On December 18th, Jong-hyun Kim, the 27-year old lead vocalist of K-pop group SHINee, committed suicide. This was heartbreaking news to the K-pop industry, but more so, it has brought attention to both...

With the beginning of a new year, there also comes the immediate reminiscing of the things that made that year great. Nowhere is that instant nostalgia so prevalent as in music. With such notable events...

When I was young, I had a lot of baby dolls. I had all the accessories too, including a stroller, bottles and toy baby food. I carried them with me everywhere I went. I cared for them and hugged them like...

150,000 people, myself included, sent Cards Against Humanity (CAH) $15 so the card-game company can save America. The Chicago-based company promised to surprise their subscribers with six random gifts...

This past August, Donald Trump announced that he and first lady Melania Trump would not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors. Just for clarification, Jimmy Carter, George H.W Bush, and Bill Clinton are...

When multiple women came forward about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct in October, the ripple effect it had on other survivors of such inappropriate and abominable conduct coming forward seemed...

Are Nazis human too? An easy enough four-word question to ask, but one of the hardest to answer. It seems the answer should be yes, at least from a biological standpoint, but the answer is embedded in...

On November 22nd, 2017, a schoolwide email was sent regarding work being done on Augustana’s Slough. The email regarded this work as an effort to “help preserve the structure of the slough for future...

Since it’s almost Halloween, I thought I would talk about a spooky topic. The spookiest, in fact. We’ve all heard of the stories; how the most prolific serial killer in history claims another victim...

The rapid succession of three major hurricanes is clear evidence that it is time to acknowledge the realities of climate change. An estimated 50 people have died due to Hurricane Harvey. On top of that,...

If only there were words to express this tiresome grief that I can not shake; then maybe this story wouldn’t have been so difficult to write. Yet, here I am, again trying to believe in the strength of...

Welcome to Augustana, where a liberal arts education takes “liberal” literally. Symposium Day occurred on September 28th and was themed “Transformation”, perhaps to detail transformation in society? If...