We, Brady Johnson and Olivia Doak, look forward to taking on the role of co-editors-in-chief of the Observer for the 2020-2021 school year.
Right now we’re all stuck in the middle of a global pandemic....
As students, our weeks consisted of classes, social time, study time, organization time, rest time and meals. That’s not the case anymore. With Distance Learning, all separations of time and purpose...
Happy first (virtual) day back! We're calling these last few weeks "Quaran-Term." How's it feel being a part of Augie history?
We reached out and got some chic back-to-school from all of you posing in...
Although the threat of COVID-19 has called for the closing of many public spaces, we at The Observer feel that even though we are apart, what the virus cannot take away is our communities.
Please enjoy...
It was only two months ago when mentions of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first appeared in the footnotes of a New York Times morning briefing. Within two months, the virus spread past its origins in Wuhan, China...
We do not know who dumped hundreds of Feb. 20 Observers in the trash; we do not know why you did what you did. But the editorial staff of the Observer writes this so you understand what our purpose is...
To be honest, when I was told I had to write this column, I was not at all sure what to write. The fact that I could write anything actually didn’t help me – the more options I have, the harder it...
Humanity is obsessed with efficiency. Agriculture, railroads, traffic lights, the internet — all developed in pursuit of the expedient. It drives us forward, guiding our economy and inspiring our engineers....
For far too long, students our age have let the inconveniences of busy schedules, cynicism and lies that we are “not old enough to understand” get in the way of enacting real change. But in this age...
I grew up watching my dad walk out the door every day not knowing when or if he’d come home that night. As a kid, that never phased me; it was what was normal for the daughter of a police officer. But...
I have always been a morning person. To be honest, I’m not quite sure why or how I turned out that way. As a child, my parents used to have to set an alarm for me, not to wake me up, but to let me...
With the trepidation of a freshly-hired intern, I expected a panel of critics at JCPenney’s “Suit Up” event to hand us a list of all the clothes we couldn’t wear.
I pictured some woman in a pantsuit...
