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Overturning Amendment A defies will of voters

On Feb. 8, a South Dakota judge overturned Amendment A, a voter-created constitutional ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana in South Dakota. According to the ruling, Amendment A would have “far reaching effects” that would have violated the state’s single-subject rule, which states that amendments must only

Felton: Time to recognize monetary privilege

One day I was scrolling through old photos of a coworker on Instagram with a friend when he noticed my coworker’s smile and said, “She has a dead tooth. She needs to go get that fixed.” “Not everyone can afford that,” I told my friend, whose dad happened to

Women’s tennis defeats MSU

The Augustana women’s tennis team (6-1, NSIC 5-0) had a clean 7-0 sweep against Minnesota State University (1-5, NSIC 1-5) followed by a 6-3 triumph over the University of Sioux Falls (3-3, NSIC 3-2) on Feb. 28. The day was originally planned for Southwest Minnesota State, but it was

Acrobatics coming in fall

As of spring 2022, acrobatics and tumbling will join the list of Augustana’s sports offerings, the 36th team nationwide and the first in the region. National Collegiate Athletics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) President Renee Baumgartner said in a statement that she’s excited to welcome Augustana into the NCATA

Werger spreads seeds of environmental awareness to the last frontier

Since Mia Werger was young, she has had a passion for the outdoors. “I’ve definitely always loved nature,” Werger said. “I think when I was three my parents bought me a little field guide of birds, and that was the first book I ever owned. I couldn’t even

‘Nomadland’: An Odyssey to the West

Sooner or later, all of us are going to have to leave college. Some may know what they want to do from their first day of freshman year. Others, like me, may be in the final hours still contemplating what to do with their lives. So what does “Nomadland”, a

Campus sustains connection to nature by lending a perch to Hawks.

A hawk swoops to the southwest corner of the Madsen, dropping right over a student walking to class. The brown, red and white raptor is on the hunt for the prey it spotted from the new perch created by senior Alicia Grassmid. The wooden perch atop the Madsen encourages the