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Author: Dustin Luhmann
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Multi-sport athletes benefit from dietary advice
Gustavus’ Health Services office offers resources to navigate discussions regarding nutrition, which have begun to include more detail about ‘what’ and ‘how much’, and also ‘when’ to eat. With more data and new analytical techniques available, large numbers of nutrition studies have begun to emerge, backing modern diets or refuting conventional wisdom. Take, for example, the breakfast debate. In June, Outside Magazine declared “Everything You … Continue reading Multi-sport athletes benefit from dietary advice
Hyperandrogenism causes gender conflict
Recent controversy over failed “gender testing” among female elite athletes has left people wondering how to categorize individuals as male or female. The scrutiny behind gender testing began in the 2000s when specific female athletes were targeted for their masculine characteristics, influencing the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) to review its gender authentication in consultation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In June 2012, … Continue reading Hyperandrogenism causes gender conflict
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Men’s Hockey to face Concordia twice
Gear up with the Gustavus Men’s Hockey team because their season is back. Last year the Men’s Hockey team finished strongly with an overall conference score of 16-7-4. This placed the hockey team in second place. However, with a large number of graduated seniors, the status of the team is still unknown. It will require new leaders and hard work to make it back to … Continue reading Men’s Hockey to face Concordia twice
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Women’s Hockey excited to have season underway
The Gustavus Women’s Hockey team played their first game of the season against the University of Wisconsin-Superior at the Don Roberts Ice Rink on Nov. 4. The Gusties defeated the Yellowjackets 3-1, with two of the team’s goals coming from First-years. Last year the women’s team was shut out of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in ten years after failing to clinch either … Continue reading Women’s Hockey excited to have season underway
Letter to the Editor (11/14/14)
“Anyone can be homeless,” is a statement made annually at the beginning of the semester by students in my FTS, The Politics of Homelessness. “Really?” I reply, “Even Taylor Swift?” Even before 1989 sold more than one million copies in less than one week, the odds of Taylor Swift ever becoming homeless were infinitesimal if not impossible. But what if she were? Would people … Continue reading Letter to the Editor (11/14/14)
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Vocation and Gustavus: What’s Next?
If you’re familiar with Gustavus, you’ve probably seen or heard the slogan “Make Your Life Count.” What presumably enables Gustavus to make one’s life count is its liberal arts curriculum. Gustavus prides itself on small class sizes, student-teacher relationships, and personal growth. A liberal arts education introduces students to a wide variety of classes that provide a way to make sense of the world, while … Continue reading Vocation and Gustavus: What’s Next?
PSA: Winter Weather Advisory
As many of us know, the weather at Gustavus is appealing right up until the fall. As the metaphorical clock strikes midnight, our warm carriage of summer becomes a wintery pumpkin that brings with it exceedingly blustery winds and bone chillingly cold. Weather on campus can be so unpleasant in the winter months that certain places earn nicknames like “the Tundra,” the trek from Co-ed … Continue reading PSA: Winter Weather Advisory
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Nerves of Jello
It seems like it only takes a sneeze for an entire building to be infected with anxiety these days. It only takes a walk down a dimly lit street, buying an airline ticket, or using your credit card on a website that may or may not be of reputable security to stir the first tendrils of fear in the pits of our stomachs. Even posting … Continue reading Nerves of Jello
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The right to die
Let’s look at a hypothetical situation. You’re diagnosed with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor and you’re told that the process of dying will take months. During this time, your bodily functions will slowly begin to fail as the cancer spreads and shuts down parts of your brain, until finally you are essentially in a comatose state, constantly in pain, waiting to die. What would … Continue reading The right to die