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Look up, birdwatching enriches campus life

Above, a Red-tailed Hawk rests on a branch outside the admissions building. Photo by Noah Wicks. When I first spied a Black-Capped Chickadee on campus, I freaked. For two weeks, I woke up each morning to a cacophony of two-note “fee-bee” songs mixed with “chickadee-dee-dee” calls of my favorite backyard

The inside scoop: SuFu ice cream ranked

Ice cream—it answers every question a college student could possibly have. Are you stressed because you haven’t found a job or an internship? Ice cream. Did you break up with your significant other? Ice cream. What’s that—you’ve worked on homework for a solid 30 minutes,

ASA president responds to vandalism

There is a story we tell ourselves about what a college community is. The way we talk about university, especially about our university, is somewhat removed from society. We describe it in terms that imply it sits in judgement, taking stock of where society falls short, and then modeling students

Tough Enough: Phelps works to prove herself as a bull rider

Once Jenae Phelps has a dream in her head, she doesn’t quit. At 19, she decided that she wanted to be a bull rider. She didn’t quit even though most cowgirls that she had seen at Yankton Riverboat Days, the Sioux Empire Fair and the Korkow Rodeo were

Salary disparity present in AU athletics

Based on public documents, women’s teams coaches earned less than their counterparts JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu NSIC salary disparities ranked smallest to largest Augustana University paid head coaches of women’s teams who are full-time institutional employees (FTIE) on average just 79.7 percent of what it

Meatless Mondays a small sacrifice for the environment

Who would have thought a can of Spam could spark so much controversy? Last Monday, the Ordal Dining Hall launched “Meatless Mondays.” I read the sign and nearly packed my bags and transferred to a school that only lets in true, American meat lovers. How dare they take away my

Dining services extends Ordal Dining Hall’s hours to 8 p.m. in trial run

Rebekah Tuchscherer rjtuchscherer16@ole.augie.edu On any given night before April 8th, senior track and cross country runner Josh Barrows would run straight from practice to the Ordahl Dining Hall. As practice times often coincided with dining hall hours, it wasn’t uncommon for Barrows to swipe his student