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Editorial: Condolences to Purdue University

January 23, 2014

Tragedy struck at Purdue University when Andrew Boldt, a senior from Wisconsin, was shot and killed by a fellow student on Tuesday morning. The Augustana Editorial Staff would like to extend its deepest...

Forum addresses armed presence on campus

December 12, 2013

A public forum hosted by SGA and led by Dean Evelyn Campbell, Chief of Public Safety Tom Phillis, and Assistant Chief of Security Mark Beckwith was held Tuesday to discuss an armed presence on campus. Students...

Guns wrong solution to safer campus

December 11, 2013

Safety is a clear priority on every campus. How to achieve the safest possible environment for students, faculty and staff is open for debate, especially when it comes to having guns on campus. Arming...

No simple answers for safety

December 11, 2013

The question of arming Public Safety officers has been asked more and more in the past several years. Since the Virginia Tech shooting, schools and universities have had to rethink their approach to ensuring...

Look to future, not past in debate

December 11, 2013

This week Augustana is discussing the idea of arming our Public Safety officers—and I find it odd that we haven’t discussed this openly before now. Considering all the hype about concealed carry in...

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