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END OF AN ERA DESTINY PINDER-BUCKLEY drpinderbuckley16@ole.augie.edu No more number two pencils and bubble answer sheets—evaluations are moving online to a system called EvaluationKIT. The online evaluations include the same questions asked for years on paper forms. The old system involved specialized bubble answer sheets, filled

Administration unable to fund across-the-board raises

Budgetary strains disallow staff-wide raises JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Each year, Augustana faculty and staff members receive raises to compensate for inflation and rising healthcare costs. Except for next year. Because of strains on the university’s budget, administration was unable to fund an across-the-board wage increase for

Inauguration of Augustana’s first female president to be “once in a lifetime opportunity” to students

Herseth Sandlin’s inauguration to be week-long celebration MATTHEW SCHILLING maschilling13@ole.augie.edu Students returning in the fall will be greeted to a “once in a lifetime opportunity:” the inauguration of Augustana’s first female president, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. A week of events will be held in celebration of

President Rob Oliver: Reflections on gratitude

This issue of the Mirror is the last opportunity I will have as your president to offer a few words. My thanks to Mirror editor Jacob Belgum for offering this space to me. I will try to use it wisely and make it worthy of your reading time. As we

Augustana Student Association should act on transparency promise

Another election, another year of “transparency” being promised. Excuse the cynicism, but nearly every year transparency has been touted within the Augustana Student Association, yet little has actually changed. Despite “efforts” to make students more informed of the going-ons in meetings, hardcopy meeting notes remain nestled away in the far

Where are you now that we need you, journalism?

Trump! Rape! Murder! Russia! BLM! Protest! If I haven’t caught your attention, you weren’t going to read anyway. If you’re still reading, welcome to journalism. You asked for it, we answered. I think? I entered Augustana as an 18-year-old wanting to write about sports. Journalism seemed the

ANGLES: Yes, this country must repay debts

Many have argued that human dignity and suffering can garner no price. And they’re right. Since 1980, Sioux tribes have continually rejected reimbursements from the United States, even as the offer hovered around $1.3 billion. But no cash amount, in their mind, can compensate for their loss of