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When I think about college so far, it feels like a mix of excitement and stress. Some days are filled with classes, practices and exams, and other days I’m just trying to figure out how to juggle everything. Through it all, music has been one of the few things

When the United States was established in 1776, the founders wrote mentions of “God” and “a Creator” into the Declaration of Independence. However, the Constitution, the core legal document that was written within about a decade makes no such mention of religion. Another century later, the Pledge of Allegiance — which

Throughout the years, I have become less vocal about my political beliefs. Though I have no problem with disagreeing with others, I’ve found that this often seems to cause uncivil behavior, and so I tend to avoid speaking out. However, with the recent and unfortunate passing of American conservative

It will never cease to fascinate me how much public perception and media coverage affect our daily lives, especially when it comes to risk.  There are the obvious things: headlines about recent events, social media feeds flooded because something had happened. However, some intersections of perception and risk are subtle.

My name is Madisyn Stogsdill, I’m a junior and I study journalism and art. This is my third year writing for The Augustana Mirror and my first time as your Forum Editor. I am particularly interested in this section as it tweaks the traditional expectations of journalistic writing. Many

The primacy of work reigns over our heads. Our society instills into us that we need to be productive at all times and that laziness is sinful. Rather than simply existing to exist, we have become achievement subjects — entities that exist to achieve and work. According to philosopher and cultural