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ANGLES: Constitutional Conundrum: Should national motto mandate stand?

KELSEY SPROUT klsprout16@ole.augie.edu On March 18, Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 55, requiring all public schools to display the national motto, “In God We Trust, ” in a prominent location by the 2019-2020 school year. The bill passed 47-19 in the House and 19-13 in the Senate

Compromise, leadership necessary for Brexit

It’s hard enough to keep up with our own political news in the U.S. This makes it seem impossible to pay attention to news happening abroad. For many of you, this whole Brexit ordeal keeps cropping up in your newsfeed, but you may not have any idea what’

‘Room in the heart for more’: Dr. Harris reunites with birth mother after 50 years

Photo by Carrie Arrington. On Mar. 8, Jason Harris stepped off a plane into a small North Carolina airport and locked eyes with Sandi Gunning Arrington. The mother and son smiled at each other for the first time. Harris, an Augustana business law professor, met his birth mother Arrington for

New group on campus seeks to help low-income kids

Many of us may overlook having access to the most basic of amenities. The stuff we may take for granted, like school supplies or medicine, are the very things some families cannot afford. If parents cannot afford to provide a healthy life through medicine and solid education with the supplies

The other half to Luca Amayo: poet and writer

In Nairobi, Kenya, Luca Amayo stood beside a stage ready to share his poetry in SLAM style next to the psychedelic orange, red, blue and yellow decorating in the Alchemist, a gathering place for creative Kenyan youth. Amayo said he thought to himself, “Is this really a good idea? Why

Women’s golf takes sixth place at spring fling

The Augustana women’s golf team secured a sixth-place finish after spending spring break playing in the Augustana University Spring Fling in Palm Desert, C.A. Head coach Peggy Kirby said that she is looking forward to drier and warmer weather that will allow the team to get outside and

Rising in the ranks: Baseball alumni advance to professional play

After the baseball team’s championship win last season, pitchers Jacob Blank and Tyler Mitzel were able to leave their college baseball careers with one of the highest achievements that can be earned. But they didn’t have to leave their baseball careers altogether. Blank and Mitzel were able to