The Record

Leaving home for the first time can be nerve-racking enough, but add in classes, meeting new people and endless lists of activities, the first year of college can be quite intimidating. However, CSB/SJU is able to relinquish these anxieties with a strong orientation program that helps to make new students feel at home in the [...]

This year CSB/SJU is turning over a new leaf, the green sustainability leaf. No more selling custom made plastic bottles or printing excessive paper for class.  But what does it really mean to be sustainable?  Most people think to be sustainable you have to be a tree hugger or change your entire way of living—a [...]

First-years are not the only ones adjusting to CSB/SJU college life. In fact, there are 22 new faculty members on campus without valedines around their necks. Dr. Jessica O’Reilly and Dr. Dora Saha are two professors who are not only new to campus, but new to their job description as well. Although they both taught [...]

From what began last spring as a few student’s passion for music, Campus DJ’s, now with 25 members, is the newest sensation to hit the CSB/SJU community. The group strives to increase appreciation for electronic, dance and other cultural music, while following the Benedictine values. It teaches its members music, sound and visual production skills. [...]

Many seniors are working to finish finals and earn required credits from all areas of the liberal arts education provided at these institutions. Some underclassmen, and even some seniors, are beginning to wonder what these graduates will head out to do. From Minnesota and beyond, the senior class of 2010 will achieve a great variety [...]

Rain showers muddied the trails, but athletes braved on and organizers kept their spirits up at the 15th annual Fruit at the Finish triathlon Saturday. The weather created lots of obstacles as the course was glazed over with a blanket of water. OLC member Brynn Haugen, a sophomore working at the triathlon said, “the bike course was very [...]

Thorpe Running, age 69, died Friday, April 23 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Thorpe taught Spanish at CSB/SJU until his retirement in 2005. He was a scholar of Latin American poetry and published numerous books and articles. He ran marathons and did triathlons until 1999, when he had a serious bicycle accident and became a [...]

English professor’s musical interests have transformed over time as he collaborates with Bennies and Johnnies Nearly 20 years ago, a middle-aged English professor, interested in critical theory and semiotics, decided he was going to learn to play reggae. The interests that led Opitz to play reggae music in 1992 have led him to his newest [...]

Did you ever think that in one show you could see the works of Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and the Backstreet Boys? And even better yet, for free? Campus groups Prism and AKS are making your wildest dreams a reality with the First Annual Gender Bender Drag Show on April 27 at Brother Willie’s Pub.

As their college careers are coming to an end, some seniors on campus are being recognized for their leadership abilities. The Inspiring Leaders Certificate Program (ILCP) which began in 2005, recognizes students who have completed their training and have shown leadership.