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Augustana administration revamps heading into Spring Semester

JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Halfway through her first academic year, President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has enacted revisions to the structure of the previous administration in an ongoing search for “a healthy budget and efficiency.” Along with these changes, two senior leaders announced their resignations, providing Herseth Sandlin more

The powerful influence of a phenomenal woman

CHELSEA FELTON cmfelton17@ole.augie.edu As a child, I would drag my troubles into the kitchen where my mom would be starting the night’s dinner and unload every thought I had troubling me into her vicinity. Chances are that from an early age I knew how intent my

Artist preserves memories with household fossils

MARIANA LOPEZ milopez15@ole.augie.edu Erica Merchant’s art exhibition “Fossilized Reflections” opened Thursday, Feb. 8 at Augustana’s Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, showcasing sculptures which bring Merchant’s view of memories as “a fossilized narrative” to life using materials ranging from wood, ceramic and yarn to crushed up crayons,

Runners on track for a strong indoor season

HOSEA KOST hykost16@ole.augie.edu The Augustana track and field team smashed school and personal records all winter long, nabbing provisional qualifying marks along the way. The track and field team competed at six indoor meets this winter, three at South Dakota State University and three at Mankato State

Campus Life, ASA propose housing policy amendments

KAATJE WEILAND kpweiland16@ole.augie.edu Campus Life, The Board of Trustees and the Augustana Student Association are discussing wide changes to campus housing policy, including sophomore priority housing, flexible housing and renovations in Tuve. The first housing policy change gives sophomores priority in Stavig, Granskou and Tuve in the

ANGLES: Right or Privilege: Should health care plans cover birth control?

Birth control rollback presents a danger for women rights and religious freedom STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu In a recent study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 190 governments were analyzed to determine gender equality in legislatiors. Unsurprisingly, the United States ranked in the lower half of the spectrum at 105th.

2018 Winter Olympics embrace union and equality

GRACE WALLIN gmwallin17@ole.augie.edu The 23rd Winter Olympic Games touched off last week on Feb. 7 with competitions in curling and ski jumping. This year, the games are hosted in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which last hosted the Olympics in the summer of 1988. South Korea has had to