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Día De Los Muertos: The celebration of life and connecting the dead with the living

Payton Willis November 5, 2021

Día De Los Muertos is the celebration of life and connecting the dead with the living. Instead of mourning, death is celebrated and families have the opportunity to remember the good aspects of their...

Cultural appropriation, a continuing issue on Halloween

Najiah Osborne October 30, 2021

Cultural appropriation is “the unacknowledged or inappropriate adaptation of the customs, practices, ideas, etc., of one or more groups a part of a society.” In what situations is one more likely...

Shay Freeman, who works in the OMSL, talks about political correctness during Aint I Politically Correct? on Monday. Photo by Kevin Donovan

Students engage in cultural discussion

December 14, 2017

During the fourth week of the winter term, two conversation series were held at Augustana College. The first was on Monday, Dec. 4, "Ain't I Politically Correct?' and the second was on Thursday, Dec. 7...

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