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Senior Emma Nordmeyer bends down to write a message in chalk near midnight on Thursday, April 25. Members of the #MakeAChange movement chalked the lower quad, Old Main stairs and 7th avenue sidewalk. Photo by Thea Gonzales.

Students demand Title IX reform through upcoming demonstrations

Natalie McMillan April 26, 2019

After recent incidents involving sexual assault conversation occurred on campus, students are organizing a set of protests under the #MakeAChange for Friday, April 26. According to sophomore SophiaRose...

Natalie Trujilo discusses +IMPACT to attendees.
Photo by Natalie Spahn

Emerging sex education club +IMPACT

September 7, 2017

  +IMPACT, a new student group on the Augustana Campus, wants to do just that: make an impact on the campus. The group meets every other week to discuss sexual health, safety and bystander intervention...

Assault survivor speaks out, criticizes college's procedures

October 15, 2015

Senior Briana Hays said she was raped near the District in the summer of 2014 by a Rock Island resident. Although she reported the assault to Augustana College at the time it occurred, she felt like the...

UVA's response to sexual assault too delayed

December 5, 2014

The University of Virginia suspended all fraternities on Nov. 22 until Jan. 9 in response to an in-depth Rolling Stone article on a student who was gang-raped at a fraternity house in 2012 during her...

Sexual assaults assessed

September 27, 2014

There has been an increase on the topic of sexual assault on college campuses in the news, with the most recent incident on Columbia University’s campus with Emma Sulkowicz. Sulkowicz has been carrying...

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