Colleges across the United States have been free to use affirmative action in admission decisions to contribute to campus diversity, but recent Supreme Court arguments jeopardize this.
Brittanica...
On Oct. 12, students who couldn’t get a seat crowded on the floor to hear Kyle King and Chloe Baxter present “The Dilemma of Banned Books” for Symposium Day.
King and Baxter addressed the legal...
Opinions Column.
When people apply for a job, they hope to at least get an interview. They send in their resume and anxiously await a phone call or an email telling them if they are moving onto the...
There are over two billion practicing Muslims in the world today, yet the religion of Islam is commonly stereotyped and negatively talked about, especially since 9/11. In light of the recent Ukrainian...
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has been hosting racial healing circles, which are conversations that students, faculty and staff take part in to share their experiences about common identity.
So...
We all attempt to discover ourselves at a young age. Whether it is playing on the playground at recess with friends or distancing ourselves from the loud noises. There is comfort in the atmosphere we put...
Out of a total of 261 instructional faculty, 29 belong to minority racial and ethnic groups. This lack of diversity among faculty impacts everyone in the Augustana community and plays a large role in shaping...
In the past several weeks, mixed in among the statuses and dank memes, I’ve seen something disturbing repeatedly shared on Facebook. You’ve probably seen it too--the video of the young disabled man...
Alton Sterling. Philando Castile. Both black males. Both armed. Both killed by the police.
Sterling, 37, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana was selling CDs outside of a convenience store when he was apprehended,...
This year, the Observer decided to look back on 2015 by addressing national issues that made their way to campus, with an emphasis on those that made an impact on the student body or were taken up by students...
When people in positions of authority, like police officers, murder people of color, there is an overwhelming response that the issue at hand is a “race thing”. And it is.
The United States of America...
