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Cope: Cheers to ASA transformation

Luca and I are not experts in government, nor are we perfect leaders. No one is. We are students, learning as we go, as are you. Being ASA Vice President, I experienced something new: mandated neutrality. Vice presidents don’t vote and are the one person who, by position, are

PBR: Classic sitcoms to watch in lockdown

Staying indoors has some perks, like being able to lounge around in sweatpants all day and watch heaps of TV. The downside, however, might be that you are running out of new and original things to watch, so you are about to commit to rewatching one of the classic (probably

Letter from the Editor: Keep looking for squirrels

The first story I ever wrote for The Augustana Mirror was about a squirrel. More specifically, it was about a dead squirrel. The poor thing had gotten caught between two wooden partitions of a basement wall in a campus theme house, found himself stuck and slowly turned into a small

UBG wants to suspend the Big Event for 2020-2021. Here’s why.

Students might have to say good-bye to acts like Hoodie Allen, B.o.B and Jesse McCartney, as the Union Board of Governors (UBG) recently passed a proposal to suspend the 2020-2021 Big Event. The proposal, which passed UBG with a two-thirds vote, still has to be approved by the

Tuve residents relocated to Towers two weeks before finals

While most students are studying for exams or finishing semester-long projects, Tuve Hall residents are packing up and moving into the towers. Seventeen Tuve residents, the majority of them international students, have until May 13 to move from their current rooms into a newly assigned room in either Stavig or

COVID-19 means freshman class might be three-fourths the size of projections

With enrollment numbers coming in under admissions’ projections, Augustana is prepared for a smaller freshman class and student body population than originally anticipated. The admissions office had projected an incoming class of over 400 for the fall of 2020, according to Madeleine Ellis, director of undergraduate enrollment. Now that the

Tessendorf and DeWild win ASA presidential elections by 21 votes, voter turnout increases despite online-only campaigns

The first ASA elections held solely online brought a high number of voters and a slim margin of victory in the presidential race. Students elected Cole Tessendorf and Hannah DeWild as Augustana Student Association’s (ASA) next president and vice president, respectively. After a competitive race, Rahn said Tessendorf and