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Jocelyn Baas

Jocelyn Baas is a junior at Augustana University. She currently serves as Forum editor

Election initiative spurs voter registration, sparks conversations throughout campus

Election initiative spurs voter registration, sparks conversations throughout campus

This fall, Augustana launched Election 2024: Curiosity, Courage and Civility, a new initiative that encourages Augustana students and faculty “to cultivate curiosity, exhibit courage and practice civility during a polarizing season in America,” according to Augustana’s website. As part of the program, Augustana community members are encouraged to sign

Reading Augustana: responsibility and the Commons

Reading Augustana: responsibility and the Commons

One of the many classes in Augustana’s Civitas program is “Reading Augustana.” Civitas classes — “Freedom,” “Pertinence” and “Justice” — rotate topics from semester to semester while maintaining their emphasis on the class’s core values. “Reading Augustana,” however, remains fundamentally the same every semester. The course is a study of

Government class polls student body

Government class polls student body

Over the next six weeks, three public opinion polls regarding the upcoming presidential election will be sent to Augustana undergraduate students via email. The first two polls will be administered before the election from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 and from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. The third poll will

The foundations of forum

The foundations of forum

My name is Jocelyn Baas. As of this semester, I am your new Forum editor for The Augustana Mirror. This section of our newspaper is different from any other. Forum finds its foundation in the voices and opinions of its community. We derive our name “forum” from the Roman city

Five professors reminisce, prepare to retire

Five professors reminisce, prepare to retire

An Augustana religion professor assumed at the beginning of his career that he would move around, like many academics do. He started at Augustana teaching two courses a year, but most of his job involved helping run the Shalom Center for Theological Education, creating courses for pastors. But after five

Should South Dakota legalize statewide sports betting?

Later this month, arguably the largest sports betting event in college sports, March Madness, will inspire the making of both official and unofficial brackets. Current South Dakota law only allows sports betting in Deadwood and tribal casinos in person and bets can only be placed on professional teams and out-of-state

New thrift club opens store on campus

New thrift club opens store on campus

After a year of working to establish Augie Thrift, two juniors and their new club hosted their first shopping event for students on Feb. 8 on the lower west side of Tuve Hall. Inside a cozy room decorated with strings of lights, half a dozen clothing racks stood full of