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STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu Opening night is approaching fast, and a troupe readies itself for the performance of a lifetime. Most of them linger backstage, hidden from the public’s eye—some sewing, some building, some controlling lights and music. These unseen figures, alongside the actors, work for

ELIZABETH PETERSEN eapetersen16@ole.augie.edu The perfect solution to the snow day blues is retail therapy (please send help to my wallet or stop the snow—I cannot carry on like this). On my last stop for this year’s Viking Vogue, I popped into Lot 2029 to see

HOSEA KOST hykost16@ole.augie.edu Although she was only in the spotlight for a few seconds, Maddie Todd ‘17 can say something very few can: she made it to Hollywood on American Idol. “My time on Idol was a paradox—it’s something that I’d never do again,

MCKENNA BAUER mmbauer16@ole.augie.edu “Tonnnnight,” the host Chris Harrison says, stretching the word out before he shouts, “on The Bachelor.” The students’ attention shifts from textbooks to television. The Granskou basement Bachelor crew are 13 of the eight million viewers who tune in each week to watch 29

Tobacco policy promotes environmental and personal health SHAUNA PAULI sdpauli16@ole.augie.edu I think Augie made the right choice when they decided to implement the tobacco-free policy last August. The statement on the Augie website says that this decision was made “in order to minimize the harmful effects

Policy changes made a mountain out of a molehill STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu By the end of this semester, Augustana will complete its first academic year as a tobacco-free campus. According to a 2016 interview with Eric Vander Lee, the ASA senator who first proposed sanctions for

JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not actually a floating pile of garbage as it is often portrayed in the news. In fact, it is drastically worse. The patch is a mix of plastic and fishing debris located in the center of the North