Bicycling in the City (What you should know)

The Department of Public Safety is hosting a free, 2 hour outdoor bicycle safety seminar on-campus, instructed by the Twin Cities Bike Walk Ambassadors. If you don't own a bicycle, we can provide a loaner. Come practice "need to knows" for safe bike handling in an urban environment. You'll learn proper lane positioning, signaling turns, safe quick stops, maneuvering around obstacles etc. Participants will each receive free bike maps and other cool prizes! Pizza will be served afterwards. All experience levels are encouraged to attend. Thursday, September 23rd from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. You must pre-register by e-mailing DPS Officer Jennifer Kellogg at kellogg@augsburg.edu

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What's this "AA" - Academic Alert?

Have you checked your Augsburg e-mail account lately and found a message with the subject line "AA" and followed by your name? Perhaps you've avoided opening this message in fear of infecting your computer with a virus. Thankfully this isn't another virus. It also isn't a hoax. If you receive this message, you've gotten an Academic Alert from an instructor because he/she is concerned about you. We want you to be as successful as possible and early identification and resolution of issues is a giant step toward success. The academic alert gives you an opportunity to address concerns with your instructor(s).

Academic alert is an electronic tool used by faculty to inform students aware of academic concerns. It is often used in conjunction with individual meetings. An Instructor will send an alert to an individual student when issues limiting academic success are identified. Some examples of reasons for sending an alert include: lack of class participation, poor performance on test or homework, and lack of attendance. The alert message is automatically sent to the student recipient, his or her faculty advisor, and members of the Academic Alert response team.

What should you do if you receive an alert? First and foremost, don't panic but also don't ignore it. You might think of the alert process as outreach. We're reaching out to help and support you. It is meant to identify issues and give you a chance to resolve them. Ignoring the problem won't make it go away.

Next, we encourage alert recipients to speak with the faculty member submitting the message. This helps to clarify issues and determine options.

Finally, decide how you to resolve the issue(s). Some factors to consider when making your decision include: course requirements, financial aid, withdrawal deadlines and enrollment status.

Advisors are available in many offices to assist you evaluating your options. Please feel free to contact any of the resources listed in the alert message for assistance in evaluating your options.

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Men Ending Rape: Transforming A Rape Culture

On Wednesday, September 29 at 6:30pm, please come to the Chapel for Keith Edwards' talk, "Men Ending Rape: Transforming A Rape Culture." Keith is nationally recognized for his sexual assault prevention work with the organization, Men Ending Rape, and he speaks on diversity, social justice, and college men's issues. His talk will also kick off the formation of a student organization that will focus on sexual assault prevention and education. We hope to see you there – all are welcome!

Keith's appearance at Augsburg is sponsored by the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center, Dean of Students, Augsburg for Adults, Campus Activities and Orientation, American Indian Student Services, LGBTQIA Services, Department of Residence Life, and Counseling and Health Promotion.

Questions? Contact Jessica Nathanson at nathanso@augsburg.edu or at x1528.

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Submitting Academic Alerts

The Academic Alert system is up and running for the term. All Instructors, Day/Weekend, regular/adjunct, are encouraged to send an alert message to students when academic concerns are identified. Areas of concern might include, but are not limited to: lack of attendance, unprepared for class, poor performance on tests and assignments, and/or lack of participation. An alert is not meant to replace face to face interaction with students. Each of you likely addresses academic issues with students as they arise. The alert message can however be used in addition to speaking with the student and/or when a student is absent from class and you have been unable to reach them via phone or email. We hope that by reporting concerns early, students will have greater opportunity to correct the situation and salvage the course.

Now is the perfect time to submit an alert for students who have never attended your course(s). This gives us an opportunity to contact students and process withdrawal paperwork as needed. The Academic alert message is generated from the Augnet Records and Registration class roster. When logged into Augnet, click on Records and Registration. From Records and Registration, go into the appropriate class roster. You'll see a "Prepare Alert" link next to each student's name. Click on the link to access the alert message system. You can also access the alert system through Augnet Administrative Tasks.

Please contact me (andersos or X1777) if you have difficulty using the academic alert system.

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Mindful Dialogues:The Problem of General Education

Faculty and Staff Conversation with Reception
Thursday, September 23, 4:30-6:00, 111 Oren Gateway Center (Note Room Change)

This year launches a new series, Mindful Dialogues, to collectively examine issues relevant to higher education. In the fall, we will examine Louis Menand's The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University. The first session will address the first chapter, "The Problem of General Education." An informal social reception will follow.

