May 3, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
International students or students of color are not looking for sympathy. Please allow me to kill that assumption. We are not looking for you to give a big grin when approaching us and go back to your resting face as soon as y...
Chips editorial staff
May 3, 2018
Filed under Editorial
At the beginning of the year, we at Chips mounted a cover from the Vol. 86, No. 20 edition of the paper (published in 1969) in our office. The cover is all black with a quote from James Baldwin in the center. It reads:
“A count...
Ana López, News Editor
May 3, 2018
Filed under Editorial
I wait. I wait for the day when actions taken against hate are as bold and strong as the pain it causes in our community. I wait, but I don’t wait idly.
In the meantime, we were sent an apology by two students. While I wait, ...
April 25, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
To the Luther community: Recently I submitted a letter to the editor to the local Decorah newspaper and online news. Although it is not my practice to submit opinion pieces to Chips, I am breaking my personal protocol given t...
Katrina Meyer, News Editor
April 25, 2018
Filed under Editorial
As Luther faces lower enrollment, a number of cuts must be made to majors, minors, and programs in an effort to save money. One of these programs is Russian studies. In a liberal arts school, cutting a language program, especially...
April 25, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
I am a local citizen helping in the campaign for a municipal electric utility. Yesterday I was standing out in front of Dahl Centennial Union talking with students about the May 1 Decorah referendum and a staff person approached ...
April 25, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
The local election involving the formation of a municipal electric utility in Decorah will take place May 1. If the vote passes the city council will be authorized to apply to the Iowa Utility Board — Iowa’s regulatory body f...
April 18, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
Most Luther students are required to live on campus which in turn requires a full meal plan. This leads to us primarily eating in the cafeteria during the school year. However, many Luther students are not happy with cafeteria f...
April 18, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
This year’s Luther College Dance Marathon was a landmark year as it was LCDM’s fifth event. After we saw a huge increase in the fundraising total last year, the executive board this year sought to keep morale high and e...
Ben Selcke, Sports Editor
April 18, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Students often express concern or displeasure with Luther’s parking policy. However, with a relatively low cost and access to a variety of lots, it actually provides car owners an acceptable number of locations to park their car...
Brady Uekert
April 11, 2018
Filed under Letter to Editor
As we settle into the aftermath of the hateful events that took place on the football field on March 11, it seems that there has now been a lull of action among students and faculty here at Luther College. There is struggle in ...
Shasa Sartin, Features Editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Editorial
When I went to Rome in the summer of 2013 with my grandparents and cousin we went to see the Trevi Fountain so we could throw our coins, ensuring our return to Rome.
The Trevi Fountain is one of the most magnificient sculptures...
