Day: October 4, 2013

Sports & Fitness

Insanity and yoga classes provide welcome study break

Wednesday night Insanity Insanity offers a completely different feel for a workout class. Where yoga is slower paced and calm, Insanity brings loud, upbeat music, bright lights, and fast paced moves. If you walk into the aerobics room Wednesday at 5 p.m., you can expect to witness a group of people motivating and helping each other through challenging strength and cardio moves. The class was … Continue reading Insanity and yoga classes provide welcome study break

Kevin Dexter
Sports & Fitness

Club teams possess enthusiasm in abundance

Student athletic clubs at Gustavus Adolphus College allow students to be a part of a team and commit to a sport without being a part of the NCAA. Gustavus offers a variety of club sports for both men and women during the fall 2013 season, including rugby, tennis, and ultimate Frisbee. Many students have assumptions about club sports that are not necessarily true. Club athletes … Continue reading Club teams possess enthusiasm in abundance

Kevin Dexter
Calendar

Calender (10/4/2013)

* The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of The GusTavian Weekly, but rather the Nobel lecture that I was inexplicably not allowed to give this year . . . Friday, Oct. 4 Speaking Fear Reduction: Culpeper Language Center 2:30 p.m. The real problem with this exercise is that everyone is too afraid to say anything helpful. Arb Night … Continue reading Calender (10/4/2013)

Kevin Dexter
Opinion

Where’s the beef

In a recently published article in the New York Times, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a study that states 23,000 people die every year from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They think. It could be more since they didn’t count the number of people who died of antibiotic-resistant bacteria while those people were already sick with other, non-resistant bacteria. The article goes on to say that … Continue reading Where’s the beef

Kevin Dexter
Opinion

To green or not to green

As our population increases and humanity begins to outgrow our earthly home, we see skyrocketing environmental degradation. It’s everywhere, and varies greatly in severity and scope, with issues ranging from soil erosion and desertification to the acidification of the oceans, along with everyone’s favorite buzzwords “climate change.” One of the biggest problems people have with remedying these issues is that they cost a great deal … Continue reading To green or not to green

Kevin Dexter
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor (10/4/2013)

In Response to “Obama on Syria” Cory Witt correctly says that Assad’s regime has not directly harmed the US, but that’s hardly relevant. The regime has killed thousands of innocents and used weapons prohibited by the United Nations. The UN and US have the ability to stop Assad’s despotic rule and therefore have the responsibility to try and do so. The most persuasive argument against … Continue reading Letter to the Editor (10/4/2013)

Kevin Dexter