The complete schedule for the fall sessions is:

September 23, 4:30-6:00, OGC 111 - The Problem of General Education
October 14, 4:30-6:00, OGC 111 – The Humanities Revolution
November 11, 4:30-6:00, Augsburg House – Interdisciplinarity and Anxiety
December 9, 4:30-6:00, OGC 111 – Why Do Professors All Think Alike?

Facilitator: Doug Green, English.
RSVP to lashbroo@augsburg.edu so we can make proper arrangements and/or to obtain a copy of the book.

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Last Chance to Register for Fall GRE Prep

Registration is now open for the fall 2010 GRE prep course!

The class will be held on Tuesdays 6-9 p.m. from 9/21 to 10/26. Preference will be given to current Augsburg students and staff as well as alums. Individuals not affiliated with the college may register, but will be put on a waiting list and admitted only if the class does not fill up.

To register go to: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html.

Questions? Contact Dixie Shafer at shafer@augsburg.edu.

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Dr. Smadar Lavie on the Mizrahi-Palestinian Border

Faculty and staff are particularly encouraged to attend the first of the Women's Resource Center brown-bag lunches this year, which will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 12:30 in 207 Sverdrup. Anthropologist and Women's Studies and Religion scholar, Dr. Smadar Lavie, will give a paper on the Mizrahi-Palestinian border zone and feminist transnationalism (an abstract is below).

Please feel free to bring your lunch. Water, tea, hot chocolate, and instant coffee will be available.

"Where is the Mizrahi-Palestinian Border Zone? Interrogating Feminist Transnationalism Through the Bounds of the Lived"

Gloria Anzaldua describes the border as an "open wound…where the Third World grates against the First and bleeds. And before a scab forms, it hemorrhages again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country' a border culture." She proposes that this "third country" is where South/South feminist coalitions are possible without the mediation of U.S.-European feminism. For Anzaldua, the border zone between transnational "hyphens" connotes fluidity and movement across boundaries. In the case of Euro-Israel, the volatile gender/race/nation South/South coalition among subaltern Arabs is forced upon both Mizrahi ("Eastern," Hebrew) women and Palestinian women who have Israeli citizenship. These women do not want to be in this "third country," which emerges from the dispossession of their lands, languages, and cultures. But they are stuck.

I argue that the Mizrahi and Palestinian-Israeli "hyphens" are what allow subaltern, non-European women in the State of Israel to transform their trapped status into the radical act of "staying put." "Staying put" here means using the state's limits on mobility as a source of empowerment. "Staying put" means dancing delicately on those "hyphens" while concurrently rejecting them, for the act of "staying put" is not representational, but somatic—and therefore difficult to theorize about outside of the bounds of lived experience. I question the feminist ethnographic renditions of "discourse" and "transnationalism" by examining the limits that feminist post-colonial theory encounters when it attempts to describe the lived horrors of the border zone.

Thus, this text challenges the modes of the textualization of gendered ethnographic experience. It calls into question not only the older "reflexive" style of feminist ethnographies, but also the new genres of feminist ethnography that call for—as well as problematize—the ethnographer's commitment to bear public witness to suffering.

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Book Group: Einstein's God

Book Group: Einstein's God
Tuesdays, September 28-November 2, 12:00-1:30 pm, Cedar Room of Christensen Center

A book group is being formed to read and discuss Krista Tippett's Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit, a collection of 10 interviews with scientists, surgeons, and writers on how the interplay of science and religion can help us live more meaningful lives. Participants are expected to attend at least four of the six sessions, and provide feedback on the experience. Readings and discussion topics are as follows:

September 28, Intro, Ch. 1-2: Einstein's God & The Biology of the Spirit
October 5, Ch. 3-4: Heart and Soul & Evolution and Wonder
October 12, Ch. 5-6: The Heart's Reason & Mathematics, Purpose and Truth
October 19, Ch. 7-8: Getting Revenge and Forgiveness & Stress and the Balance Within
October 26, Ch. 9-10: The Soul in Depression & Quarks and Creation
Nov 2: Wrap-Up

Participants will be invited to go through the cafeteria line.

Hosts: Garry Hesser, Mark Engebretson, Ben Stottrup, and David Murr.
RSVP to lashbroo@augsburg.edu to reserve lunch and obtain a copy of the book.

