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Students shine in the SAGA spotlight

Morin Windle May 10, 2024

As summer break approaches, SAGA prepares to release this academic year’s edition of the SAGA magazine, filled with the artistic and writing talent of students. The SAGA magazine has been a part of Augustana...

Cover art for the APEP Poetry Book. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sharon Varallo.

APEP poetry blooms from behind bars

Lexi Woodcock and Mary Kate Hughes May 5, 2023

Raw expressions of anger, hopelessness, fear, love and nostalgia fill the pages of incarcerated students’ notebooks. With no computers in the prison, students of the Augustana College’s Prison Education...

Saga to Celebrate 80th Volume

April 26, 2017

This Sunday, April 30th, Saga will release the 80th volume of their magazine. This publication features poetry, prose, and art created by members of the Augustana community. Contrary to popular belief,...

SAGA causes tie and invalid votes in SGA debate

SAGA causes tie and invalid votes in SGA debate

March 6, 2017

The Student Government Association meeting held on Thursday of Week Nine held one of the most eventful debates of the school year thus far after a contingency from SAGA. The debate consisted of six different...

SAGA’s Poetry as Protest Provides Safe Space for Creative Solidarity

January 28, 2017

This past Friday, Inauguration Day, Augustana students and members of the community, gathered together in the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, to share poems, songs and, generally, the spoken word, in...

SGA executive board members Kevin Seelander, Jackie Jastrzebski, David Sommers, Charlie Bentley, and Sam DeForest-Davis pose in the Brew.
Photo by Ryan Jenkins.

SGA funds multiple Augustana groups and works on mental health event

March 23, 2016

Multiple topics were covered during the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Thursday. Three different groups came to meet with the committee looking for funding for their groups. The meeting...

First-year, Kayla Butler and Augustana's special guest, Armando Duarte, dance during a night of Samba held in Wallenberg Hall in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Life.
Photo by Luanna Gerdemann.

SGA, dean explain budget allocations

September 16, 2015

SAGA, Augustana’s literary art magazine, may not be able to award $2,000 in prize money this year due to the Student Government Association not giving the publication any funds. “It says (on our website)...

Opinion: Too much of budget being distributed to too small number of groups

September 13, 2015

With the recent release of student organization budget totals by the Student Government Association (SGA), a surprising number appeared: $31,185, which is the total funds distributed to four distinct groups...

Students throwback to graffiti room

October 15, 2013

Students used paint markers and Sharpies last week to decorate sheets to throwback the graffiti room, located in East Hall in the ‘70s. SAGA organized the event, which was located on the fourth floor...

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