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ASA approves senate seats for systemically non-dominant student organizations

The Augustana Student Association (ASA) recently passed a constitutional amendment guaranteeing systemically non-dominant student organizations a seat in the senate. The amendment, which was introduced by Senator Giselle Mawadri, gives four student organizations a designated seat in the Senate. The organizations include the African Students Union, Asian Student Organization, Black

Grace Notes: This week I started social distancing

Yoohoo! Greetings from Quarantine! If you’re receiving this — or some form of cheesy quarantine pun — as the subject line of every email from every single professor … we’re in this together. So s— has hit the fan. Alas, Grace Notes must go on! And what a perfect platform to

Clement: She left Washington, D.C. in 72 hours. Now, she lives in my Sioux Falls apartment.

I looked down at my phone to see a text asking if I knew anyone who had a spare room. A friend of his needed a place to live and had nowhere else to go. I had an extra bedroom, but I was living alone and had been since August.

Some work study positions are moving online. Others aren’t.

As Augustana transitions to online operations to flatten the coronavirus curve, work study employers and students are navigating the new changes. Some positions will be able to relocate their services online. According to Kelly Lang, assistant director of financial aid, the Student Success Center is working to modify its employment

Letter from the Editor: Despite COVID-19, AU community persists

When I left campus with two friends in tow for the week of spring break, I didn’t anticipate returning to a silent college campus. I didn’t anticipate Augustana extending spring break an extra week. I didn’t anticipate classes going online until at least April 10, and I

Flight from COVID-19: Study abroad students return home amid canceled programs

For students studying abroad, COVID-19 means cutting travel plans short and returning home. Fourteen Augustana students were studying in seven different countries — Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia and Peru — and four students had traveled to Chicago and Washington, D.C. for off-campus programs, according to Erin Kane,

Conferences cancel championships, spring sports season due to COVID-19 risks

Last Thursday, the perpetual world of sports suddenly stopped. Augustana stopped with it. The arrival and spread of COVID-19 across the U.S. prompted the NCAA to cancel all remaining winter and spring championships, the NSIC to cancel all conference competitions and Augustana to extend spring break and move all