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College activism puts too much pressure on students to make a difference

Hailey Glasnovich March 11, 2023

In the social media world, where anybody can find and promote just about anything on a smartphone at the click of a button, a focus on activism puts pressure on college students. Young voices, like Greta...

WGSS extends $500 scholarship to students

Lexi Woodcock March 10, 2023

As a growing program on campus, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program offers a $500 scholarship due March 13 to encourage students to take WGSS courses and to offset the cost of tuition...

Augustana is now a smoke-free campus

Augustana is now a smoke-free campus

Gavin Nicoson March 1, 2023

On Feb. 9, Augustana College updated its policy on smoking and vaping, prohibiting both activities completely, including in and around residence halls and TLAs.  Mary Baril, resident director for TLA...

Warming up to climate change: The limit of individual action

Emmeline Kenealy November 20, 2022

Climate activists with Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion and other organizations cycled across a private jet runway and chained themselves to aircraft at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Nov. 5. These protesters...

Dr. Arun Gandhi promotes nonviolence

Dr. Arun Gandhi promotes nonviolence

Krystina Slack November 18, 2022

On Nov. 14, Dr. Arun Gandhi spoke to Augustana and the Rock Island community in Centennial Hall. Gandhi is the first speaker in Augustana’s new Global Lecture Series. Arun Gandhi is the grandson of...

Evald: Empowering women beyond the grave

Evald: Empowering women beyond the grave

Lexi Woodcock November 11, 2022

“Power, Passion, and Faith,” a biography on Emmy Carlsson Evald written by her great-granddaughter Sharon Wymann, tells the life story of a young activist for women’s rights. On Wednesday Nov. 2,...

French “Revolutionists” fight for their equality

Payton Willis March 11, 2022

“The Revolutionists” play includes characters who are inspired by real heroic women during the French Revolution. During the show, the audience follows four women, Olympe De Gouge, Marie Antionette,...

VIDEO: Student Kareen Washington creates clothing brand to promote racial justice

Michelle Quinn February 23, 2022

Humble Menace is having a pop up event at SouthPark mall this Saturday, Feb 26 from 1-5pm. You can also contact them via social media or at their website https://humblemenacechicago.com/

Student athletes turn to student activists

Jannae Mehaffey October 16, 2021

This year, several student athletes are participating in the student-athlete peer educator program. This program aims to raise awareness about sexual assault by having current student athletes educate...

Ashanti Mobley speaks out through spoken-word

Ashanti Mobley speaks out through spoken-word

Olivia Doak March 17, 2021

This story is from the Observer’s Injustice and inequalities inside Augie magazine publication. Print March 2021. When she was 11 years old, Ashanti Mobley went with her siblings to the corner store...

Shantytown misses the mark

Carly Davis October 31, 2019

While efficiently alerting students to the existence of substandard housing, Shantytown’s marketing and premise make light of the many issues associated with homelessness and the global housing crisis. The...

In support of student-led demonstrations

September 26, 2019

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...

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