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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

Plastic in the pudding: Tips to living an eco-friendly life in college

REBEKAH TUCHSCHERER rjtuchscherer16@ole.augie.edu After shredding the cereal boxes, recycling the soup cans and using leftover biology notecards for bonfire kindling, many college students are still left with one eco-disaster cluttering their kitchens and dorm rooms: plastic. Over 100 years after Leo Baekeland introduced the world to plastic,

Sephora’s ‘Witch Kit’ presents another face of cultural oppression

SHAUNA PAULI sdpauli16@ole.augie.edu At the end of August, Sephora unveiled the “Starter Witch Kit,” a 12-piece box set including nine perfume samples, a deck of tarot cards, rose quartz and white sage from the perfume company Pinrose. The $42 box was set for release in October but

Peace talks with North Korea need to include human rights issues

KELSEY SPROUT klsprout16@ole.augie.edu At a rally in West Virginia this September, President Trump told supporters he and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un “fell in love.” Though Trump and Kim had some fiery exchanges before holding a summit last summer, both leaders have apparently softened toward one

Feminism is born a response to an abusive world

KATELYN CLEMENT kmclement16@ole.augie.edu Lately, I have become more aware of how people treat women. I consider myself a feminist because I believe in equality between all sexes, and I think that women, in general, need to stick up for each other in any sort of situation. But

The inevitability of immortality presents an opportunity to live better

NOAH LANGLEY nclangley17@ole.augie.edu Death is inherently irrational. It strikes without warning, cause or reason, and everyone struggles with it. The finality of death is the one absolute in life, and despite the grief death brings, it is necessary to bring life meaning. The grief that encompasses people