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Staying on campus over breaks: Voices of international students

Priyanjana Chaudhary and Lexi Woodcock November 25, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, many students are packing their bags and getting ready to head home, but not all students are this lucky. Many international students must stay on campus over breaks....

Students fall victim to home and car break-ins over fall term and winter break

January 18, 2018

Throughout fall term extending into winter, several student homes and cars were broken into. According to Chief Thomas Phillis of the Augustana College Police Department, there has been an increase in...

Student dead after winter break tragedy

Thea Gonzales December 21, 2017

On December 18 at 8:30 p.m., Augustana first-year Yến Ngô was struck by a vehicle and killed at the intersection of 16th Street and US-31 in Holland, Michigan. According to Holland Police Sergeant Jon...

Augustana should keep calling it "Christmas"

December 4, 2016

It’s December, and you can tell by looking around campus that Christmas is approaching. Since Augustana is a Lutheran college, there are recurring conversations about the role of Christianity in relation...

Schedule should be streamlined

December 18, 2013

When I was deciding on whether or not I should go to Augustana, one of my biggest hesitations was that Augustana followed a trimester schedule. Now that I’ve been here almost a year and a half, I find...

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