Category: Top Stories
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Tension spikes at ASA meeting with approval of Black Student Union
Black Student Union members faced mixed reactions of apprehension and acceptance as they received club recognition at the Augustana Student Association this last Tuesday. BSU vice president Montrell Moore said the club will encourage black students to be unified and provide a space of their own. As the club becomes more established, it plans to…
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Vikings victory over Marauders gives cause for celebration
NOAH WICKS ntwicks17@ole.augie.edu The Augustana Vikings football team came out of Viking days singing the Augustana Fight Song after a defeating the University of Mary Marauders 48-16 at Kirkeby-Over Stadium. “It was a great team win today,” coach Jerry Olszewski said. “Like our coaches say, we left some meat on the bone in this one,…
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Esports club to bring competitive video gaming to campus
NOAH WICKS ntwicks17@ole.augie.edu A new sports club is being formed on campus, but instead of jersey numbers and helmets, it uses gamertags and headsets. The esports club, created to bring students into the world of competitive gaming, is still in the process of finding board members and gaining ASA approval. But according to freshman Taha…
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Soccer club brings together players from around the globe
BEAU BORDEWYK bjbordewyk16@ole.augie.edu Soccer is a multicultural sport. The five biggest leagues in the world are from five different countries: England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France. Two out of the five best players in the world are from South America and the rest are from Europe. None of those five are from the same country. The…
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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 Taylor Beagle and Kelsey Gilbert—to the NCAA national meet last…
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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 October of the same year, no decision has…
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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 widened their campaigning to include multiple 2018 ballot…
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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 Augustana students from Sioux Falls to the Pine…
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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…
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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. All any artist can offer the world is how they…