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Register Now for Fall LSAT Prep

Registration is now open for the fall LSAT prep course!

Interested in Law School? If so, how you do on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) could make all the difference between getting into the Law School you want, and not getting into Law School at all.
An LSAT Prep Course is being offered this fall through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity. Our course instructor scored in the top 1% of test-takers and has taught LSAT seminars for 14 years. Most corporate tutors charge $175/Hour! URGO offers this 4-week course for only $150. It's never too early to take this course, even if you are just thinking about Law School.
Dates: Wednesdays October 6, 13, 20, and 27
Time: 6-9 PM
Location: Oren Gateway Center, Augsburg College
Alums and non-Augsburg students are also welcome to register.

To register go to: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/lsat_prep_reg.html

Questions? Contact Dixie Shafer at shafer@augsburg.edu

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Employers To Be On Campus

On Monday, September 20th from 10-12:30 the following employers will be on campus, please stop by their table in the Christensen Center Lobby:

College Pro
Monday, September 20, 2010
10:00-12:30 Christensen Center Lobby
Stop by for an informal conversation with recent alum and learn about the benefit filled management and leadership training, as well as, the potential for post graduation careers. For more information visit http://www.collegepro.com

ACR Homes
Monday, September 20, 2010
10:00-12:30 Christensen Center Lobby
Stop by and speak to representatives from ACR. ACR Homes provides residential support services for people with physical and/or developmental disabilities.
For more information visit http://www.acrhomes.com

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Learn to Run Group

Do you hate running? Want to learn to love it? Come be a part of the learn to run group at Augsburg and learn in a safe environment with other beginners. Days/times yet to be determined. I know you want to! Email wheelerw@augsburg.edu

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Need to Buy Flex Points?

If you need Flex Points to use at any of the Augsburg Dining locations, don't forget to visit Chris Nowak in the A-Club Grille office, Monday through Friday from 11am until 1:30pm. It's fast, easy, and convenient! You'll never have to worry about carrying cash or your debit card again...all the funds are placed on your student ID within minutes.

If you need further assistance with Flex Points or your meal plan, visit Chris or contact him at augsburg@aviands.com

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Last Day to Return Textbooks

Friday Sept. 17 is the last day to return textbooks. Books must be returned with the receipt and in the original condition as they were purchased. Bookstore hours Friday, Sept 17 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Discounts at Run-N-Fun this Weekend

Run-N-Fun in St. Paul and Burnsville is offering all Auggie fac/staff a Shopping Weekend on Sat., Sept. 18 and Sun., Sept. 19. Discounts include 25% off retail on shoes and 30% off retail on clothing.

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Recovery Month Tidbits

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer, most commonly attributed to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs.

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

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Handheld Fans

For those who need them (you know who you are!), handheld fans are available for free in the Women's Resource Center. Please help spread the word, and contact Jessica Nathanson at nathanso@augsburg.edu to arrange to pick one up.

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New Augsburg Dining Website

Check out the newly designed Augsburg Dining website. Here you find information on all things Augsburg Dining (menus, hours, news, etc.). We're even connected to some of your favorite social networks, such as Facebook & Twitter. If you find the Augsburg Dining Services page on Facebook and "like" it, you will be automatically entered throughout the year for prizes and giveaway, such as gas gift cards, microwaves, and more!

Check it out today and keep it in handy throughout the school year!
http:/augsburg.aviands.com

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Renaissance Festival Tickets

Human Resources has discount tickets available for the Renaissance Festival. We are selling tickets at the following prices: Adult - $15.95, Kids - $8.50, Food Books - $5.00. Please bring correct change or check. We cannot accept credit card.

The Renaissance Festival runs August 21st - October 3rd weekends and Labor Day, and Friday, October 1st. Open 9am - 7pm. Tickets are valid for any date the Festival is open.

This is an incredible deal—regular ticket prices are $20.95 for adults, $11.95 for kids, and $6.00 for food books! Stop down in HR to pick up your tickets today!

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Winter Study Abroad Programs

Apply by Oct 1: Study Environmental Politics in Costa Rica & Nicaragua!

Join Professor Joe Underhill spring semester in a course like no other! For two weeks over winter break, analyze environmental challenges, opportunities and interrelationships as you visit eco-tourism sites, sustainable farming cooperatives and meet with local government officials, activists and business leaders in both Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Then spend the rest of spring semester synthesizing what you learned, and applying it to our context here in Minneapolis.

