Category: Forum
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Stickers add personality and life to ordinary objects
I love stickers. As a preface, I am an international student. Back home in Ethiopia, the only type of stickers I would see daily were completely nonsensical phrases taxi drivers used to put everywhere on their vehicles, and I mean everywhere. Windows? Full of stickers. The hood? Overtaken by the one and only. The phrases […]
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Patagonia paves way for corporate response to climate change
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard gave away the company’s net worth of $3 billion to fight climate change, stating, “Earth is now our only shareholder” home. Patagonia created this new ownership strategy to prioritize its core values and tackle the environmental crisis as a private company. With this new ownership strategy, […]
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Angles: Is humor appropriate in response to the death of a public figure?
Since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022, it’s been difficult to go onto the internet without coming across some kind of joke related to the event, whether it be conspiracies about her reincarnation or Irish twitter poking fun at the Brits. But how appropriate is it to joke about the death […]
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Earth day impacts worldwide choices annually
Every year, Earth Day falls on April 22. To celebrate and spread awareness of sustainability, the Augie Green club partnered with other clubs on campus to celebrate Earth Week with different activities each day, including a discussion on whitewashing sustainability, beehive decorating, plant potting, a campus cleanup and soap decorating. With all this activity, how […]
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Letter from the (copy) editor: bidding the Mirror adieu
Freshman year, I was walking to my first Mirror meeting in the cozy Humanities office when a friend and dance teammate asked where I was off to. The senior told me that working with the student newspaper takes up a lot of time, and on top of dance and choir, I should reconsider adding yet […]
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Appointment of Justice Jackson marks historic milestone
Ketanji Brown Jackson became the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on April 7, 2022. President Joe Biden nominated her to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who will retire this summer. The Senate confirmed Justice Jackson into the Supreme Court with a vote of 53–47. This landmark vote will undoubtedly be written into […]
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The Theatre is too hot
For non-theater students, the Edith Mortenson Center theater is one area of campus that tends to remain a mystery to most during their years at Augustana. And frankly, there’s nothing wrong with that. People have different interests. But as someone who, depending on the week, spends 20 plus hours there, the heat is a problem. […]
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Save us all from daylight savings
Twice every year there is an opportunity to be a time traveler. Sounds fun, right? Wrong. Because it’s not actually time traveling. It’s an arbitrary rewinding and fast-forwarding of time. For an hour. Just one single hour. And for what? Today, the special guest in the hot seat is daylight savings. Imagine blinking your eyes […]