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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.

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, after 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

Out to Eat at Toppers Pizza: Unbelievable and unforgettable

Out to Eat at Toppers Pizza: Unbelievable and unforgettable

Let’s be honest: Toppers Pizza belongs in a fever dream. A chain slinging dough bombs to college students until 3 a.m. with more confidence than Icarus on wax wings? It sounds too good to be true, but then you take your first bite of their Mac ‘N Cheese

Elmen Center to receive $3M renovation

Elmen Center to receive $3M renovation

July 13, 1987 — the date inscribed on the ceremonial shovel propped up in a corner of Director of Recreational Services Logan Haak’s office. This was the day Augustana broke ground on the Elmen Center, and the brand-new facility opened for use about two years later. Almost 40 years have

Letters from the Editors: The J&J special

Letters from the Editors: The J&J special

Jack Erickson, Co-Editor-in-Chief There are things in this life that we cannot ignore. The truth is one of them. I established myself at Augie as a biology major, but by my sophomore year, I found myself plummeting into the realm of journalism. Daily I could sit down with someone new

Angles: Should Augustana adopt Greek life?

During the Augustana Student Association’s April 6 meeting, current freshman Jefferson Michael addressed the Senate during Public Voice. Michael wants to bring Greek life to Augustana — not the modeled-after-Greek-life societies that Augustana started in the 1960s and retained until the ‘90s, but real, sponsored-by-national-chapters Greek life. Michael and other

Consider time, translations when using biblical texts to form opinions

As an English and languages, literatures and cultures double major studying at a liberal arts institution, I’m no stranger to translated texts. In fact, as a Civitas student, I’m intimately familiar with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose essay “The Structure of Responsible Life” is the basis for Augustana’s honors

Tuve to reopen, house students starting fall 2025

Tuve to reopen, house students starting fall 2025

Renovations on Tuve Hall are set to begin in the first week of April 2025 and conclude between late July and mid-August, according to President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, which will allow the dorm to house students come fall 2025. Tuve was set to be renovated over the 2023-2024 academic year,