Course title: ENV 310: Environmental Politics Field Seminar OR POL 461: Topics in International Politics
Travel Dates: Dec. 31, 2010-Jan. 15, 2011 (course meets before travel and two hours a week Jan 19-March 9)
Cost: $4,589 for full-time Day students, $4,949 for WEC students
Fulfills: Augsburg Experience and Upper division requirement/elective for ES, POL and IR
Deadline to apply: Friday, October 1!


Financial aid is available too! For more information on studying abroad or about this program, please contact Andrea Dvorak at dvorak@augsburg.edu or stop by the study abroad library in Murphy Place!

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Apply by Oct 1: Learn about Indigenous Issues in Chiapas, Mexico!

Join Professor Elise Marubbio in winter break to explore the contemporary issues faced by the indigenous people of Chiapas and their cultures by interacting with Indigenous people and organizations. Learn about different Indigenous cosmology and spirituality, sovereignty or autonomy, and Indigenous cooperatives, businesses, educational systems, and more. Back in Minneapolis, spend the rest of spring semester synthesizing what you learned.
Course title: AIS 305 OR 490: Indigenous Issues of Central America: Chiapas
Travel Dates: January 5-13, 2011 (course meets before travel and lasts all spring semester)
Cost: $2,600 for full-time Day students, $2,969 for WEC students
Fulfills: Augsburg Experience, AIS or WST elective, and Keystone (AIS 490 only)
Deadline to apply: Friday, October 1!


Financial aid is available too! For more information on studying abroad or about this program, please contact Andrea Dvorak at dvorak@augsburg.edu or stop by the study abroad library in Murphy Place!

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Apply by Oct 1: Explore Vocation & Christian Faith in El Salvador!

Join Professor Bev Stratton in winter break to examine how Christian theology has been used to justify oppression, support social justice movements, and offer hope in Christian communities in El Salvador, while you also focus on the concept of vocation in the context of poverty and political injustice.
Course title: REL 480: Vocation and the Christian Faith: El Salvador
Travel Dates: January 6-16, 2011 (course meets before and after travel)
Cost: $2,759 for full-time Day students, $3,119 for WEC students
Fulfills: Augsburg Experience and Keystone
Deadline to apply: Friday, October 1!


Financial aid is available too! For more information on studying abroad or about this program, please contact Andrea Dvorak at dvorak@augsburg.edu or stop by the study abroad library in Murphy Place!

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Free Lockers for Students

Campus Activities and Orientation has a limited number of lockers that students can reserve for their use for the academic year. These lockers are completely free and are located on the ground floor of Science Building. Lockers are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, and priority is given to students who commute from off-campus. To find out more information on how to reserve a locker, contact Michael Grewe, CAO Assistant Director, via email at grewe@augsburg.edu as soon as possible!

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Study and Intern Abroad - Deadline October 1

Steps to study abroad...

1. Attend a Group Advising Meeting.
Group Advising Meetings are held DAILY in the Study Abroad Library in Murphy Place. You'll find out about finances, academics, and how to research programs around the world. See schedule below.

2. Choose a program.
Choose from quality Augsburg College programs and many affiliated programs.
There are over 300 programs available in over 80 different countries.

3. Apply by the deadline.

OCTOBER 1st Spring Semester & Faculty-led Winter Break Programs

February 1st Faculty-led Summer/Spring WEC programs
March 1st Fall Semester, Academic Year & non-Augsburg Summer

-----Advising Hours----

Monday
3:00 pm

Tuesday
9:00 am
4:00 pm

Wednesday
10:00 am
3:00 pm (for CGE: Central America, Mexico & Namibia)

Thursday
9:00 am
3:00 pm(for Faculty-led programs in Winter Break & Summer)

Friday
11:00 am
2:30 pm
+ Evening hours by appointment for Weekend College students.

questions? abroad@augsburg.edu

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Champion Sale Ends Today at the Bookstore

Stock up on your Auggie gear..
All regular price Champion is buy one get one half off! Sale ends Friday, Sept. 17.

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Receptions & Artist Talks - Tonight

Join us tonight for the first exhibition receptions of the 2010-11 gallery season. Take in the exhibitions, meet the artists and hear them discuss their artwork, all while enjoy food and refreshments.


