Comparing Two Pandemics 102 Years Apart In 1918, a world entrenched by war was also being consumed by an invisible battle: the Spanish flu. Though the virus began circulating the globe in spring of 1918, it would only be mere months before the sickness began stealing the lives of Minnesotans. Over two years, the deadly...
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Twin Cities Museums Struggle to Stay Afloat Amidst COVID-19
On March 13, 2020, in response to the threat of COVID Governor Walz’ issued an executive stay-at-home order that changed the future preservation of Twin Cities Museums, and with it changed the preservation of Minnesota’s past. The executive order impacted Twin Cities museums with mandating attendance limits, deflating museum income, and ultimately causing an uncertain...
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North Central’s new mock trial team gaining experience
North Central’s mock trial team took 10th place this year at the regional competition held Feb. 21 through 23 at Hamline University. The team, created in January of 2018, is still young in comparison to other schools’ teams. Along with finishing a second year of competition, two team members, Sarah Welch, a junior social work...
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Miller 3 North, 5 South and Carlson 4 West win 2020 Battle of the Floors
North Central students came together in one of the biggest social events of the year on Feb. 21-22: Battle of the Floors. The Student Activities Committee and the office of student development put on the annual two-day event. During Battle of the Floors, a floor from the men’s dorms partner with one or two of...
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Pathways Program Offers Former Students a Chance to Finish Their Degrees
Students who never completed college are returning and receiving diplomas through modified course plans He tightened his blue tie, slipped the black gown over his shoulders, pulled the cap a little lower as though it were a baseball hat, and batted the tassel from his face. Then he lined up with his classmates–the ones he...
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New Director for Spring Play has Long Resume
Norah Long directs ‘Into the Woods’ She has received rave reviews and Artist of the Year awards, her work has won a Regional Emmy, she had over 100 lead roles and performed on stages around the world, but for actress and professional vocalist Norah Long, it took coming back to North Central to launch her...
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Issue of LGBTQ Ordination may Split Methodist Denomination
Reverend Judy Zabel’s church, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist, is the easily recognizable church at 511 Groveland Avenue across from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Some Methodist pastors and congregants want to see all an embrace of LGBTQ ordination and marriage, but the issue will likely split the denomination at the general conference meeting in Minneapolis this...
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English Professor Leslie Evens Retires
After 38 years of teaching poetry, grammar, literature, and writing classes, Professor Evens is retiring from North Central Professor Leslie Evens announced her retirement this December. The long-serving English professor has taught at North Central for 38 years. She will not return full-time in the spring semester, but said she may still adjunct various English...
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Momentum Week 2019 Begins
The Student Success Center is holding events to help students through the last week of the semester Friday the 6th kicks off the start of Momentum Week as well as Finals period with early morning prayer at 6:30 in the Anderson Chapel. With so many students the Student Services has many avenues of help for...
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Question & Answer with New Full-Time Music Professor Joshua Tompkins
Previously part time, Joshua Tompkins is now a full-time associate professor of music in the college of fine arts Associate professor Joshua Tompkins was made a full-time professor of music in Fall 2019, but students at North Central already knew him from his deep involvement in in the college of fine arts: teaching music theory...