On May 3, the Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity hosted the final event during diversity week, the Diversity Celebration. The celebration is made up of different student organizations and groups...
Through the dynamic landscape of the academic and professional worlds, Augustana College students find themselves at the intersection of multiple generations, each with its own set of values, beliefs and...
What’s a single day out of four years? Less than a tenth of a percent of its whole, it is overshadowed by the other 99.93%. Yet, for so many students, graduation day can feel large beyond belief. Years...
![Senior David Staples shares his story of wrongful convictions and his battle with the loss of his brother to suicide during the NAMI Hear Me Out event on May 6, 2024.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1-Linh-Tran-David-Staples-1200x675.jpg)
What’s a single day out of four years? Less than a tenth of a percent of its whole, it is overshadowed by the other 99.93%. Yet, for so many...
![Summer doing this, summer doing that: students plan for post-year growth and relaxation](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Brenner-Elise.jpg)
“No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks,” declares the hit Alice Cooper song “School’s Out.” School is indeed...
![The Sierra Club’s members attend the Mycology Club meeting in Lindberg on April 16, 2024.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-27-at-9.20.04-AM-1200x676.png)
Transportation, time, money and mental energy: a not-at-all exhaustive list of the limitations of undergraduate students. Augustana’s website...
“Legendary” is a word with more than one meaning; notable, exemplary, mythological, rare. It is not often that all of these terms apply at...
As summer break approaches, SAGA prepares to release this academic year’s edition of the SAGA magazine, filled with the artistic and writing...
![Film student wins Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 CRIFF](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Addon-Rodgers-Matthew-Chezum-900x1200.jpg)
Cedar Rapids Film Festival (CRIFF) holds an annual event that allows independent filmmakers to submit their work to be showcased. This year,...
![From left to right, Sophomore Lexie Seten and First-Year Renee Jednachowski talk to Sophomore Allie Lewis at the table for sorority Sigma Pi Delta’s annual fundraiser Raffle for Ronan in the Brew.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Giang-Do-Raffle-for-Ronan-1200x800.jpg)
On Monday, April 29, a bright beaming smile caught the attention of everyone who passed next to the glossy orange poster announcing the Raffle...
![Senior Norika Maeda wears a Kimono at the International Street Fest at Lindberg Center on April 26, 2024. Maeda provides calligraphy for attendees as part of her table.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2156-1200x800.jpg)
Flags from all over the world hung from the ceilings of Lindberg, waving as dancers twirled around a big circular crowd, emphasizing foot movements...
![Sophomore Carli Udovich passes a throw during an Augustana College Women’s Water Polo team practice session for nationals at Lindberg on April 30, 2024.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Oshan-Hamal-W-Water-Polo-2-1200x800.jpg)
The women’s water polo team finished their dominant season by placing third after competing in the USA Water Polo Division III National Championships...
With the school year coming to an end, many sports are out of season, and players are now in the off-season. But, this does not include...
For the first time in 20 years, the men's golf team has finished in the top three at the Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) championships...
Augustana men’s club volleyball team competed in the annual National Collegiate Volleyball Federation (NCVF) tournament in Kansas City, MO,...
On May 3, the Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity hosted the final event during diversity week, the Diversity Celebration. The celebration...
![Alumnus Grant Estes performs on the cello on April 14 in honor of Janina Ehrlichs 45 years at Augustana.](https://augustanaobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Thumbnail-potential-1200x900.jpg)
On his final episode of the Observer Podcast, Multimedia Editor Jaren Smith, along with Co-host Dippi Sharma, meet with the former YDSA President,...