1.0Augsburg Nowhttps://www.augsburg.edu/nowAugsburg Universityhttps://www.augsburg.edu/now/author/webmaster/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nsLPM76GAm"><a href="https://www.augsburg.edu/now/2015/04/06/a-tale-of-two-auggies/">A tale of two Auggies</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.augsburg.edu/now/2015/04/06/a-tale-of-two-auggies/embed/#?secret=nsLPM76GAm" width="600" height="338" title="“A tale of two Auggies” — Augsburg Now" data-secret="nsLPM76GAm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.augsburg.edu/now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/04/Two-Auggies-Spread.jpg900378As a young man growing up on Minnesota’s far western prairies during the 1960s, Allan Torstenson ’75 felt the lure of big cities tugging at him when he was deciding where to go to college. He considered leaving his hometown of Dawson, Minn., for campuses on the coasts in Berkeley, Calif., or New York City,