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Tornado tears through Sioux Falls, no major damage reported at Augustana

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as we learn more about damages and student experiences. Have pictures to share or a perspective to tell? DM your thoughts to us @augiemirror on Twitter or Instagram. This is why student news matters. A tornado moving through southeastern Sioux Falls

Campus Life welcomes freshmen to AU

Move-in day marks the “birth of a new year” for Thomas Elness. Directing traffic outside the Bergsaker dorms, the admissions counselor is one of many staffers welcoming students to campus for the 2019-2020 academic year. Over 90 Viking Guides and Advisors raided student and parent vehicles to carry futons, television

Incoming freshman has admission revoked for shooting threat

An incoming Augustana freshman had their admission revoked after making a shooting threat over text message earlier this month. The text messages were obtained by the Augustana Mirror and showed the incoming freshman was part of a group chat named “Megakota,” and said “I’m shooting everybody at Augustana!” and

Augustana freshman charged with burglary after entering woman’s dorm room

Freshman Peyton Zabel is facing three charges after he entered a woman’s unlocked dorm room and climbed into her bed without consent early Saturday morning, according to the Sioux Falls Police Department’s police briefing filed by the Argus Leader on May 13. Samuel Clemens, a public information officer

Salary disparity present in AU athletics

Based on public documents, women’s teams coaches earned less than their counterparts JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu NSIC salary disparities ranked smallest to largest Augustana University paid head coaches of women’s teams who are full-time institutional employees (FTIE) on average just 79.7 percent of what it

Dining services extends Ordal Dining Hall’s hours to 8 p.m. in trial run

Rebekah Tuchscherer rjtuchscherer16@ole.augie.edu On any given night before April 8th, senior track and cross country runner Josh Barrows would run straight from practice to the Ordahl Dining Hall. As practice times often coincided with dining hall hours, it wasn’t uncommon for Barrows to swipe his student

ASA votes down proposal to cut five senate positions

Alexa Ankrum avankrum15@ole.augie.edu On April 29, ASA, in its last meeting for the 2018-2019 year, voted down a proposal to decrease the number of senator positions on ASA. The debate about whether to decrease the number of senators in ASA had been ongoing. “The idea of decreasing