Category: Variety
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“Midnights:” Taylor Swift’s striking return to pop
Taylor Swift’s 10th studio album, “Midnights,” returns to the pop sound she left with “Lover” in 2019. Swift describes “Midnights” as stories from 13 sleepless nights throughout her life. With a darker, more experimental sound than Swift is known for, this album is an intimate look into Swift’s insecurities and vulnerable thoughts. Coming from the intricate…
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“Black Adam:” a refreshing take on the typical superhero film
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (“Jungle Cruise,” “Non-Stop”), “Black Adam” is the latest entry in the DC Extended Universe. The film is an anti-hero take on the superhero genre while being a high-energy thrill the whole time. The film follows the titular Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson), who was granted the powers of a god and freed the…
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Basso and Benning crowned Viking Days royalty
Seniors Madeline Basso and Cooper Benning were crowned the 2022 Viking Days royalty during the coronation ceremony on Oct. 12. Students had the opportunity to vote for the two candidates out of ten royalty court members: Sadbi Bravo, Tatiana Chance, Courtney Chrystal, Jose Cruz Medina, Colin Ferri, Kellie Geigle, Kinzie Gullikson and Nacho Larios. Benning…
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Augustana celebrates Indigenous People’s Day
Augustana University Chapel and Our Saviors Lutheran Church hosted the second annual Indigenous People’s Day event on Oct. 9. Students and members of the community were invited to share a traditional meal of fry bread and buffalo soup before hearing from Prairie Rose Seminole, an educator and advocate from the Northern Cheyenne tribe. Attendees also…
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IGNITE club hosts first yearly meeting to welcome members
Boxes of mini Crumbl cookies lined the tables and a Kahoot about women in politics illuminated the big screens. With desserts in hand and a desire to support women, the members of Augustana’s IGNITE chapter were ready to kick off their first meeting of the semester. On Sept. 28, IGNITE held an inquiry-style meeting. Junior…
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Battle of the Barbies: A ranking of the Barbie Cinematic Universe
Like the rest of the world, I found myself with a lot of free time during the 2020 lockdown. With no schoolwork to complete and a lack of motivation to do anything else, I found solace in the plastic arms of my childhood friend: Barbie. I’ve always loved Barbie movies, but I’ve been particularly drawn…
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Travel abroad students share experience, advice
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been limited in study abroad opportunities. Over the past year though, limitations on traveling have decreased, and the world is beginning to open up to tourists again. “Spring semester still had vaccine requirements, negative COVID tests for some locations, some locations had quarantine that was required…
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Rendezvous brings Cambodian culture to campus
A string of flags was wrapped tightly around the entrance to the Back Alley. The colorful shapes were stuck along both sides of the wall leading back to the stage, where a large blue and red flag was draped around a speaker’s podium. “It is the only flag in the world with a building on…
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Fall trip highlights Native history
This fall break, Augustana will take its annual trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation after being on a hiatus since the pandemic. Pastor Ann Rosendale, who will lead the service trip, described it as a great opportunity to learn and appreciate Native American culture and history. “We will be learning alongside Native people, sharing meals…
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Advice to freshmen from seniors
With close to a record breaking amount of freshmen on campus this year, here is what some Augustana seniors would wish they could tell their freshman selves. Sara Alhasnawi, ASA president and biochemistry and Spanish double major “Looking back at my freshman self, I would have encouraged myself to go to more campus events, to…