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For the sake of sex education, let’s talk about sex

Gallup’s 2016 moral issues poll indicates that 89% of Americans believe the use of birth control is “morally acceptable,” and their polling shows strong majority support (73%) for the availability of birth control information dating all the way back to 1959. Two issues deemed less morally acceptable in 2016

A letter from the editor: Quest for truth continues

Hello readers, this is Jacob Belgum, your editor-in-chief for the next 18 issues of the Augustana Mirror. I hope it’s a bumpy ride. I hope so because we will be seeking truth, which is often uncomfortable and difficult to find. We will look all over because the truth is

Bubble-like environments disrupt academic freedom

I have a place to come to: Should schools allow safe spaces and trigger warnings? Back in 1115 AD, when the University of Bologna started to develop as the full force academic institution that it has been for the past 10 centuries, an agreement, the Authentica Habita, was established. This

Uninformed University of Chicago stance confuses definitions

I have a place to come to: Should schools allow safe spaces and trigger warnings? New college students across the United States were introduced with awkward icebreakers, informative sessions and, for students at University of Chicago, one letter of bloviating drivel. For a moment, set aside the irony of a

President’s council decides starting school sooner rather than later is benefical

Augustana begins before Labor Day, will next year, too JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu This year was a record-breaking start for Augustana—record-breakingly early that is. In the first time in over a decade, due to a late Labor Day, Augustana has started in August. Because of a late

Students still waiting on ASA’s tobacco policy

ASA tobacco policy stalls at admin’s doorstep STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu Several months after the Augustana Student Association passed the measure to ban all tobacco products from campus, the policy is still under review by Augustana President Rob Oliver and the Board of Trustees. The measure would

All freshmen must take First Year Seminar

First Year Seminar kicks off for all freshmen JACOB BELGUM jbbelgum13@ole.augie.edu As the 2016-17 academic term begins, all freshmen are now unified under one general education plan, SOPHIA. With that comes the full rollout of the First Year Seminar, which underwent a pilot program last year in