About Augsburg College<\/strong><\/p>\nAugsburg College is set in a vibrant neighborhood at the heart of the Twin Cities, and offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 4,000 students of diverse backgrounds. Augsburg College educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.\u00a0The Augsburg experience is supported by an\u00a0engaged community committed to intentional diversity\u00a0in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence\u00a0in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values\u00a0of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Origins of Halloween: Phil Adamo, associate professor of Medieval History Phil Adamo, an associate professor of Medieval History at Augsburg College, is available to address by phone and\/or on camera the: Origins of Halloween as a pagan harvest festival Historic reasons people wore Halloween costumes and had bonfires Myth-busting whether Halloween was\/is Satanic, a belief …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3231,3233,1],"tags":[3289,917,3401,3400,2279],"class_list":["post-4711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-media-advisories","category-relationship-2","category-uncategorized","tag-andy-aoki","tag-elections","tag-halloween","tag-media-experts","tag-phil-adamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4711"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11858,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions\/11858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Andy Aoki regularly provides commentary to members of print and broadcast media on issues related to elections. Aoki is available this election week to offer comment on stories that include perspective on minority politics including:<\/p>\n