPAC upset and secure their spot in conference standings. Laddie E. Cimpl Arena, the home court of the Lancers, was the stage to see…

Sports

Jamestown Upsets Morningside for a Second Time

by Abby Koch-Home court advantage and aggressive second-half play wasn’t enough for the Mustangs to stop the Jamestown Jimmies Wednesday, Jan. 27. The Mustangs fell to the Jimmies for the second time this season, 76-67. With the loss, the Mustangs also ended a seven-game winning streak and are now 13-3 in the Great Plains Athletic…

Arts & Entertainment

Every Great Love Starts With a Great Story

by Kassidy Hart-Growing up around my grandmother, an active reader, and my mother, a romance fanatic, I was constantly exposed to Nicholas Sparks’ love stories. As I got older and began to expand my reading past Junie B. Jones, it was only natural for me to take on the same obsessions as the women before…

Sports

Morningside Victorious in Midland Doubleheader (Photos)

Photos by Abby Koch– The women Mustangs’ fourth quarter scoring burst helped them secure a 82-60 win against Midland. With this win, the Mustangs move their win streak to eleven. Junior Taylor Rodenburgh led the Mustangs, collecting 23 points off the bench. This is Rodenburgh’s second straight game getting 20 plus points off the bench….