Students voiced many questions about how Augustana will handle distance learning and the pandemic since it began two months ago. While the administration works constantly to send daily email updates answering...
As we say goodbye to Augie for the summer (and others of us, for longer), we at the Observer want to honor our seniors by giving them the last word.
Congratulations to the Observer class of 2020. Thank...
Social distancing measures are indisputably wearing on all of us, and hanging out with your hometown friends six feet apart in a parking lot isn’t going to make you feel better long-term. As many of...
On Tuesday, May 5, head coach of the men’s basketball team Grey Giovanine shocked the Augustana community by announcing his retirement.
After 21 years of leading the Vikings, Giovanine decided it was...
Join us for our weekly Observer podcast! This week's episode is about life after graduation, moving into post-Augie life, and what the summer and fall might look life for returning students.
The Observer...
I was comforted once by my statistics: young, healthy, careful, smart. Of course I wasn’t going to contract the virus; I wasn’t like most of its early victims. COVID-19 was for the graphs that J.B....
Join us for our weekly Observer podcast! This week's episode is about news literacy!
Members of the Observer Editorial staff talk with Observer advisors and Augustana professor's Dr. David Schwartz and...
Happy Earth week! If you’re anything like me, you’re going stir crazy during these difficult times and struggling to make the most out of your situation as shelter-in-place is extended in Illinois...
While some of my college friends are back at home wearing sweats everyday for distance learning, I have the misfortune of wearing a red top with jeans everyday. In other words, there’s a pandemic going...
As we enter our fifth week of quarantine here in Illinois, feelings of disgruntlement and general frustration seem to be reaching a new high.
What may have started as initial excitement over finally...
Join us for our weekly Observer podcast! Here's episode four on food justice and pandemics.
The Observer Editorial staff talk with Observer photographer Mikaylo Kelly to talk about food justice and...
The upheaval in Augustana students’ and faculty’s life can be distressing to some of the community's mental health. Despite the changes in classrooms and pushed back graduation, Augie’s community...
