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Earth Week: Tips for living a greener lifestyle

Happy Earth Week, Augustana! April 22 is the one day each year that we take a moment to reflect on how blessed we are to call this planet our home. Sometimes it seems as if the pressing issues facing our world—climate change, deforestation and ocean acidification, to name a

Men’s tennis concludes season as women continue to play on

Postseason ahead for women’s tennis, men end on high note Where one season ends with high expectations for the future, another continues this weekend. High expectations? No doubt. The Augustana men’s tennis team concluded its season last Tuesday with a 6-3 win over Morningside College, finishing the year

From slow start to second in conference, baseball still has bumps ahead

Baseball hopeful for post season play February presented a rocky start for the Augustana baseball team, which won just four of its first 11 games. Now the team is sitting second in the NSIC with a 24-15 record. Since the start of the season the Vikings have fought their way

Making NCAA tournament “very much a possibility” for softball team

Softball tries to finish strong as regional tournament approaches Head coach Gretta Melsted has high hopes as the regular season winds down, saying that making the NCAA tournament is “very much a possibility.” “I would like to see us make a regional tournament and then go from there,” Melsted said.

Women’s golf aims for NSIC title this weekend

Women’s golf looking for regional title If the first version of this year’s Central Region rankings are any indication, Augustana women’s golf is the class of the NSIC. Augustana was ranked highest of the five NSIC teams named in the release, with no other conference foe in

Bringing chess back to life on Augustana’s campus

Club hosts first tournament in six years, reignites interest in chess SHAUNA PAULI sdpauli16@ole.augie.edu Augustana students sat at three long tables decorated with blue-and white-checked chess boards, rules and score sheets, intent on formulating intelligent moves. Hunched over in their seats, arms crossed, chins resting in their

Look up: discovering answers, equality through stargazing

Can stargazing help us to see eye to eye Gazing in wonder at the stars, Calvin turns to his old pal Hobbes and says, “If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently.” I argue the mischievous blonde-haired boy is