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(TW: Sexual Assault): ‘No means no’ addressing sexual violence on college campuses

Students have been protesting one of the fraternities on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) campus. A 17-year-old freshman was brutally raped and left on the fraternity’s front lawn when a female student out walking noticed her and brought her to the emergency room. Students are outraged about the

Angles: Should Augustana Still be taking COVID-19 precautions?

At the end of last school year, we had an Angles section dedicated to how Augustana should return to campus. Now that we know more about what this school year will look like, it’s a topic worth revisiting. The decision to continue wearing masks was a controversial one. However,

Augustana University to make public announcement on men’s hockey

This summer, Augustana released a statement regarding the rumors of a Division I men’s hockey team. The final sentence of the statement read, “The university plans to share more information later this summer or early fall as more details for the new athletics program are finalized.” Well, they shared

Freshman class largest since 2017

After more than a year of masks, mandatory quarantines and missed events, Augustana welcomed the class of 2025 to campus with the largest number of first-year students since 2017. According to Adam Heinitz, the assistant vice president for enrollment management, 467 first-year students arrived at Augustana this fall. Comparatively, the

AU names acrobatics and tumbling coach

This summer, Augustana announced that Kaelyn Cowan would become the inaugural head coach of the Augustana acrobatics and tumbling team, set to debut in the 2022-2023 school year. Cowan, a three-time national champion as an athlete at Baylor University, comes to Augustana after working as an assistant coach at her

Augustana’s marching band returns to the field following 47 year hiatus

After removing the program in 1974, Augustana University has revived the Viking Marching Band. Students have been working hard during camp, putting in twelve-hour-per-day practices to accomplish these first steps as a team. There are 72 students participating in the band with a variety of backgrounds. Whether it be performing

Augustana to open satellite campus

This summer, Augustana announced plans to open a satellite campus in Costa Rica, something director of International Programs and Enrollment Ben Iverson said they have been “dreaming about for a while” in the International Programs Office (IPO). At the new campus, proposed to open in 2030, students will have the