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Embracing freedom of speech

May 4, 2017

Numerous news outlets have recently covered the clash between students at UC Berkeley and conservative commentator Ann Coulter. Simply put, Coulter was scheduled to speak at the university until news of...

Linnea Ritchie
Junior SGA presidential candidate David Sommers discusses his platforms during the SGA presidential debate Monday.

New SGA leadership must keep promises

April 16, 2015

Election results for the 2015-2016 Student Government Association were announced on April 9, naming David Sommers and Jackie Jastrzebski as the next SGA president and vice president. The Observer endorsed...

(Left to right) Sophomore Samantha DeForest-Davis and first-year Nicolette Hampton during the protest on Monday. Photo by Linnea Ritchie.

Letter to the Editor: Racism

December 19, 2014

Would you consider yourself to be white? Would you consider yourself a good person? Considering that the majority of students at Augustana are white, and hopefully good people, a fair majority of people...

Change missing after protests

December 18, 2014

Before walking into Paul Croll’s American Race and Ethnic Relations course on Dec. 15, I witnessed the visual protest organized by students on campus. Walking past, I couldn’t help but feel the tension...

Photo by Linnea Ritchie.
Sophomore Gbadebo Balogun stands in a protest on Monday in the Quad. Photo by Linnea Ritchie.

Improvements goal of campus protest

December 17, 2014

It has been my honor, and a humbling one at that, to participate in the recent protests on campus, most notably the protests that occurred across campus on Monday of this week. As a white student, a white...

Augustana campus reacts to Ferguson decision

November 26, 2014

As citizens react to the ruling in favor of Darren Wilson, Paul Croll, associate professor of Sociology, said the protests happening across the country show how citizens do not want to live in a country...

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