Yogalaties

Every Tuesday night, yoga and pilates come together to help Gusties get fit. Under the instruction of Junior Health and Fitness Major Emma Wilson, Yogalities classes meet at 8:00 p.m. in Room 224 Lund Center. Classes last about 45 minutes and are accessible to all experience levels. According to Wilson, a typical class consists of a basic five-minute warm-up followed by 20 minutes of basic … Continue reading Yogalaties

Haunted House

Every year near Halloween, the first-year Collegiate Fellows (CFs) transition from student leaders to set designers, writers and actors. These students collaborate to bring the Gustavus community a haunted house in the basement of Norelius Hall. On Saturday, Oct. 30 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., the basement will become an orphanage-themed haunted house. “The basement of Norelius is creepy anyways, but it will be … Continue reading Haunted House

A visual and literary odyssey

Firethorne is Gustavus Adolphus College’s student-run literary magazine and is made entirely from student work and is put together by a student staff. Submissions range from poetry and lyrics to prose (of fiction and non) and art. The magazine is published twice a year, with a supplemental in the fall and a full-length, color publication in the spring. Before it was known as the Firethorne, … Continue reading A visual and literary odyssey

Sexy, Satyr Soap

Upon our traveling to the Renaissance Festival back in the wee beginning of October (remember that Weekly column?!), my suite-mate and I purchased a bar of handmade soap. After smearing our noses in the dozens of samples in the town-market-esque shoppe and chatting with the saleswoman (soap wench?) who had “free soap here” written on her chest with arrows pointing toward her cleavage, we decided … Continue reading Sexy, Satyr Soap

What the first-years see at orientation

Recently, the first-year orientation process, in particular the shows The Inside Scoop and E Pluribus Gustavus, have been receiving intense public scrutiny. So as far as I can tell, the cause can be linked back to a socially-conservative blog post made by a senior Gustavus student who wrote about those shows using video clips he captured while viewing the performances. The videos are not raw … Continue reading What the first-years see at orientation

Direct communication: Not just for comm majors

Recent events on campus pertain to the issue of homosexuality. Historically speaking, conflicts between and within faith communities are not something new on the map. Humans have been dealing with contradictions and alterations in traditions for, let’s see, centuries. That said, it is necessary to temporarily overlook this philosophical topic and objectively witness the way in which the discourse was ideated. Every community experiences conflict. … Continue reading Direct communication: Not just for comm majors