Chips: The student newspaper of Luther College

05/10/2024

“My first experience at Luther College that I can remember was a temper tantrum in the pool.

I was in preschool, when the turf room was the old pool, and I feared the water which seemed boundlessly deep. Needless to say, they didn’t let me go back after that. I still cannot swim very well, but I could probably swim to save my life.”

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/10/2024

“This spring, Nancy Le (‘24) received Luther College’s 2023-2024 Joy Tlou Memorial Award. This award recognizes one student each year whose character and activeness around campus promote a ‘community of joy’ for the people and world around them.

Le is graduating this spring with a major in Visual Communication. Having come to Luther in the fall of 2020 from Hue City, Vietnam, Le has made an impact on various people across campus – from her supervisors in the Career Center, to her classmates.”

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/10/2024

“It might be hard for anyone to believe this, but it took me a while to really find a love for CHIPS.”

Read Editor-In-Chief Peter Heryla’s final reflections about his four years in CHIPS at lutherchips.com.

05/09/2024

Ava White (‘25) is set to be the new Editor-in-Chief of Luther College CHIPS for 2024-2025. White will take over from current Editor-in-Chief Peter Heryla (‘24) and Managing Editor Ethan Kober (‘24) at the end of the semester.

Read more about Ava White, the future of CHIPS, at lutherchips.com.

05/09/2024

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — except for Student Activity Council’s (SAC) second Casino Night, which brought casino activities and prize drawings to excited Luther attendees.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/09/2024

“It’s funny: one of the first things I learned about journalistic writing was the importance of being impartial. To figure out how to write a story with my own journalistic writerly voice, while not allowing my personal opinion to creep into the story. And for a long time, I thought that I was doing pretty well: letting my quotes speak for themselves, telling stories, and not letting my own thoughts about how much I loved the subject of my piece cloud the story. But then we got to the last couple weeks of the semester, and I wasn’t sure how to do that.”

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/08/2024

In celebration of Syttende Mai on May 17 — a Norwegian national holiday also known as the country’s Constitution Day — Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, will host a variety of events in Decorah and online.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/08/2024

90 people participated in Stride Through Their Story, a five kilometer run/walk presented by sorority Alpha Beta Psi (ABY) and Norse Against Sexual Assault (NASA) on April 28. The event closed out Sexual Assault Awareness Month and raised money for the Riverview Center.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/08/2024

“My family stopped going to our local, small town Catholic church when I was eleven. The last sermon we heard our pastor give at this church struck me right in the heart. Instead of accepting people for who they were, the pastor degraded q***r people and called them mentally ill.”

Read more about Macy Taylor’s journey with forgiveness by reading her Letter to the Editor at lutherchips.com.

05/08/2024

As mass student protests and encampments appear across college campuses in the United States, Luther students are banding together to show their visual and financial support for Palestine, as well as the family of a student within the Luther community.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/07/2024

Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Adam Strand (‘04) and Head Softball Coach Renae Hartl each achieved significant wins this past month, picking up their 600th and 700th career victories, respectively.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/07/2024

Luther faculty, students, staff and parents were notified on April 25 about a scam alert, in which individuals posing as Campus Police requested bond money for “held” students.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/07/2024

Chants of “From the River to the Sea,” “End the Genocide” and “Palestine will be Free” rang out from Luther College’s upper campus on April 30, when over 150 student demonstrators marched peacefully in support of Palestine.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/06/2024

Jenifer K. Ward will retire from her role as President of Luther College in June 2025. Ward announced the decision herself in a message to the Luther community on April 29.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/06/2024

“From insightful interviews with students, faculty and staff to some truly hilarious moments shared in the CHIPS office, my time working for CHIPS has been filled with interactions I won’t soon forget. The Luther College CHIPS staff is a team of dedicated journalists who work tirelessly, even when the chips are stacked against them (so to speak). I’m honored to be part of this hardworking group of people who all work together to report on stories that matter to Luther’s student body.”

Scott Rust (‘24) reflects on his time at CHIPS with mere days left in his Luther career. Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/06/2024

In the most recent gathering of Luther’s Student Senate, a flurry of announcements and initiatives set the stage for an eventful period of engagement and action. Among the highlights were plans for Happiness Week.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

05/03/2024

Luther athletics has just seen another speed record broken and it’s not in track or cross country. It comes from Cullen Stamp (‘24), a fifth-year Luther Baseball player from Plymouth, Minnesota, who passed Jake Vogt (‘19) for the all-time stolen base record. The previous record was 58 stolen bases, and Stamp now has 63. He has also scored 150 times in his long career and is now four runs away from tying Chris Reynolds (‘12) for that record.

Tune into the conversation with Stamp at lutherchips.com.

05/02/2024

In the Student Senate meeting on April 25, campus climate survey results and position turnover in the Title IX office dictated much of the discussion.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

04/29/2024

As the lights dimmed and the conversation in the Jewel Theater followed suit, one simple line from an audience member marked the beginning of another Luther College Theater Department production.

“Start the f—ing show!”

Read more at lutherchips.com.

04/29/2024

Luther College has announced the Catalyze Program will no longer be offered. The Catalyze Program will conclude its operations this summer, with the program officially winding down on July 26.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

04/29/2024

Did you know how involved Luther Alums were in the fight for women’s sports equality? Attendees at “Break Point: How a Norse Alum Led the Fight to Open High School Athletics to Women” got to hear from two alumnae — one who broke gender barriers and another who documented the story.

Read more at lutherchips.com.

12/12/2023

Before you leave for winter break, be sure to grab a copy of CHIPS Vol. 149 around campus!

See you in J-Term, Luther!

03/06/2023

02/20/2023

Keep your eyes peeled this week for some new stories!