"Living Organics/09.01.29"
Kiera Faber

Friday, September 17
Artist Talk: 1:30 p.m.
Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Gage Family Art Gallery, Oren Gateway Center

Approximately 19,000 individual photographs make up Kiera Faber's eleven minute stop-motion animation film, "Living Organics / 09.01.29," exploring a world where appearances are deceiving. Food and refreshments provided.



"Selected Works from the Reliquarium Collection"
Sarah Stone

Friday, September 17
Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
Christensen Center Art Gallery, Christensen Center

Using images ranging from the Venus of Willendorf to a Gucci shoe, Sarah Stone explores iconography through her series of acrylic paintings. Food and refreshments will be provided.

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International Scholarship Workshops-Up to $8K

Got a Pell Grant? Apply for a Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad.

The Gilman International Scholarship offers up to $8,000 additional funding for semester (all majors) and summer (STEM majors) study abroad to students who have a Pell grant as part of their financial aid.

Attend a Gilman Workshop to learn how to apply before the upcoming October 5th DEADLINE!

Gilman Workshop 1 Tuesday, 9/21/10 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Oren Gateway 100
or
Gilman Workshop 2 Friday, 9/24/10 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oren Gateway 100

http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program

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Recruitment, Retention, Recognition – September 22

CAO welcomes ALL student leaders to Recruitment, Retention, Recognition (RRR), the first installment in the Student Group Workshop Series. The goal of this series is to strengthen the awareness, leadership, management, and organizational skills of student leaders around a myriad of different topics. RRR will cover timely issues as it is the beginning of a new academic year!

Do you want to know how to recruit members for your group? Then this is the workshop to attend. Have you thought about how you will keep talented leaders involved with your org? Then this is the workshop to attend. Want to know how to recognize your committed members and leaders in significant and creative ways? Then this is the workshop to attend!

Carrie Carroll, Assistant Vice President for Admissions, will facilitate the RRR workshop on Wednesday, September 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100.

Please remember, commissioned student organizations are required to send at least one representative to no less than two workshops per semester. Chartered student organizations are required to send at least one representative to no less than one workshop per semester.

Additionally, these workshops are for all student leaders on campus. So if you are not part of a formal organization, feel free to attend.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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"Tea Party Movement" Tea Party Today

Join members of the Political Science and History Departments in an informal discussion of the recent phenomenon of the Tea Party movement, its historical antecedents, its meaning in the current political context, and prospects for the upcoming midterm elections. The event is offered in recognition of Constitution Day, a federally-mandated observance of this foundational document, which many in the Tea Party view as under attack by the Obama Administration.

Tea and crumpets will be served, and there will likely be some discussion of crumpets (and their merits vis a vis scones, trifle, and watercress sandwiches) as part of this political tea party.

Time: Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, 3:00-5
Place: OGC 113

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Auggie Athletics Update

Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Wednesday, Sept. 15:
Men's Soccer -- St. John's 1, Augsburg 0
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/9/15/msoc091510.aspx?path=msoc

Volleyball -- St. Mary's 3, Augsburg 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-15)
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/9/15/vb0915102.aspx?path=wvball


Upcoming Events:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/

Saturday, Sept. 18:
M/W Cross Country -- Augsburg at St. Olaf Invitational, 10 a.m.
Football -- Augsburg vs. Hamline, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m.
Men's Soccer -- Augsburg at St. Thomas, 1 p.m.
Women's Soccer -- Augsburg vs. St. Thomas, Edor Nelson Field, 7 p.m.
Men's Golf -- Augsburg at St. John's Fall Invitational
Women's Golf -- Augsburg at Carleton Division III Midwest Classic

Sunday, Sept. 19:
Men's Golf -- Augsburg at St. John's Fall Invitational
Women's Golf -- Augsburg at Carleton Division III Midwest Classic

Monday, Sept. 20:
Volleyball -- Augsburg vs. Crown, Si Melby Hall, 7 p.m.
Men's Soccer -- Augsburg vs. Northwestern-Roseville, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 21:
Women's Soccer -- Augsburg vs. Wisconsin-La Crosse, Edor Nelson Field, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 22:
Volleyball -- Augsburg at Hamline, 7 p.m.

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Gopher Football Tickets for Sale for This Saturday

I have two Gopher Football tickets for sale for this Saturday's game, September 18th, 2010 versus Southern California. Game time is 2:30pm. Price of ticket(s) is negotiable. I am willing to sell either one or both tickets. Contact me if you are interested or want more information.

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