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(Left to right) sophomores Crystal Gray and Denzel Woodall and junior Vicky Gillon chain themselves together to protest racial injustices. Photo by Ryan Silvola.

Students react to campus protests nationwide

December 3, 2015

In light of the events that have happened across college campuses nationwide, some students at Augustana find it necessary to be in unison with the other students of color who have suffered injustices,...

Senior Victoria Gillon serves mashed potatoes to Pastor Richard Priggie. Photo by LuAnna Gerdemann.

Black Student Union hosts Thanksgiving soul food meal

November 22, 2015

On Sunday afternoon, Augustana's Black Student Union hosted a Thanksgiving meal in the Galve room of the Gerber Center. The Augustana community was invited to enjoy homemade soul food, learn about soul...

Campus forum sheds light on racial issues

January 21, 2015

During a social justice campus forum on Wednesday, Crystal Gray, Black Student Union interim vice president, discussed the micro-aggressions she hears on Augustana’s campus. Micro-aggressions are acts...

Featured speaker Eugene Robinson talks about his hometown of Orangeburg, S.C.  and his experience with the Orangeburg Massacre in 1968.

10th MLK event features Robinson

January 20, 2015

A lone ballot box graced the stage of Centennial Hall Saturday at 6 p.m., marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the beginning of the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at...

(Left to right) sophomores Crystal Gray and Denzel Woodall and junior Vicky Gillon chain themselves together to protest racial injustices.

Students use duct tape and chains to protest injustices

December 15, 2014

With duct tape over their mouths and paper chains around their wrists, eight Black students, with the help of 13 others, protested racial injustice in four locations on campus Monday. Nine students encircled...

Guest column: Focus on big picture necessary for progress

September 5, 2014

When people in positions of authority, like police officers, murder people of color, there is an overwhelming response that the issue at hand is a “race thing”. And it is. The United States of America...

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