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‘Our names are our identity’: Students gather to remember the names of the victims of the Atlanta shooting

Sophomore Harley Tran’s voice rang out clear and steady to the crowd of students gathered on the commons patio. “Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels.” While she spoke, the attendees moved through a line,

Faculty members reconsider SRI use in deciding tenure and promotion

In the middle of each semester, students have the opportunity to rate and provide feedback about their academic experience for each class through Student Rating of Instruction (SRI). Many students ignore the initial prompting by administration to take a few minutes to answer the questions. However, the use of SRIs

McCabe: Consider effects of fast fashion when summer shopping

As spring begins to make an appearance at Augie, summer days are becoming less of a fantasy students have during the blustery cold of South Dakota’s winter “wonderland.” Summer weather includes fun activities with family and friends, a break from the school grind and time in the sun. With

Angles: Should participation in sports, university programs and campus organizations be recognized by graduation regalia?

For the 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony, the President’s Council, with consultation from the Commencement and Honorary Degrees Committee has approved for students to wear pins on their robes or stoles noting involvement in athletics, campus organizations, programs and departments. The pins are an addition to the already approved commencement

Swimmers face lasting effects from COVID-19

Drowning is the last thing that would be associated with the highly successful women’s swimming and diving team. However, that is what Emily Alama said she felt like was happening when she dove back into practice after three weeks of quarantine. Like many of her teammates, Alama initially believed

Tips and tricks to deal with approaching stress of finals

Everyone’s worst nightmare when it comes to finals in college unfortunately became a reality for Mallory Kloucek. Even now as a working professional at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in South Dakota, Kloucek recalls the haunting story of her expereince like it was yesterday. The morning of

No. 1 Vikings glide past CSP, MSU

The No. 1 Augustana softball team (21-3, 9-1 NSIC), sailed past Concordia-St. Paul (CSP) with an 8-0 and 2-0 pair of wins on Saturday, before taking down No. 20 MSU Mankato 3-1 and 9-3 on Sunday afternoon at Bowden Field. Maybe it was the fact that the players were wearing