The Unofficial History of Comedic Writings at Luther Seminary* Part II

When The Death Mask writers seemed out of hand, I understand there were wise forces with a brilliant idea. What if we, the seminary, supported a similar publication to legitimize the place of humor on our campus? Then students could learn and laugh and not be exposed to anything too off-color or unregulated. Enter Noncord.

And so it continued, in early 2006 seminary students began printing a humor publication called the Noncord with administrative approval. There was a short overlap of the Death Mask and the Noncord for one semester. I can only imagine the funniness of campus with that much sarcasm, wit, and laughter. But then The Death Mask stopped its fun and games, presumably because its inventors got real jobs and left.

The Noncord has continued since then in varying forms and varying lengths as a respite from the humorless bleakness of an unlaughing seminary. It has proved to be an effective recruiting tool in at least one case (believe it or not, I read the Noncord online prior to coming to Luther Seminary). This week, the first Noncord issue of the year came out. May I invite and encourage you to pick up a copy or check it out online.

If you'd like you can also become friends with Death, though no one's heard from her since last spring.

*I invite you, former mastermind of The Death Mask or seminarian of the early 2000's, to correct any of the gossip...I mean, information I have posted here. At the moment, this is the only attempted documentation of this important part of Luther Seminary history. It would be good if some of the information were corrected or confirmed. Thanks, Anonymous, in advance for your post.