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GIS discussions with Hannah Weber

GIS discussions with Hannah Weber

Carly Davis May 17, 2023

Staff member Carly Davis spoke with senior geography major Hannah Weber about grass types, GIS programs and groundskeeper services. CD: Did you come to Augie to do GIS? HW: I didn’t have any idea...

OBScast – The Augustana Observer Podcast – Sloughfest 2k23

May 11, 2023

On this episode of the Augustana Observer Podcast, Podcast Director Jaren Smith and Co-host Carly Davis are at Sloughfest, talking to students about their thoughts on this year’s celebration.

Augustana should speak against regressive Iowan legislation

Carly Davis March 25, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, the Iowa legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender and gender non-conforming children in the state.  If the governor signs the bill into law, the...

Augustana should speak against regressive Iowan legislation

Carly Davis March 18, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, the Iowa legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender and gender non-conforming children in the state. If the governor signs the bill into law, the bill...

Black feminism illuminates classics field

Priyanjana Chaudhary and Carly Davis November 18, 2022

On Nov. 10, Dr. Shelly Haley, the Edward North chair of classics and professor of africana studies emerita at Hamilton College, gave an online presentation on the perspective of a Black woman in a field...

The Beatles’s “Revolver” expansion offers new insights on old songs

Carly Davis November 11, 2022

“Revolver,” The Beatles’s 1966 album has joined the ranks of “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 2017, “The BEATLES ('White Album') in 2018,” “Abbey Road in 2019” and “Let It...

Taylor Swift’s Midnights has me managing expectations

Taylor Swift’s Midnights has me managing expectations

Carly Davis October 28, 2022

The queen of pop is back– and that comes with the fallibility of any modern monarchy. Sometimes, especially throughout Taylor Swift’s Midnights, that title feels unearned.  “Lavender Haze”...

Time is money (and we have neither)

Time is money (and we have neither)

Carly Davis May 13, 2022

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...

Masks are gone, but human decency isn’t

Carly Davis March 12, 2022

Last week, I sat in the library without a mask on for the first time in two years. I walked into the third floor, went to the little table tucked in a corner overlooking the Slough (the best spot), and...

Students celebrate Thanksgiving break on and off-campus

Janey Locander & Carly Davis November 27, 2021

With the first semester officially winding down in just a matter of weeks, students eagerly await the time off for Thanksgiving. However, not everyone celebrates or has the opportunity to head home. Out-of-state...

Bright determination and dark hope in times of decline

Carly Davis November 6, 2021

A few days ago, one of my close friends broke his phone. He dropped it, and it snapped in half. It’s a flip phone. These things happen. He said it really only matters for me, since I’m the only...

Track & field: Cross country teams announce staffing and program changes

Carly Davis October 28, 2021

Aug. 11, David Thompson, former Augustana women’s cross country coach, announced his resignation from the position to team members via email. Thompson also said he would start as NYU’s head coach of...

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