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‘My Red Identity’: High school student bridges cultural divide

DELILAH ROUSE Lincoln High School student I have survived it all. Inflictions of violence, neglect, abuse, trauma and genocide are part of the road I walked. The sweet abyss that I called home was a reservation filled with people who aren’t free. An endless sadness fills my nightmares with

Bed bugging: Students wake up with bites

Campus Life has received multiple reports of bed bugs in dormitories Augustana Campus Life has received three reports of bed bugs in campus dorms this fall, according to Corey Kopp, director of Campus Life. All three cases were resolved after the involvement of an exterminator, though in one of the

Student group requests administration restore, protect campus diversity, inclusion spaces

In the wake of the dissolution of the Global Education and Diversity houses, a group of students has sent a letter to Campus Life, the International Programs Office and Dean of Students Office requesting protection for diversity and inclusion spaces and the community using them be included in the upcoming

Senator seeks graduation regalia for minority students

To make Augustana more inclusive, ASA curriculum chair Hailey Nold is introducing various graduation accommodations for different groups on campus including Native Americans and international students, but her proposal must first pass the graduation committee. Nold said her high school honors Native Americans at graduation, and that sparked her idea

Native students lack representation on campus

Edit and correction: The print edition of this story erroneously stated that “Native Americans make up just 0.0045 percent of Augustana’s student population.” The correct number is 0.45 percent. On Nov. 22, Marissa Pacheco set a plate filled with sage leaves and tobacco beneath a tree in

Sioux Falls chai lattes ranked

Chai lattes are scrumptious year round, but the impending cold weather makes a hot tea drink sound even more enticing. A chai latte is a drink prepared with steamed milk and (most often) spiced tea concentrate. In other words, it is the Americanized companion of Indian masala chai. Traditional masala

Financial education: a missing ingredient in Augustana plan

Augustana University is an institution that prides itself on providing students a liberal arts education to craft them into well-rounded members of the world community. The SOPHIA program was implemented to further this goal. However, there is one area of study that Augustana University, as well as most schools in