Dancing her way through life, Senior Kelsey Hanstad is an exceptional person who is proud to call herself a Gustie. The dance major from Coon Rapids, Minn. has enjoyed her final year at GAC and has used her time to take the spotlight and shine. From the moment Kelsey toured campus her junior year of high school, she immediately felt Gustavus was the right choice. … Continue reading GUSTIE of the WEEK: Kelsey Hanstad
This year’s Spring Concert, as revealed at Midnight Express during finals last semester by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), will be Timeflies, with opening act Mike Stud. While there have been some negative comments around campus regarding this choice, most students are excited for the concert. Some find the event to be exciting, regardless of the artists. Others are genuinely excited about the Timeflies choice … Continue reading Excitement increaces as Timeflies show approaches
Director David O. Russell has been on a roll for the last few years. He’s directed critically-acclaimed Oscar-winning movies such as The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, which succeeded thanks to his direction and top notch casting. Now, he’s combined the best of both casts to create the crime dramedy known as American Hustle. It tied with Gravity for the most Oscar nominations of 2013, … Continue reading American Hustle is stylish but confusing for audiences
With the release of The Amazing Spiderman 2 this week, Hollywood begins its annual summer blockbuster season. Nearly every week from here to the end of August we’ll see a number of releases. This summer continues the ever-increasing release of superhero movies, a slew of adult comedies, sequels looking to continue success, and adaptations of novels, musicals, and graphic novels all to the silver screen. … Continue reading The must-see movies of this summer
Crunch time. Finals. No time. Summer. These thoughts are undoubtedly on your mind as you slave away making sure to keep up with studying and all of your busy work. You are becoming more stressed, feeling slightly overwhelmed, and can feel yourself starting to bottle-up your emotions. You see several friends on your way to class. They say hello and ask, “How are you?” as … Continue reading A Helpful Reminder: Be Genuine
I have always been interested in creative writing, but have never really sat down and said to myself that I am going to write creatively. Right now, I am just sitting here, writing, and I am totally being honest about everything that is going through my head. I am focusing on the present moment, and not getting caught up in the illusion of time that … Continue reading It’s Now Or Never
As much as I can try to ignore race, society will never be able to. It’s merely a fact of life. I don’t think anyone else is going to be honest with you about what the world is really like. Therefore, I am going to try to prepare you to the best of my ability for what people might say or think. Don’t listen to … Continue reading What No One Will Tell You About Being White
Lately I’ve come to wonder if maybe Ayn Rand was right when she said that selfishness is a good thing. There are many people on this campus who have a problem with selfishness, but I don’t think there are very many people who have questioned why selfishness is a bad thing. Since our own viewpoints can be ones that we have inherited from our environment … Continue reading The Virtue of Selfishness
Recently a rally was held outside of the Chapel for increased transparancy on campus organized by the Our Gustavus campaign. A conglomerate for many transparancy-related organizations, like the Greens’ Divest Gustavus initiative. They work together, but they are not the same in practice or ideology. After the rally, I heard many people criticizing it. citing such observations as: “they’re using petrolium products at a divestment … Continue reading Don’t Judge a Book…
* The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of The GusTavian Weekly, but transcript of the first draft of Harry Potter’s acceptance letter to Gustavus. They were nervous. Friday, May 2 Celebration of Creative Inquiry: St. Peter Room 5 p.m. This celebration’s decorations will be the left over balloons from Divest-Fest. Bollywood Workshop: Lund 224 6 p.m. Next week’s Hollywood … Continue reading Calendar (5/2/2014)
