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Presidential search committee, plan come into focus MATTHEW SCHILLING maschilling13@ole.augie.edu The search for Rob Oliver’s successor is underway and is scheduled to conclude in March of 2017. The Augustana Presidential Search Committee had its first meeting Oct. 19. During the session, it approved a timeline for

AU Republicans, Democrats differ in campaign strategy JACOB KNUTSON jknutson15@ole.augie.edu Augustana Democrats have campaigned for races up and down the ballot this election season while Augustana Republicans, divided by presidential candidate Donald Trump, have shifted much of their focus away from the presidential election. Faced with campaigning

BLM march sparks conversation, conflict JACOB BELGUM jbbelgum13@ole.augie.edu Before the Viking Days Parade on Oct. 15, they knew what their group would do, but they had no idea how people would react. On that day, senior Rahiwa Mussa and sophomore Luca Amayo, along with roughly 50 demonstrators,

I was born in Latin America, a place where, from birth, Latinos are told that they are not and never will be as great as their counterparts in the United States. Latinos have been used, robbed of their resources and our identities, looked down upon, called derogatory names and told

Donning white t-shirts, which represented their pacifism, and waving national flags, tens of thousands of enraged Venezuelans flooded the streets of their capital, Caracas, to protest Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government throughout last week. After courts struck down a referendum to remove Maduro from office, protesters took to the streets,

What not to wear: Should universities punish students for offensive Halloween garb? During Halloween, there’s a likely chance you ran into someone in a Halloween costume that made you wonder, “What in the world are you thinking?” In today’s day and age, your snap judgment and a critical