For the first time in my four years here at Concord, the Mountain Lion football team is below .500. I can say I'm surprised and I'm shocked, but I'm not disappointed. Often we forget the student in student athletes, we forget that those aren't just football players out there on […]
Other News
Raise the Roof!
As fall rolls around, so does rain, and leaks are sure to become a problem. Recently, students have complained about leaks around campus, namely in the Carter Center, Fine Arts building, and most recently the science building. Rick Dillon, the Vice President for Administration addressed some of the leaks, starting […]
Cash Crunch:
The C-Lions urged community members and students to contact the Board of Governors and President Boggess to keep the pool open. Photo courtesy of Harry Ratliff The price to attend Concord University with in-state tuition before financial aid: $6,744.00. The price to attend Concord University with out-of-state tuition before financial […]
ACLU: Know Your Rights
On October 20, spokespersons from the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU) visited Concord and met in room 304 of Rahall to speak about ACLU’s main purpose in West Virginia. They mentioned several different topics throughout the meeting: Title IX and sexual assault, the Fourteenth Amendment and marriage […]
Procrastination: a How-To
Procrastination is my favorite and least favorite thing all rolled into a fun ball that I’ll get around to doing at some point, or at least that’s what I tell myself. Between the pull of the internet and its cute kitten videos and the pull of the entirety of everything […]
Concord Hosts Disability Forum
It should come as a shock to no one that spends any amount of time on campus that Concord University has many nontraditional students. Of these nontraditional students, there are several that have special needs. For example, some have no sight, some cannot walk, and others are attempting to […]
An Op-ed from the CU Faculty Chapter of the AFT
The primary purpose of this op-ed is to acknowledge a central fact of higher education: faculty and students have primary interests that are identical. Our two groups need the help of administrators and staff to accomplish these shared ends in light of the challenge of scarce resources. Students are here […]
Life is Strange: a Game Review
For all its flaws, Life is Strange has accumulated quite a pop culture following since its recent release. Photo courtesy of youtube.com For all of the arguments about whether video is art or not, one cannot deny that the majority of games do not even attempt to talk about the […]
Hoyle’s House of Horrors II
Looking for a great film to make you cringe and think at the same time? Look no further than Stephen King's Misery. Photo courtesy of earofnewt.com Another year has come and gone, and Halloween is once again upon us. While this time of year means parties and costumes and […]
The
Women have been historically oppressed throughout the world, from the restrictions on voting and education, to discrimination in the workplace and regulation on female reproduction. Feminism is associated with the equality of women on cultural, social, economic, and human rights levels. In some parts of the world, women still cannot […]