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New quarterback joins AU football

GRACE WALLIN gmwallin17@ole.augie.edu While most students come to Augustana for the first time as freshmen, starting quarterback Ryan Rubley joined the community this year as a graduate student, pursuing a master of arts degree in sports administration and leadership. Before joining the team, Rubley played three seasons

Top of the Pyramid

Cheerleaders fly onto the field, creating a community through high-spirit stunts JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu An electric energy flows through the student section in the bleachers of Kirkeby-Over stadium as high-spirited students chant, “Go big blue! Go big blue!” Their cheers urge the football team to run faster

One gunman, 58 dead and 489 injured: How can we curb gun violence?

Exchange the right to bear arms for a safe, structured society DESTINY PINDER-BUCKLEY drpinderbuckley16@ole.augie.edu 2012 may not have been the year of the apocalypse as the Mayan calendar and blockbuster movies lead us to believe, but it was the year an important distinction was made. There are

One gunman, 58 dead and 489 injured: How can we curb gun violence?

Until new gun laws, know the red flags signaling a potential shooter KAATJE WEILAND kpweiland16@ole.augie.edu According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of Oct. 8, there have been 277 mass shootings in 2017. They define a mass shooting as four or more people shot and/or killed

Is a nuclear-free world possible? ICAN says ‘yes’

JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Four minutes, or 240 seconds. That’s the amount of time it would take for the United States President to launch a nuclear weapon attack on his own accord, regardless of whether his top security advisors aprove. Considering the rising tensions between the U.

Left and right push similar policies

ROBERT HAGGAR rhaggar15@ole.augie.edu Modern political rhetoric describes a politics akin to the hellscape of the First World War: trenches on the left and right house partisans, while between the two lies a vast no-man’s land wherein no one can survive more than the shortest newscycle. The

SpaceX aims for Mars colonization by 2024

MARIANA LOPEZ milopez14@ole.augie.edu On Sept. 29, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, addressed the audience at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Australia, regarding the company’s plans to go from New York to Shanghai in 39 minutes, the moon and, eventually, Mars. According to its website, SpaceX, founded