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Many longtime complaints transcend plans

First-time SOPHIA students register for spring classes STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu Registration for next semester’s classes began this week, and some students were forced to plan differently than others. The class of 2020 will be Augustana’s first to graduate under the SOPHIA Core Curriculum which replaced

Trayless dining helps to decrease energy, water, soap and food waste

Trayless dining catalyzes sustainable dining at AU MARIANA LOPEZ milopez15@ole.augie.edu This fall, Dining Services and ASA came together to implement trayless dining in an effort to decrease energy, water, soap and food waste. The change was intended to mutually benefit the dining hall’s expenses and the

Peace Prize nominee visits Augustana

‘Peace be with you’ JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Six-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Steinar Bryn led a peace-promoting dialogue workshop to roughly 50 attendees following his lecture in the Back Alley last Friday. For 20 years, Bryn has facilitated more than 300 dialogue sessions between some of the

Augustana students lost voting rights due to a mail mix-up

Augustana students lose voting opportunity due to registration folly JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Millions of voters deliberately yielded their right to vote in last week’s election, but a group of Augustana students lost that right due to a mail mix-up. An estimated 20 to 25 students who

Augustana sports in brief

Men’s cross-country set for nationals The No. 6 Augustana men’s cross-country team won its fifth straight Central Region championship Nov. 5 at Yankton Trails Park, just edging No. 10 Missouri Southern State, 68-65, for the title. Seniors Glen Ellingson and Keegan Carda finished third and fourth, respectively, to

Augustana swimming doesn’t have numbers to compete yet

Depth proves to be swimming’s Achilles’ heel in inaugural season TABBY MERKLE tjmerkle15@ole.augie.edu RYAN HEUER rtheuer12@ole.augie.edu The Augustana swimming team has some solid athletes. It just doesn’t have the numbers to compete yet. That’s the sentiment among the swimmers and coaches

Women’s basketball season opens with optimism

Women’s basketball optimistic despite .500 start JOSH BARROWS jdbarrows15@ole.augie.edu The Augustana women’s basketball team opened its season with three games in as many days at the Division II CCA Tip-Off Classic at Disneyland. It came with a pair of losses and a win, but members