Letter to the Editor (4/10/13)
May 10, 2013
I was surprised to read Ryan Liebl’s assertion that Western nations have devel- oped criminal justice systems through scientific reasoning, especially after the Building Bridges conference which dealt with this topic. The U.S. prison system, which overcrowds inmates, encourages rape, ...
Editorial (5-03-13)
May 3, 2013
There comes a time, as a newspaper, to decide whether it is our moral imperative to report what is the truth or what we want the truth to be. This week the The Gustavian Weekly was put in the moral ...
Letter to the Editor (5-03-13)
May 3, 2013
I am a parent of two Gustavus students, and sent the following letter to the Board of Trustees: I just read the April 19, 2013 edition of The Gustavian about the recent student forums with President Ohle. While I am ...
Letter to the Editor (4/26/13)
April 26, 2013
I’m sure that almost everyone has seen the flyers around campus featuring students of the Gustavus Secular Student Alliance voicing their reasons for being atheists. Some of the quotes include “I am an atheist because religious dogma is poisoning public ...
Letter to the Editor (4/26/13)
April 26, 2013
I had the privilege of attending this year’s Relay for Life event on April 19th at Gustavus Adolphus College. My son Matt was honored to be your student speaker this year. Matt was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia during his ...
Editorial (4/19/13)
April 19, 2013
A link on Facebook alerted me to the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, exactly 57 minutes after the attack. It linked me to a CNN article online that had a live update on the number of people injured and ...
Letter to the Editor (4/19/13)
April 19, 2013
I found it ironic that in Kelsey Hering’s article about the laudable push towards gender-neutral housing at Gustavus, she reinforces stereotypes about both men and women. In the article’s sidebar, Hering lists one of the disadvantages of gender-neutral housing; “Men ...
Letter to the Editor (3/22/13)
March 22, 2013
I found it ironic that in Kelsey Hering’s article about the laudable push towards gender-neutral housing at Gustavus, she reinforces stereotypes about both men and women. In the article’s sidebar, Hering lists one of the disadvantages of gender-neutral housing; “Men ...
Six Letters to the Editor
March 8, 2013
Merriam-Webster on community: a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society. Gusties share many common characteristics, one being passion. Our campus center is full of posters advertising events/causes Gusties care about. We ...
Letter to the Editor
March 1, 2013
“Sex-soliciting posters”? Really? Humans are sexual beings by nature and are going to be intimate whether it’s encouraged or not (as evidenced by the 2011 study, “Sex and Secularism,” by Darrel Ray). I’ve never truly understood the whole “wait until ...