If you’ve ever wanted to go to Las Vegas, or have a flare for card games and betting your bottom dollar, chances are you’re one of the approximately 100 people who went to Concord’s casino night. Wednesday, February 2, saw students playing blackjack, poker, shooting craps and spinning a wheel […]

In America, gender roles are very important. In some ways they help us establish our identity or even help create order to our families. Whether the need for gender roles in our society is biological or a socially constructed view, it still seems to play a part in America’s […]

What causes stress for you as a student-exams, papers, reading multiple chapters in several subjects…all of the above?     According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, a 2011 national survey shows that more than 62 percent of students withdrew from college because of mental health problems. […]

While all of us were distracted by one event or another, there was danger growing within a town in Michigan. It began two years ago, and came to a head recently. The city changed its water source from the Detroit Water and Sewage System to a new source from […]

With the 2016 Presidential election coming up this November, and primaries happening now throughout the country, state politics often take a backseat to the pageantry of the national campaigns. Although being informed about and attentive to national politics, the state and local government deserve equal attention. The legislation […]

Ryan Reynolds has, somehow, single-handedly redeemed 20th Century Fox…at least until the next X-Men movie comes out. Reader be warned: potential spoilers ahead. For those of you who have yet to find time to see Deadpool, feel free to skip to the very end of this review.     As an […]

We all look for answers to fundamental questions about who we are and what defines us as individuals and even as groups of individuals. One such inspiring story came to Concord University on February 16, 2016 in the form of a young Indian-American woman straight out of the Bronx who […]

Concord University received a visit last week from familiar comedian Ron Placone, no stranger to our campus. Placone’s visit this time was a slight departure from what most students expect when attending a comedian. His show was geared in particular towards the upcoming Presidential election and the problems with corporate […]

On Wednesday, February 17, Concord University’s Black Student Union showed the film “Fruitvale Station.” Pizza and soda was also served, and an open forum where everyone could discuss what they thought of the film followed the showing. “Fruitvale Station” tells the story of the last 12 hours of the life […]