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After testing the waters, swim team searches for improvements

CALLIN NADDY cnaddy18@ole.augie.edu Every season is about growth for the Augustana women’s swimming team. Head coach Lindsie Micko began planning the program during the 2015-2016 school year, and last year the team found success despite being in its infancy. The team qualified two women—current sophomores

Analysis: How would Augustana Football fare in Division I?

NOAH WICKS ntwicks17@ole.augie.edu After a surprising announcement in April by Augustana President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin that a discussion would be taking place about whether the university should move up to the Division I playing field, the campus and surrounding Sioux Falls communities erupted into chatter. Now, in

Student political parties gear up for midterm elections

JACOB KNUTSON jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Augustana student political groups have been beating the party drums throughout the Sioux Falls community this fall and intend on picking up the tempo as Election Day nears. Although the Augustana Democrats have primarily focused their efforts on local elections, the Augustana Republicans have

Campus ministry travels to Pine Ridge Reservation over fall break

STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasasanchez15@ole.augie.edu It was night time when a rental van with California license plates parked outside of Pine Ridge Recreation Center on Oct. 12, 2018. Augustana Pastor Paul Rohde got out of the van, happy to arrive after a five-hour drive that took him and three

How tariffs may affect AU students, faculty

NOAH WICKS JACOB KNUTSON ntwicks17@ole.augie.edu jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China have placed U.S. farmers in a state of uncertainty as the effects on the economy are yet unknown. The Trump administration initiated tariffs on China to curb what it

A Star is Born: music still sweet 81 years later

BEAU BORDEWYK bjbordewyk16@ole.augie.edu In Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” Bobby Maine (Sam Elliott) recalls something his younger brother, the co-leading Jackson Maine (Cooper), once said about the repetitive structure of music: “Just 12 notes repeated. It’s the same story told over and over, forever.

Augie Fem writes letters to Christine Blasey Ford

JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu Four days after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn into the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, Augie Feminists gathered in the Halverson Room to discuss their reactions and write letters to Christine Blasey Ford, the University of Palo Alto professor who accused Kavanaugh of sexual