In order to ease the transition into more independent living arrangements, Augustana College mandates that students live on campus for the first three years.
Students often live in traditional dorms...
Augustana College’s Board of Trustees is preparing for a change in leadership this October as current Chair John Murabito and Vice-Chair Wiley Adams reach the end of their terms. Filling their respective...
On Tuesday, March 14, students and faculty received an email stating that the fall registration period has been moved back a week.
According to the email, current juniors will now register in week 11,...
Provost candidacy, a term that may be new to some students but not others, is taking place at Augustana College.
Students do have a say in the decision-making process, but it is minimal at best. Students...
For students looking for service hours, Augustana’s Campus Cupboard is always looking for volunteers. The free pantry, located in the basement of Bahl’s Leadership Center, is open to students and volunteers...
On Monday Oct. 17, Augustana College sent out an email to the student body, announcing that on Oct. 31, the student minimum wage would increase from $9.25 to $9.75 an hour.
Although the announcement...
Being able to budget for education, needs and fun strikes a delicate balance, and this year, inflation disrupted it. While the increase in tuition at Augustana may be invisible to first-years who don’t...
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...
Augustana College has 28 varsity sports teams, each of which require funding in order to operate throughout the year. Budgeting for athletics is a constantly revolving process that tries to best cater...
Following the approval of a stopgap budget from the state of Illinois on July 1st, Augustana has now been promised the money needed to pick up the cost of the Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grants awarded...
In his final weeks as Student Government Association President, David Sommers has $15,000 left in the SGA budget.
The conservative president has everyone wondering where this money will go now that the...
