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Top three bathrooms on campus

Top three bathrooms on campus

In our lives, we travel to a great deal of places. As college students, we may travel from our places of living to campus, work, our preferred coffee shop or study spot, or on an adventure outside of the city entirely — all in a single day. It’s almost miraculous

Bare feet should be banned in airports everywhere

Bare feet should be banned in airports everywhere

When I disembarked from my flight from London at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport, I was exhaustedly preparing for the long process of customs and security required of me to get back into the country. I eventually found myself at the front of the security line where I was

The Naked Truth: Hookups & Sobriety

The Naked Truth: Hookups & Sobriety

Augustana is no stranger to a phenomenon in higher education known as hookup culture. Although the culture may look different here compared to state universities because of our Christian core values and lack of Greek life, it certainly exists. When I talked to women on campus, their definitions of the

Augustana should implement four-day school week

Augustana should implement four-day school week

Picture this: It’s Thursday afternoon, and instead of preparing for another day of classes after a stressful week of exams and presentations, students are packing up their bags, ready to enjoy a three-day weekend. Nice dream, right? But what if this could be a reality for universities across the

Escaping the college grindset

As a college student, it often feels like there is something I should be doing. If I’m not in class, I should be studying. If I’m not studying, I should be applying for internships. If I’m not applying to internships, I should be building my resume. This

The Naked Truth: An introduction

The Naked Truth: An introduction

Throughout my life, there have rarely been times I felt open to discussing sex with the women around me. I grew up in a small, religious town that had little to no sex education, and not talking about the action was an unspoken rule among all young women. Girls didn’

Fishing improves mental health

Fishing improves mental health

The garage of my childhood home in Mahopac, New York, wasn’t an ordinary garage. Instead of cars, there were several large tanks filled with water and small fish. Sawbellies and shiners, we call ‘em. I’d always hear water flowing and splashing in there as the pipe aeration system