Augustana completed its annual Day of Giving on March 6, 2024. This event generated a hefty end total of $332,530, yet student workers still receive below minimum wage.
Augustana should give student...
SAT and ACT tests were mandatory for college admissions pre-2020. Many universities waived them during COVID-19 when testing was shut down across the country. Now, four years later, universities are beginning...
Students at Augustana are provided with a $50 credit in printing money each academic year. Depending on the student, this may or may not be sufficient, given that certain classes or extracurricular activities...
For the first time in program history, both the men’s and women’s swim teams won the CCIW conference title in the same season. The men’s team has now won their second straight CCIW title, while the...
The First Amendment protects our rights to freedom of speech as United States citizens. This often extends into the umbrella of expression, defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as “the act of saying what...
At the beginning of the school year, Augustana students and faculty received an email from ITS about the new AC1 Wi-Fi network, a supposedly new and improved campus Wi-Fi. Other campus networks were said...
Augustana allows professors to enforce their own grading system focusing on different classroom activities. For student participation, there should be a school-wide system for grading participation.
Some...
Augustana recently announced a 25-cent raise for on-campus student workers, which was followed by an increase in tuition cost. This decision raised questions about the timing of the wage increase.
However,...
Many social media apps and websites today require personal information to create an account, which may be disclosed to those you interact with on the platform. However, it is worth the risk to disclose...
Depending on how it is used, ChatGPT borders the line of ethics. Despite this ethical dilemma, ChatGPT should play a role in education in limited circumstances.
Using ChatGPT is unethical because it...
Instructors at Augustana, as well as at other universities, are required to have office hours to meet with students. Some institutions require that these meetings be in-person, but professors should provide...
Augustana students and faculty received an email from ITS on Aug. 31 about a new, better wireless network on campus, but as the school year progresses, students have yet to see these improvements and struggle...
