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Viking Gold: Softball wins Division II National Championship

Over a week after Augustana students finished their last day of classes for the spring semester, one group of Vikings was still hard at work. On Memorial Day of 2019, the Augustana softball team won the last two games of their best-of-three series against Texas A&M Kingsville, crowning

Theme house restores GE living community

Augustana’s theme house focused on diversity has been reinstated at the Valhalla house after a year of abandonment. The residents of the new diversity theme house are senior Luca Amayo, junior Taisya Gowlovech and sophomores Daniel Penedo, Jowi Amayo and Patrick Chang. Known to most students as the Global

Federal regulations keep international students from on-campus work study

ELLIE RONNING ekronning17@ole.augie.edu REBEKAH TUCHSCHERER rjtuchscherer16@ole.augie.edu When junior Uyaruun (Joy) Purevdorj needed a college job, she wanted to work in the business office. Instead, she served Augie Bowls in the Ordal Dining Hall during her freshman year as a food service worker. “I remember

Humanities Center renovations transform building’s atmosphere

Whether you have just one class in the Fryxell Humanities Center or feel like you live there, any student has probably noticed the new floor tiles and men in neon yellow littering the halls for renovations. The Board of Trustees began a two-hour meeting in 2016 to decide what kind

Track facility will not be ready for dedication

The dedication will be held for the highly anticipated Larson Track & Field Complex on Friday, Sept. 20, but the facility will not be completed, according to an email from assistant director of athletic communications Ryan Hilgemann. “It’s disappointing that our student-athletes are delayed from using the facility. The

Students risk tornado to help heart hospital

When Jake Vaca heard Avera Heart Hospital had suffered major damage during Tuesday night’s tornados, he immediately headed toward the disaster area with Andrew Sweeter. On Tuesday night, one of three confirmed EF-2 tornados hit the Avera Heart Hospital, which is located on 69th Street off of I-229, spanned

Water main break means some freshmen will have to shower at the Elmen

Water in Solberg Hall has been shut off because of a water main break, according to an email from Mark Blackburn sent early Thursday afternoon. Restrooms, showers and drinking fountains will not work until the water leak is located and fixed, according to the email. Excavators are working to fix