Editor’s note: The author is a representative of the campus group Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA). Here, he expresses his views on labor at Augustana.
When the Young Democratic Socialists...
When the majority of international students come to campus, the first job that they seek is the dining service student worker position, according to first-year Ethiopian student Beamlak Abdisa.
“I...
Every day of the week, millions and millions of people clock in and out of work. The United States relies on every type of job under the sun to keep the gears of life turning and moving forward. On a local...
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One of the best things I have ever done is becoming a Community Advisor (CA) here at Augustana. Being a CA has given me many opportunities and allowed me to meet and work with amazing...
Editor’s note: This piece was submitted by the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA).
Dear Editor,
We deserved to go home for spring break. After so many assignments, papers, lectures...
Opinions Column.
When people apply for a job, they hope to at least get an interview. They send in their resume and anxiously await a phone call or an email telling them if they are moving onto the...
Augustana currently prides itself on having 116 tenured faculty members in its collection of 197 full-time faculty.
Tenure is a complicated and multilayered process where faculty members are assessed...
When I was a first-year at Augustana, I heard anecdotally that our minimum wage would rise by a dollar every year with the rest of the state. Sure, we would be 75 cents behind, but it was progress. In...
We all know that journalists are not in it for the money, and a college newspaper is no different.
You don’t work at the Observer so that you can pay rent or afford groceries. We pay reporters by...