So this post is a continuation of my last post. We have now left Taize and have arrived in the amazing, wonderful, beautiful, spectacular city of Paris, France!! I have wanted to go to Paris ever since I started taking French my freshman year of high school. So let me tell you, I was on [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by jenniferschroder09
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So on Friday, my class went out to sunset marina where we siphoned for fish. We went out to the Mississippi river where we put these huge nets that had wooden circles on the top of the the net and a lead line on the bottom. In the middle of the net, there was a [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by aarontrost10
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When you only have ten weeks (plus finals) a term, time seems to go by really, really, really fast. I picked all of my classes for next term and finally got all the classes I want for once. That’s one of the perks of not being an underclassman anymore, those who aren’t in your major [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by aliciaoken09
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Life is like strawberries and Augie fruit dip, so sticky yet so sweet!! I have had a couple of sticky-sweet situations pop into my life in the past few weeks. Like delofting my bed. Before: Now comes the hard task. Take out all of the stuff underneath–check. Take out all of the clips that hold [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2011 by ashleywolfe11
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I have never pictured myself as a “country girl” in any shape or form… until I came to Augie. Just about all of my friends and anyone else I meet here on campus are from Chicago suburbs; on occasion, I’ll find the few from other cities or big towns. I, on the other hand, have [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2011 by Ashley LaGrow
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I’m from Chicago aka the greatest city ever. I love it. Coming from Chicago to Rock Island has been a big change. I never thought that coming from a big city to a smaller town would ever be this difficult. Before I start, excuse my bias towards city life, my lack of truly knowing my [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by nicolewilcek11
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I wrote this story/rant around this time last year, and can see it still applies, much to my dismay: It was then that I saw it. The leaves that until today had been rivers of colors surrounding trees, reaching towards the sidewalks, an array of crunching steps to brighten just anyone’s day. But what I [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by Jaime
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Elle \”Big Style on Campus\”
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by Zelda
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Tuesday evening, the rumors were swirling. The Red Sox were going to let Epstein leave Beantown. Once the youngest general manager in the game, Epstein led the Red Sox to two World Series championships and reversed the infamous ‘Curse of the Bambino’ that ravaged Red Sox Nation for over 90 years. Wednesday morning, Epstein agreed [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by jacobmisener09
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Last weekend, I traveled with the Augustana Women’s tennis team to Carthage College for our last meets for the season, conference. It ended up going well, and the team got forth place. As I was watching some of the matches, I left for a little while and wandered around the Carthage College Campus. Before I [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by calliewinter10
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