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Augie celebrates Kurdish New Year

In the midst of light snow flurries, students came together Monday night to celebrate the Kurdish new year, Nowruz, which coincides with the spring equinox and symbolizes rebirth, rejoicing and the blooming of flowers. The event, hosted by junior JuJu Abobakr, took place in the Back Alley and featured traditional

Artist honors tatanka in Center for Western Studies

“Tatanka helped [Native Americans] survive,” said Yankton Sioux Oyate artist Jerry Fogg, whose work is currently on display in the Center for Western Studies (CWS). “I don’t know where we’d be if it wasn’t for the buffalo, if we’d even exist today.” His collection 11 Degrees

ANGLES: Cutting carbon: Should the United States adopt the Green New Deal?

Yes, it could save the country from experiencing the worst of climate change JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Reminiscent of its 1930s counterpart, the Green New Deal (GND) is a list of aspirations under which future policies will be formed. Some of those aspirations, which admittedly are no small

New group on campus seeks to help low-income kids

Many of us may overlook having access to the most basic of amenities. The stuff we may take for granted, like school supplies or medicine, are the very things some families cannot afford. If parents cannot afford to provide a healthy life through medicine and solid education with the supplies

The other half to Luca Amayo: poet and writer

In Nairobi, Kenya, Luca Amayo stood beside a stage ready to share his poetry in SLAM style next to the psychedelic orange, red, blue and yellow decorating in the Alchemist, a gathering place for creative Kenyan youth. Amayo said he thought to himself, “Is this really a good idea? Why

Women’s golf takes sixth place at spring fling

The Augustana women’s golf team secured a sixth-place finish after spending spring break playing in the Augustana University Spring Fling in Palm Desert, C.A. Head coach Peggy Kirby said that she is looking forward to drier and warmer weather that will allow the team to get outside and

Rising in the ranks: Baseball alumni advance to professional play

After the baseball team’s championship win last season, pitchers Jacob Blank and Tyler Mitzel were able to leave their college baseball careers with one of the highest achievements that can be earned. But they didn’t have to leave their baseball careers altogether. Blank and Mitzel were able to