Category: Top Stories
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Baseball sweeps USF in three-game series
The Vikings’ baseball team knocked out USF over three games May 1-2. On Monday, May 2, the players won 12-2 against the Cougars. The Vikings were able to hold USF to two fewer runs than the Sunday evening game. On Sunday, May 1, Augustana won both doubleheader games, first by 2-0 and the second at […]
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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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Alhasnawi, Arega to be next year’s ASA president, VP
Students will elect student body leaders this week, including a new Augustana Student Association president and vice president. Juniors Sara Alhasnawi and Tsegab Arega are the only ticket running for the positions, with Alhasnawi as president and Arega as vice president. Both have served in ASA the last two years. This year, Arega was a […]
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Renovation of green leads to removal of trees
The Augustana green will undergo a major renovation that will create an intramural playing field, an amphitheater and a retention pond on campus. According to Mark Blackburn, the dean of students, to create the playing field and retention pond a few trees need to be removed. This includes the large silver maple tree to the […]
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A new hunting, fishing backcountry club catches campus attention
Senior Hank Freese first got the idea for an Augustana chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers while he was driving home from Minneapolis this past fall. As he journeyed home, he tuned into the MeatEater podcast as he does every Monday. In this particular episode, a Backcountry Hunters and Anglers board member described membership benefits […]
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Yik Yak: hack or attack?
Anonymous speech online is controversial — while anonymity has been crucial for the development of online communities, especially in minority populations, it has also been abused in horrible ways. It’s also the central gimmick of Yik Yak, an app where users post short anonymous “Yaks” that can be seen by other users within a five-mile […]