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Junior Maggie Meyers performs at the Webster Vocal Competition in Wallenberg on Mar 9.

2024 Webster Vocal Competition keeps Steven Webster’s voice alive

Fatima Martinez Gallegos March 15, 2024

On Saturday, March 9, Augustana student vocalists dressed in formal attire filled rows of seats, sandwiched in between families and friends who were eager to watch them perform. For many students, this...

Augustana theatre student writes original play

Celeaciya Olvera March 15, 2024

For the past two years, an Augustana student has worked to perfect their one act play. Junior Jean Tegtmeyer has finished “The Queen of Greeks” and is thrilled get the opportunity to showcase their...

Hildreth receives “I Have a Dream” award

Maranda Bargren March 8, 2024

Just over 61 years ago on Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his infamous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. In Rock Island, King is being remembered and honored by community members at the Martin Luther...

Junior Anya Giordano, as Sam Hawkins, and Bradley Robert Jensen, as a college professor, act in The Stacks: An Immersive Mystery.

Augustana theatre students immerse into “The Stacks”

Celeaciya Olvera March 8, 2024

At Moline’s Sound Conservatory, an immersive show removed the divide between actor and audience. Offered Feb. 22 to March 2, Director Ben Gougeon’s production of “The Stacks” offered no seating...

Professor of Education Mike Egan sings “Redemption Sing” by Bob Marley during the African American Read-In event held at the Brew on Feb 29, 2024.

Giving a voice through Augustana’s African American Read-In

Morin Windle March 8, 2024

The African American Read-In has been an annual event at Augustana since the 1990s but had a few gap years until Lucas Street, the director of the Reading and Writing Center, brought the event back in...

NAMI grief writing creates art in a time of dark

Rae Barry and Fatima Martinez Gallegos March 8, 2024

Every Monday night at 5:30 p.m., students huddle together in Hanson room 128 to write. But instead of completing assignments or editing papers, the members of Augustana’s National Alliance on Mental...

Men Need Love: Augustana celebrates male empowerment

Morin Windle March 1, 2024

Although college often serves as an intersection for a variety of backgrounds and identities to merge together in one institution, most recent data from 2019 show that two-thirds of Augustana students...

Musician Phillip-Michael Scales performs in the Brew for “Live on Campus” hosted by the Office of Student Life on Feb 21.

“Dive Bar Blues”: Singer/Songwriter Phillip-Michael Scales performs at Augustana

Celeaciya Olvera March 1, 2024

The Brew’s usual evening ambiance of chattering students and whirring espresso machines was replaced by the strums of acoustic guitar. On Thursday, Feb. 22, singer and songwriter Phillip-Michael Scales...

Eating disorder awareness month: Embracing body positivity

Fatima Martinez Gallegos March 1, 2024

Bright pink fliers promoting the film “Embrace” were scattered throughout the Brew inviting people to attend the Gävle rooms on Saturday, Feb. 24. Sponsored by couseling services and Davenport’s...

Potential members socialize with each other at the Phi Mu Alpha’s Informal Recruitment event in Bergendoff on Feb. 13.

Augustana Greek life offers home to student musicians

Morin Windle February 23, 2024

While hundreds of students have been loaded up on buses to meet Augustana’s social sororities and fraternities, a quieter rushing season is also coming to a close. These two groups, Phi Mu Alpha (PMA)...

Senior Grey White, director of “Private Lives,” works on auditions in the Black Box Theatre on Feb 15.

Private Lives: A passion project behind the scenes

Fatima Martinez Gallegos February 23, 2024

As the moon made its appearance in the dark sky above the quad on Feb. 13, many students were heading to their dorms in hopes of ending their evening. But some passionate theater students were sitting...

First-Year Chloe Brees and First-Year Nguyen Hoang at To He Workshop by Vietnam Student Organization at the Brew on Nov. 30.

Crafting Vietnamese culture in Tò He workshop

Morin Windle December 8, 2023

It was a calm and comforting atmosphere in the Brew on Thursday, Nov. 30, as the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) held its first ever workshop featuring Tò He, a popular and traditional toy from Vietnam....

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