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Global Affect hosts climate change demonstration

December 8, 2015

Students show support for climate change awareness one shoe at a time. Global Affect, an organization that focuses on environmental preservation, is coordinating a demonstration on Thursday at 10:30 a.m....

Colin Hepner/Observer Staff
Sophomore Jamie Fee helps Augie Acres plant a prairie for the bees Tuesday afternoon. The garden helps to not only protect the bees but it also provides flowers for the bees.

Augie Acres buys 20,000 bees

May 1, 2015

Augie Acres, with the help of Tierney Brosius, assistant professor of biology, have started up two bee hives near campus--with a total of 20,000 bees. The six pounds of Carniolan honeybees, which include...

Linnea Ritchie
Senior Horus Cuevas works with Augustana facilities to collect recycling behind Westerlin Residence Hall Tuesday. Augustana is charged $225 per month for recycling.

College recycling program collects more trash

October 11, 2014

Most students take out the trash and recycling to the dumpster near their residence hall or TLA, but not many know what happens to the waste and recycled material after it is disposed. At 6 a.m. each...

Global Affect’s Vike Bikes gain momentum

September 17, 2013

The hills and endless stairs at Augustana can be exhausting—and when students do not have access to a car, getting across campus can seem like an infinite trek. This is why Vike Bikes, a free rental...

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