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Curiosity meets creativity in new podcast ERIN MAIROSE elmairose13@ole.augie.edu If you tune into senior James Jennings’ new podcast series, SPUnK, you may learn a few things you’ve never thought of before, such as who came up with the idea of pencils, the benefits a flag can

Maya cross jewelry sales: a cross-cultural collaboration MATTHEW SCHILLING maschilling13@ole.augie.edu For the last decade, biology professor Craig Spencer and philosophy professor David O’Hara have led students into the heart of the Mayan jungle in Peten, Guatemala. After a decade, Spencer and O’Hara have found a

Critical thinking, analytical skills and a diverse cabinet of knowledge are just a few of the indisputable benefits from studying at a liberal arts institution. Without question these are beneficial after graduation, as they are skills employers and graduate schools search for in potential employees or students. At the same

Living in a society where engineering, medical and technological fields provide a never-ending supply of viable and high -paying careers, pursuing a liberal arts degree can seem disheartening at times. Graduates of liberal arts institutions typically earn lower salaries starting out if they can find jobs in their designated fields

Happy Earth Week, Augustana! April 22 is the one day each year that we take a moment to reflect on how blessed we are to call this planet our home. Sometimes it seems as if the pressing issues facing our world—climate change, deforestation and ocean acidification, to name a