Hanson Hall News Today

Food prices continue to rise but farmers aren’t receiving a larger cut of the profits. Who’s making all that money? An Iowa author spoke with Our Quad Cites News via Zoom to explain. Austin Frerick, author of the new book, “Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” says that “barons,” a term […]

Last week’s homecoming events at Augustana College included a celebration of my 50th year as a member of the Augustana faculty – something I had not envisioned when I joined

After an impressive 45-year radio career, the velvet-voiced Herb Trix will be retiring Sept. 15, 2023 at age 70. He’s been news director at WVIK, the Augustana-based Quad Cities NPR station, since 1987. “In a lot of ways, Herb Trix is synonymous with WVIK,” Jared Johnson, the station CEO, said Thursday. “It’s going to be […]

The biannual Midwest Mountaineering Outdoor Adventure Expo in Minneapolis is a call to action for friends of the outdoor life.

From the State Normal School for Women in Harrisonburg, to the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, to Madison College, to James Madison University.

Coman Fevrier, 21, was first listed as a John Doe when Chicago police found him on Sun. Jan. 23.

Coman Fevrier, a North Park University student who was last seen on campus Friday, was found dead, according to a report by Chicago police..

Police are asking for the public's help in locating a North Park University student who was last seen on campus Friday.

I want to be perfectly clear about something: I have never gone to college. Well, that’s not entirely true. When I was 21, I attended a dormitory party at Hanson Hall, located on the campus of South Dakota State University (go Jacks!). I don’t think that should count, even though it was a highly educational experience. Specifically, I learned that when you pin your romantic hopes on a girl who already has about a dozen hickeys, you’re in for a world of heartbreak. I also want to be per...

“Yep. And with any luck, it will get even crappier!” So, how did an avowed non-academic like me end up as a presenter at a university symposium? It’s due to the other side of the education coin, the one labeled “experience.” Hydrogen sulfide is one of the deadliest substances around. This colorless gas is produced by anaerobic bacteria as they feast on rotting organic matter. Hydrogen sulfide has very a distinctive odor, the one that often causes teenaged boys to declare, “If you...