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SOPHIE GEISTER-JONES sageisterjones14@ole.augie.edu At a little before eight in the morning, the multipurpose room in the Elmen Center slowly filled with students. They were bleary eyed, bundled up and most had just rolled out of bed. A few looked at their phones, scrolling blankly through feeds

JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu The Augustana women’s tennis team has begun its 2018 spring season with a strong start. After opening its season with a close 5-4 loss against Newman University on Feb. 2, the team quickly rebounded that same day, claiming a 5-1 victory

Wresting ends regular season 11-2, prepares to grapple with super region BEAU BORDEWYK bjbordewyk16@ole.augie.edu The Augustana University wrestling team is heading into the NCAA Division-2 Super Region 3 tournament in St. Cloud this weekend after a successful season on both individual and squad levels. The

CHELSEA FELTON cmfelton17@ole.augie.edu To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Augustana’s English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, hosted an eight-hour book marathon last Saturday in Siverson Lounge. “The marathon event is

GRACE WALLIN gmwallin17@ole.augie.edu This past saturday, Augustana students gathered inside a string-lit barn for the first ever Augiethon-sponsored formal dance—an event that, for some senior Augiethon members, has been a dream since their freshman year. “This is almost a four-year dream that we’

JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Frustrated with the heavy shroud over black history, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the first Black History Week in 1926. He chose the second week in February to honor the birthdays of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Following the Civil Rights Movement,

KAATJE WEILAND kpweiland16@ole.augie.edu As winners of the 2018 Peace Scholars program, junior Samson Mettler and sophomore Manaal Ali will travel to Norway this summer where they will study dialogue, democracy and human rights. Throughout the program, they both hope to learn how to promote peace and help