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Augustana’s English Language Services program on its way out

Early exit: ELS to halt programming at AU because of low demand JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Augustana’s English Language Services program, which opened last September, will close less than a year later, on July 14, the result of a nationwide decrease in ELS students. Negotiations for a

Narrowing the field for a new university president

New AU president to be revealed before spring break KAYLYN DEITER kkdeiter13@ole.augie.edu Augustana will know its next president by spring break. According to presidential search committee chair Becky Blue, the group of 16 tasked with narrowing the field of finalists and eventually choosing the university’s next

Reynold Nesiba returns to teaching at Augustana

Professor returns to campus following dropped charges JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Following his arrest and brief leave of absence from Augustana, economics professor Reynold Nesiba has returned to campus and resumed teaching courses. Further investigations into the sexual contact charges against Nesiba, originating from an incident Sept. 26,

Sioux Falls mayor hopes for honest, open conversation with students

Mr. Huether goes to Augustana JACOB BELGUM jbbelgum13@ole.augie.edu In January, Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether led his monthly “Listening and Learning Session” at Sunnycrest Retirement Village. He will perform the same ritual 3 p.m. Wednesday at Augustana in the Edith Mortenson Center Theatre. Huether tries to

Interfaith pryaer vigil held at Augustana

Campus ministry opens arms The deep, melodious music of the Adhan, the Islamic call to worship, reverberated through the Chapel of Reconciliation and resounded off the fourteen panel reredos depicting different stories from the Bible and the 600-pound Jesus hanging in the back. The powerful image set the scene for

South Dakota lawmakers struggle to rise above the mark set by the federal government

Governmental ineptitude found in our own backyard With haphazard federal orders and political blunders swallowing up media coverage, it can be difficult to allot attention to operations at the state level. But, on multiple occasions, South Dakota lawmakers have struggled to rise above the low, swampy watermark set by the

Protests alone are ineffective, require non-peaceful actions

In 1846, in protest of slavery and the Mexican-American War, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes. For this, he was jailed while the war continued unabated. In 1893, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells staged boycotts of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago to protest the lack