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AI is generating our livelihoods

Santino Bedolla November 8, 2025

On Oct. 9, 2025, the newest generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, Sora AI 2, was released by OpenAI. This application creates short-form text-to-video content that can help visualize ideas...

Showing your fandoms: The key to feeling free

Vivian Bornhoeft November 8, 2025

Even though Halloween was just a few weeks ago, some college students will be plagued with fears that scare them more than death itself: Being judged for what they like. While this certainly is not...

Raccoons are not your backyard buddies

Santino Bedolla October 26, 2025

As the colorful leaves of fall return to Augustana College, campus wildlife continues to adjust to the presence of new and returning humans in their home. While this wildlife can be exciting, humans must...

The tricks of fast fashion and the treats of second-hand shopping

Vivian Bornhoeft October 18, 2025

Halloween has some pretty iconic imagery: bowls of candy on doorsteps, jack-o’-lanterns lining dying grass and landfills becoming mountains because of clothes that were thrown out after their single...

Your attention: Colonizing the last asset

Josh Hackney October 5, 2025

How long is your attention span? Can you finish this article without distractions? Our attention is for sale, and we barely even notice. All around us, all the time, our attention is beckoned, and we...

We must protect our international students and declare full sanctuary

Soulaima Ben Ismail May 11, 2025

Let’s imagine this. It is finals week. The library is buzzing and coffee cups are stacked on the tables beside open laptops. are lost in their notes, syllabi and stress. Now imagine that one of those...

I finally get it mom, it really is that %@#* phone

Sarah Holzman May 4, 2025

There is an ongoing trend of loneliness and social isolation among Americans, specifically young adults, that prevents them from making connections with each other. To combat this growing epidemic, young...

Pandora would have loved Sonny Angels just like you

Linh Tran May 4, 2025

A tiny butt-naked baby with funny headwear. A fluffy monster with sharp teeth and mischievous eyes. A neon green glow-in-the-dark humanoid. If you find any, or all, of these descriptions familiar, chances...

Romance is dead: Juliet needs to get off Tinder

Kayla Hobbs May 4, 2025

Romeo and Juliet, while in their teen years, found each other in a span of three to four days and had an epic (yet tragic) romance. Meanwhile, college students have trouble getting a text back after months...

Asian Student organization sharing their highs and lows of the week with each other at Apida house on Mar. 11, 2025.

Student clubs: Recreational or resume builders?

Kayla Hobbs March 23, 2025

College can feel like a race, especially during the era of internship anxiety and job hunting.  There’s nothing more satisfying than adding another credible hobby or new extracurricular to your resume...

Sophomore Renee Jednachowski applies her makeup on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.

More than “Just a girl”: How stereotypes hold us back

Chloe Baxter December 14, 2024

As a woman navigating college life, I often hear the phrase “just a girl” in pop culture, social media and even among friends. At first glance, it seems harmless enough, a catchy way to acknowledge...

Filtered expectations: Social media distorts the ‘perfect’ college experience

Filtered expectations: Social media distorts the ‘perfect’ college experience

Chloe Baxter November 30, 2024

As I near the end of my senior year at Augustana College, I find myself reflecting on my college experience compared to the images and stories I once saw on social media.  For many incoming students,...

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