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Jocelyn Baas

Jocelyn is a senior with English and Spanish majors and emphases in pre-law and writing. She currently serves as the copy editor.

J1 complicates registration

J1 complicates registration

As spring registration began on Monday, Nov. 17, Augustana’s campus community took on all the usual stress — and a bit more. The university’s recent software transition from Jenzabar CX to Jenzabar 1 (J1) has complicated matters for students, faculty and administrators alike. Moreover, campus also faced the challenges

Freshmen, friends bond over pasta passion

Freshmen, friends bond over pasta passion

It is the evening of Oct. 19. The sun has set, and the first floor of Bergsaker Hall transforms from its typical stretch of student rooms into a celebration of cooking. Cutlery clatters, cooking pots bubble with water and the sound of rich laughter fills the floor as students gather

‘Learn-a-thon’: Hank and John Green’s lifelong learners support education and charity

‘Learn-a-thon’: Hank and John Green’s lifelong learners support education and charity

From Nov. 3 until Nov. 21, Hank and John Green — brothers, authors and educators — are hosting their annual Learn-a-thon, a community fundraising effort that directly supports the Greens and their teams in producing accessible and accurate educational content across more than a dozen YouTube channels and podcasts. In turn, the

Nowhere to park

Nowhere to park

Growing enrollment deepens parking crunch Another year of record-breaking enrollment numbers, while an overall positive for the university, has intensified an age-old issue on campus: parking. Though Campus Safety Training Coordinator Chad Campbell doesn’t relish it, he knows that issuing parking citations is part of the job. In fact,

NIH cuts destabilize institutional research that underpins modern medicine

NIH cuts destabilize institutional research that underpins modern medicine

When I asked my mom and dad this week how many different chemotherapy drugs my oldest brother has been on in his 20 years of life, they had a hard time answering the question. Dad said he thought maybe seven with a couple of repeated treatments on certain ones, but

J1 software to launch campuswide

J1 software to launch campuswide

Throughout Oct. 2025, Augustana will begin the most important stages of a multiyear plan to switch information systems from Jenzabar CX (CX) to the newer Jenzabar 1 (J1). Augustana’s decision came after its vendor company Jenzabar’s unexpected announcement in Dec. 2022 that the university’s primary information system,

Our power does not lie in symbolic signatures: A student perspective on the AAC&U statement

Our power does not lie in symbolic signatures: A student perspective on the AAC&U statement

On April 22, 2025, less than 100 days after the introduction of a new federal administration, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published an open letter that opposed “the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” The letter was quickly signed by