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‘I See’ seeks equality between men’s and women’s sports

After her eighth serve of the evening hit the gym floor without being returned over the net, Courtney Place had officially tied Augustana’s all-time record for the number of aces in a game. A 25-year-old record set by Michelle Ohrem in 1993, Place was surprised she had broken such

Erased sidewalk pro-life messages spark tension between student political groups

Members of the Sioux Falls Life Runners and Augustana Republicans Wednesday night chalked pro-life messages on sidewalks around campus, including Bible verses and the phone number to a pregnancy help center. Roughly an hour after the groups finished, however, individuals in protest washed the messages off the walkways with water

HAPPY. denied full funding

ASA budget deficit complicates student group finance Augustana Student Association budget constraints halted the full funding of HAPPY., a student organization offering free menstrual products for women on campus. In mid-October, co-founder Manaal Ali filed a $2,000 community development fund (CDF) request to restock HAPPY.’s low supply levels

President Herseth Sandlin shares 2030 vision proposals with students

Referencing a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Augustana University President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said higher education will face “a dramatic shift” in the next decade to an audience of 30 students at the student forum for the 2030 vision presentation on Oct. 30 in Hamre Hall. “There will

2018 midterms: Noem, Johnson elected

Campus reacts to ballot measures, local, national elections South Dakota voters made history Tuesday night by electing Kristi Noem as the state’s first female governor over her Democratic challenger Billie Sutton.Sutton held a short lead early in the evening, but Noem took over as western precincts began reporting.

Billie Sutton holds late-election campaign stop at Augustana

JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Just six hours before polls close, Democratic governor hopeful Billie Sutton made a 30-minute campaign stop at Augustana University on Tuesday afternoon. Sutton spoke to a crowd of roughly 60 students and faculty in the Morrison Commons and afterward posed for photos with supporters

University revives special education graduate program

Augustana University will reintroduce an updated special education graduate program this spring after being inactive for 13 years. Education chair Laurie Daily said the new program will be entirely online, compared to the low-enrollment, in-class program that ran from 1984 to 2005. “We offered [the old program] face-to-face,” Daily said.