I was comforted once by my statistics: young, healthy, careful, smart. Of course I wasn’t going to contract the virus; I wasn’t like most of its early victims. COVID-19 was for the graphs that J.B....
Happy Earth week! If you’re anything like me, you’re going stir crazy during these difficult times and struggling to make the most out of your situation as shelter-in-place is extended in Illinois...
I am waist-deep in a recycling bin while my friends are yelling at me to get out, but I heed not their words: this is pop-tabs competition week.
In the bi-annual Greek tradition of a pop-tab collecting...
"I wish people would recognize that it is their fight. It is not administration’s or SGA’s. It is the people’s fight" – MJ Mason
The Observer sent a reporter into the streets to gather campus...
Representatives from Augustana's pro-life group stood in the quad and passed out cards to students on Monday, April 1. With a display of pink crosses signifying the 911 abortions done everyday at Planned...
With the trepidation of a freshly-hired intern, I expected a panel of critics at JCPenney’s “Suit Up” event to hand us a list of all the clothes we couldn’t wear.
I pictured some woman in a pantsuit...
Decades after its founding at Augustana in the spring of 1968, alumni are coming home for the 50th anniversary of Black Student Union (BSU) on homecoming weekend, Oct. 5 and 6.
At a time of national unrest...
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There are moments, sometimes in love and most times in art, when it feels as though the universe is altered just for the briefest of seconds because you have witnessed something so beautiful you don't...
In the Gerber Center dining hall, past the food stations, kitchens and offices, a noticeable voice is missing. After 38 years of service as a dining hall worker, Leslie Dennison passed away in the Branson,...
It was "tornado warning" night when I went to see "Crazy Rich Asians" last month, but no way was I going to let torrential rain and a green-looking sky get in the way of seeing the first all-Asian cast...
