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Sanchez Perez: Heartbreak as crisis overtakes Venezuela

I am from Venezuela. Right now, I am legally living in the United States as a college student trying to build myself a better future, but when I evaluate my present, the word “refugee” shows up everywhere. My beautiful home, the land that saw my birth, the beaches where I

North Korea summit yields few results

New President. Same Story. New Year. No progress. While Michael Cohen was in front of the House committee testifying against Trump, the president found himself going to the usual anticlimactic North Korean summit meeting. President Trump’s conversation with Kim Jong Un looked to finally put an end to the

Augie Alumnus writes and directs movie, “love letter to South Dakota”

While experiencing cabin fever during a Chicago snowstorm, alumnus Andrew Kightlinger ‘08 encountered a strange vision. He imagined two people walking alone together through the wide open South Dakota plains. On the left, an “ogre of a man” held a beer bottle, and on the right, a woman in a

Review: Nothing Bundt Cakes offers affordable and Instagram-worthy dessert splurge

If you have ever wondered what it would look like if Martha Stewart and Pinterest teamed up to create a picture-perfect pastry shop, then you are in luck. Nothing Bundt Cakes, nestled between The Man Salon and AR Workshop near the Western Mall, is a cute, clean shop that features

Patrick Hicks nominated for South Dakota Poet Laureate, host of SDPB’s “Poetry From Studio 47”

On a cloudy Saturday in January, Augustana English professor Patrick Hicks sat waiting to be interviewed in Chamberlain, South Dakota. The interview would determine if he would join elite writers who have made their mark in state history. Hicks is one of three finalists nominated to become the next South

Gallery Review: NYC-based artist blurs the line between fairy tale and reality

The Texas stars dotting the sky glimmered down on young Jessica Boehman in the observatory near her house, sparking her love of nature. The pull of Boehman’s personal connection to the earth from her life in New York underlies her autobiographical collection currently showing in the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery.

Hight find her balance as yoga instructor

The students in the half-lit multipurpose room are quiet as they focus their mind and body, listening to the instructor and taking in the folksy-alternative music in the background. Only a few times will people giggle at themselves when a pose is too hard to replicate—either not attempting at