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Students cope with bar restrictions

Students cope with bar restrictions

Santiago Cuevas October 2, 2020

Graphic by Tran Bui. Reporting by Santiago Cuevas and and Kaitlin Jacobson. When not grappling with a pandemic, Augustana students enjoy spending their weekends with their friends to have good time and...

Quarantined students start the year from a distance

Carly Davis September 11, 2020

Article by Carly Davis. Instead of starting their freshman year with a busy move-in day and hectic week of bonding with peers, 11 students began the fall semester in quarantine after traveling internationally....

Diversity plan takes step in the right direction

October 3, 2019

Dr. Monica Smith, the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, sent out an email to the entire population at Augustana College, announcing the then-newly created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

My supermassive black hole called Materialism

My supermassive black hole called Materialism

Brady Johnson April 11, 2019

I had to have it. I could not live without it. The solution to all of my problems was only $363. The purchase was an impulse, but it surely gave me a rush of euphoria. Another gaming console placed on...

Ryan Ganson plays the ukulele on Jan. 17 in his friend’s Kevin Phoenix, TLA Room. Photo by Brady Johnson.

Ryan Ganson: An Augustana renaissance man

Brady Johnson March 14, 2019

Javelin, Spotify and endless bags of chicken breasts make up Ryan Ganson’s time at Augustana. People on campus know him as the musician, biology major and the pretty boy. Although Ganson wants to be...

Augie questions guilty pleasures

Brady Johnson January 28, 2019

There are a lot of pleasures in life: walking through a forest, receiving a promotion and celebrating an anniversary. Yet some pleasures are met with confusion and disdain. The phrase “guilty pleasures”...

As confetti falls, resolutions stand strong

Brady Johnson January 16, 2019

Each year brings the promise of change for nations, groups and the self. The desire to grow within 365 days can feel exciting, daunting, but never impossible. Yet, New Year’s resolutions come and go,...

Students and QC locals brave the snow for MLK celebration

Shanela Ranaraja January 16, 2019

Soft jazz filters through Centennial Hall, five minutes before the community celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is set to begin. The seats are filling up fast and multiple conversations...

Use your voice: why civic engagement matters

Brady Johnson March 15, 2018

A line of people grab their ballots and spend some time filling in bubbles, clicking on screens then inserting or submitting them into a machine that will count the vote. Someone approaches people and...

Pitching coach Justin Hauer meets with Augustana baseball players during practice. The Vikings will play two CCIW opponents this weekend.

Pitching coach enhances Augustana baseball

April 21, 2017

The Augustana baseball team has a new pitching coach for the 2016-17 season, Justin Hauer. Originally from the Quad Cities, Hauer is excited to be in his first season here at Augustana. Hauer coached for...

The Viking Pup Poseidon.
Photo by Frida Dolk

Viking pups are for medical service

December 15, 2016

    When she was only 18 years old, Hilary Plog was in a motor vehicle accident with a drunk driver. A spinal cord injury left her wheelchair bound for the rest of her life.  Channeling and...

President Bahls speaks at Tuesday Reflection about the election results. Photo by Janie Le.

Road to Presidency

December 1, 2016

A little ways down the slough path, a long metal staircase leads to the President’s, Steven Bahls’, house. It’s passed so often that eventually it begins to fade in with the landscape, especially...

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