After deciding on the title of her honors project, senior Jane Chung dove into a space others are not as comfortable dipping into. Under the Surface, inspired by the art form Butoh, a new modern Japanese physical theatre movement, reaches into a dark and unexplored place most people have beneath the image they portray to the rest of the world. “While I was choosing performers, … Continue reading Under the Surface digs into the human experience
If you’re familiar with Quentin Tarantino’s work, then I’d be surprised if you haven’t already seen Django Unchained. If you are not familiar with him or his other films, I would advise you to get familiar with all of them immediately. His best works are: Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Volume I, Inglorious Basterds, and Reservoir Dogs. There. Disregard all homework and watch these films. Django … Continue reading Tarantino’s new film to put all other westerns back on the shelf
KGSM and the musical bar are hosting a revolution. It consists of nine hours of live musical entertainment, a concession stand, jugglers and a market place with painters, henna tattoo artist, jewelry vendors and a glass blowing demonstration. The Earth Jam Revolution with take place on April 27 beginning at noon in the Johns Family Courtyard or, in the case of bad weather, Lund Area. … Continue reading Earth Jam Revolution revs up for spring celebration
Gusties tell stories behind why they relay Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one member on the track at all times. … Continue reading Relay For Life 2013
The secret life ABC Family has a show called The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Whatever your views on the show, if you love it or hate it, you can agree that they talk about sex a lot. In season 2, episode 12, they say the word “sex” a total of 70 times in the 45 minute episode. While the overuse of the word … Continue reading Cloudy with a chance of musing
You can’t handle my non-objective truth An interesting question has been eating at my mind lately. That is, how do we know what truth is? To answer this question, we must first examine the nature of distinguishing truth both subjectively and objectivily. Can the chicken exist without the egg? Can light exist without darkness? Can good exist without evil? For each of these questions, we cannot have … Continue reading The write to think
Advertising your prayers This past Monday, April 15, was a close friend of mine’s birthday. We were looking forward to having cake and enjoying a nice meal. The Caf did not provide the environment. As I waited for my friends to arrive, the news incessantly blared the day’s great tragedy. Hoping to drown out my disgust, I unlocked my phone and opened up Facebook. Big … Continue reading The Implication
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 killed at the event, as well as information released from the police. I was in awe of the instantaneous knowledge and thankful for the Facebook … Continue reading Editorial (4/19/13)
Politics – where language goes to die On the 2008 campaign trail, President Obama said, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” This seemingly progressive statement certainly has its merits. We’d like to think that we’re too insignificant to effect change and … Continue reading For the sake of argument
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 and women usually stand on the opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of cleanliness.” This single sentence sends the message that we should expect … Continue reading Letter to the Editor (4/19/13)
