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Going Green: A sustainable start

Hello all, and welcome to the first in a series of columns about living more sustainably. Over the course of this year, I will regularly write about trying new sustainable practices, maintaining a sustainable mindset and overcoming some of the challenges that arise when working to minimize our ecological footprint.

Having kids creates financial, environmental strain

I don’t want kids. Yep, you read that right. The cute pudgy, runny-nosed li’l humans that you get to teach how to tie their shoes and spell words like s-t-u-d-y-i-n-g and c-a-r-d-b-o-a-r-d? I don’t want any. Not even one. “But they’re so cute!” “Don’t you

Boozy Banter: Should Augustana have a bar in the Back Alley?

Yes, it would promote safe drinking behavior DESTINY PINDER BUCKLEY acsorenson17@ole.augie.edu The days of a dry campus are over, although they never fully existed at all. Students of all ages hoard alcohol in the dorms whether they are 21 or not. Augustana has also been more progressive

This Week: the “low poo” haircare method

We Americans love to shower. In fact, an average American family uses some 40 gallons of water per day in the shower. This adds up to 1.2 trillion gallons of water used each year in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). To put that in

What not to do at a drive-thru

I have been working at several drive-thru jobs for a net of four years, and please hold your sympathies to yourself — the jobs are fun. I’ve worked at B&G Milky Way, Dairy Queen, Scooters and Coffea, and I have encountered a significant amount of people who appear

This week I tried listening to a different news podcast each morning

As a journalism student, I’m ashamed to say that I do not seek out news on a daily basis. I do scan headlines as I scroll through my New York Times app on my way to the mini crossword. But, besides the occasional purchase of a National Geographic, Time

ASA Should Allocate Positions to Minority Groups

Augustana University strives toward greater diversity, but the obstacles toward it are significant. We will not be able to surmount them if the heart of the student body, the Augustana Student Association (ASA), does not restructure itself to accommodate the changes we need to see. The African Student Union, the