2011 was a year of weddings. Will and Kate’s royal wedding, Kris and Kim’s commercial wedding and … Bella and Edward’s fairytale wedding? Whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob, this fourth installment of the Twilight Saga is sure to define TwiHards from the rest of us. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past four years, the Twilight Saga is pretty … Continue reading Breaking Dawn Part 1 sparkles in Wallenburg
Istanbul By Drew Ajer This past J-Term, 15 students, led by Turkish Political Science Asli Ilgit and Communication studies professor Leila Brammer had the opportunity to travel to Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey’s daunting overhaul to modern western customs, such as clothing, speaking, and dining has put Turkey at a crossroads between eastern and western cultures, and north and south economic spheres. During the trip, we were … Continue reading Tales From Studies Abroad
We’ve all heard the mantra, “Make the rich pay their fair share!” President Obama and Democrats have picked up on this popular opinion, saying that they want the rich to foot most of the bill for government programs and paying off the debt. However, not everybody agrees with this sentiment, and as an observer it can be hard to tell who is right as neither … Continue reading Do the rich pay their fair share?
Across the United States, thousands, if not millions, of people suffer from a sociopathic behavioral pattern know as the Hipster Complex. Said complex persuades the believer into thinking they are not a hipster when in reality they are. The Hipster Complex is self-perpetuating. One denies one’s hipster-ness, which forces the hipster further down through the rabbit hole into a wonderland complete with Myspace profiles and … Continue reading The hipster complex
Fifty years ago this August, in quiet, cool, Cambridge, Mass., a Mr. L.C.R. Licklider of MIT put pen to paper and, in a memo, recorded a dream. The contents of this memo would one day become computer scientist Licklider’s legacy, and this legacy; our way of life. The little dream that Lick recorded on that night was of an “Intergalactic Computer Network”, a global network … Continue reading The galactic network
Swimming and Diving The men’s and women’s Swimming and Diving teams had a strong showing during the month of January. The Men looked good for a victory over Carleton and took second place at the seven-team Grinnell Invite. The Gustie Women, meanwhile, have been red hot, winning all four of their meets during January. Sophomore Alissa Tinklenberg and Senior Billy Schultze have performed particularly well, … Continue reading While you were away…
This year has been a strange one for the men’s and women’s Nordic ski team, but they have managed to find success, despite battling illness and dealing with a lack of snow. “With all things considered, [this season] is going really well, considering the amount of snow we’ve had this year. Our women are doing very well, especially considering that a lot of them had … Continue reading Nordic embraces frozen tundra
Men’s basketball battled hard to earn the MIAC’s top spot The men’s basketball team went three-for-three over the last couple weeks, beating the MIAC’s very best in a triplet of hard-fought contests. First, the Gusties beat St. Thomas 82-77 in an overtime thriller on January 28, 2012, a solid response to the 18-point loss the Gusties suffered to the Tommies earlier in the year. Two … Continue reading No Easy Wins
