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Global Perspective: US should ally new Brazilian president, despite bigoted, discriminatory character

Last month, Brazil elected right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro to serve as president with 55 percent of the vote. Bolsonaro holds hateful views towards women, homosexuals, people of color, immigrants, people in poverty and even democracy itself. Some of his most condemned comments include suggesting that if a child shows signs

Erased sidewalk pro-life messages spark tension between student political groups

Members of the Sioux Falls Life Runners and Augustana Republicans Wednesday night chalked pro-life messages on sidewalks around campus, including Bible verses and the phone number to a pregnancy help center. Roughly an hour after the groups finished, however, individuals in protest washed the messages off the walkways with water

North America’s favorite poet: A Muslim man born 800 years ago

While teaching a world literature course a few years ago, former professor Sandra Looney held a translated poetry collection of Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi—more commonly known as “Rumi”— to her heart and sighed in her signature way. She described Rumi’s writing as “a salve for the soul.” We

ANGLES: Deadlock: Should South Dakota revise its stance on the death penalty?

REBEKAH TUCHSCHERER rjtuchscherer16@ole.augie.edu At 7:37 p.m. on Oct. 29, Rodney Berget became the 19th person in South Dakota history to be executed by the state.In 2011, Berget was sentenced to death for killing correctional officer Ron “R.J.” Johnson during a failed prison escape

Cross country finishes second at NSIC Championship

The Augustana men’s and women’s cross country teams came away with second place rankings on Nov. 3 at the NSIC tournament. Sixteen athletes earned spots in the All-NSIC team at the end of the tournament, which took place in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The men ended with a 53

Wrestling team aims high for 18-19 season

The Augustana wrestling team is going into the 2018 season with several advantages: leadership, youth, talent and grit. The Vikings will have to use these strengths as they take on some of the biggest teams in the region with one overarching goal—to win a national title. “The team’s

Men’s basketball team faces steep learning curve

The team is young. But Tom Billeter, head coach of the Augustana men’s basketball team, said his players’ ages shouldn’t matter. “They’re just young, but I’m not using it as an excuse,” Billeter said. The team will begin the 2018-19 season without a single senior on