Originally, I was going to write about my three week trip to Greece and Sicily with Brandon Alakas and Geoff Dipple’s Classics class. For those of you who are still interested in that, keep an eye on our website, because I will still get something up there over the next week about the trip! As… Read More Stepping Back and Trying to Give Space
BY NATHALIE HEWA DEWAGE Last Friday, I gave a speech in the forum as part of the Black History Month opening ceremony. So did my friends. The response we got was polarized. Many people applauded us but there was some push-back. It was a little disheartening, though still expected. Something a lot of people said… Read More A Love Letter
SUBMITTED BY PHILIP MIHESO When I was in high school, my history teacher asked me to create a presentation for Black History Month. Frankly, I never comprehended why she wanted me to do so… what did that have to do with Kenya? But I did, and in many ways, I learned. I learned the story… Read More Black History Month: Let’s Get Real
BY AMIELLE CHRISTOPHERSON During the ASA AGM last week, I found myself making suggestions I would have hated hearing when I was 17 or 18. The floor had been opened to discuss suggestions for the new substance policies coming to campus next semester and I put forward the idea that, if residences are going to… Read More Slow and Steady Makes New Policies Work
BY NATHALIE HEWA DEWAGE Augustana has a problem. A problem with minority groups. If you think about it, you could say Augustana has always had this problem – a small town and Lutheran roots don’t exactly foster diversity. But that isn’t all of it. The real issue is that it’s been a 100 years and… Read More A Reply To Racism
BY AMIELLE CHRISTOPHERSON The most common conversation I’ve been having lately is, “We should definitely get together soon and catch up! What’s your week look like?…oh, what about next week?…what about before you head home for Christmas?” because life is nonstop chaos?? and we’re all just running around?? and every morning there somehow ends up… Read More Life is Chaos and Chaos is Life and Everything’s on Fire
BY AMIELLE CHRISTOPHERSON In the Oct. 22, 2018 issue of The Dagligtale, the story “Appropriation is Not a Costume: A Reminder” included two individual pieces of writing under one headline with no clear way to distinguish where one ended and the other began. It also credited all three authors at the beginning of the piece,… Read More Editorial: An Apology
