This season’s top trends are all over the board. For shoes, it’s all about boots—ankles/booties, calf high, above the knee, combat, rain. Each one made for walking, and each one doing just that all over our campus. Oxford shoes are back in full swing, as well. Whether flats, heels or somewhere in between, these European-inspired shoes dress up an oufit and look great paired with … Continue reading Fearless fall fashions
I walk around campus and am surrounded by butts. Butts in jeans, butts in skirts, butts in sweatpants. Butts everywhere! Normally I don’t mind a good back-side, some god blessed as more visually appealing than others. (I’m thinking about you, James Franco. Swoon!) What I don’t appreciate is the blatant misuse among ladies of the comfortable and versatile clothing item known as leggings. That being … Continue reading No, I don’t want to see your butt. Thanks anyway.
Granola. Mmm. Perhaps it’s the mountain girl in me that craves simply oats and honey. Perhaps it’s the way granola crunches. … Or, maybe it’s the way one KNOWS there’s always a special ingredient in it. Either way, I love granola, even the burnt edges of my homemade efforts. Over the summer, I conducted a series of granola creations and have made two batches at … Continue reading Holy granola, Batman! What a wonderful snack!
One seaside university is bowing to the stern educational demands of the times by eliminating its popular course in underwater basket weaving.” -Appleton Post Crescent, May 14, 1958 How are my classes going? Well on Monday/Wednesday /Friday I’ve got bio and chem. Please kill me. I was going to have my Tuesday/Thursdays free, but then I found out I needed to take calc II and … Continue reading Mom? Dad? I’m getting a degree in Basket Weaving
There are a lot of benefits of being a Curriculum I student with a single major. Sure, I’ll leave this school in a few short months with a single degree and have missed out on the bonding Curriculum II experiences, and I’ll also have fewer things to put on my resume. However, I wouldn’t trade that for all the opportunities to study new things and … Continue reading A new perspective
The idea that you like what you’re good at is true most of the time. I love learning foreign languages, which probably has a lot to do with the fact that I have a good ear for them. However, it is not true in all cases. Sometimes it is harder to admit, almost embarrassing to concede, that you really love something that you have absolutely … Continue reading Running takes goals and reflection to a wonderful place
After going 1-1 in non-conference play, the Gustavus Football team is set to open up its conference schedule on Saturday against MIAC foe St. Olaf at 1:30 p.m. in the annual Homecoming game at Hollingsworth Field. In its non-conference schedule, Gustavus lost to Wartburg 27-6 but rebounded the following week to beat Northwestern College 29-0. The Gusties will look to maintain their level of tenacity … Continue reading Football team hopeful for Homecoming win
The Gustavus Equestrian team is starting the school year in exciting fashion by hosting its first ever competition this weekend on Sept. 25-26 at Charles Yahnke Farms in Le Sueur, Minn. “This year we are hosting our first show, which is something the private colleges in our region don’t really do because of the general lack of funding and manpower. [The shows are] usually left … Continue reading Gustavus Equestrian team: Not horsing around
Finally. A season without a 163rd game in the American League (AL) Central is indeed possible. With a win on Wednesday night, coupled with a Chicago White Sox loss in Oakland, the Minnesota Twins became the first team in Major League Baseball to clinch a division. Considering that the past two seasons required a one-game playoff in order to determine the AL Central Champion, the … Continue reading No need for extra games for the Twins this year
