Saludos de España! Greetings from Sevilla, Gusties! Before making the choice to study abroad, people often shared this cliché with me: “Choosing to study abroad will be the best decision you will make in college.” Though I wish I could mix things up a little bit, I will probably be coming back to campus saying the exact same thing.As the weeks and months pass by, … Continue reading Tales from Abroad: Spain
Last week saw the arrival of the Veronica Mars movie, nearly ten years after it first aired on television, and cancelled back in 2007. Funded with over $5 million by fans, Veronica Mars is just one of the many shows, in the recent years, that has successfully been revived through vocal fanfare and support. Last year, Show Creator Rob Thomas posted “The Veronica Mars Movie … Continue reading Cancelled television favorites revived by fans
A tiny, cluttered room filled with hundreds of books, posters, CDs, records, and tapes, brims with happy people, all eagerly clustered around office desks. Five trumpet players, three guitarists, two trombone players, and a percussionist file into this tiny room. They all stuff into the space behind the desk, knocking over pencil holders and stacks of paper. Then, with a bang, they begin to play a … Continue reading NPR is packing big talent into Tiny Desk
* The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of The GusTavian Weekly, but those of another news publication on campus, infiltrating the very way news at Gustavus is done. THE FUTURE IS TODAY, GUSTIES. Friday, Mar. 21 Dove Real Beauty Speaker: Alumni Hall 7 p.m. This exhilirating discussion will be rooted in the visual beauty of doves, pigeons, and … Continue reading Calendar (3/21/2014)
As a frequent visitor to the renowned Gustavus lunch buffet, I have grown to treasure the 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. window to eat as much food as one possibly can. I also enjoy the good company the buffet has to offer. Once a month the buffet has Senior Day, and correspondingly, it suddenly becomes the busiest place on campus. Senior citizens arrive in, what … Continue reading Lessons Learned at the Lunch Buffet
As a person who has always been interested in figuring out how things became the way they are today, it was inevitable that I would choose to become a history major. Although being a history major may or may not be the most marketable choice of major for job recruiters, I have come to realize that there is much more to life than trying to … Continue reading A State of Amnesia
We’ve all heard about the recent bias incident, correct? Well, if you’re in the dark, let me shine some light on the subject. According to an e-mail sent to the school, there was a recent sorority social with a “T” theme. One of the sorority members entered the party clad in a towel turban with the word “terrorist” written on her shirt. The sorority sent … Continue reading Hate Is The New Everything
Over the past few months, the Keystone XL Pipeline has been talked about at lengths on this campus. However, given the massive amount of dissent and criticism of the idea, these ideas have become the social norm on campus, thus leading to people no longer feeling comfortable speaking out. Despite what some people may think, this is not a “no brainer.” In fact, there is … Continue reading Better than Advertised
Who could have predicted the effects of a group of women talking about vaginas? 17 years ago, Eve Ensler, a New York playwright, opened the play she had been writing for two years, The Vagina Monologues. Drawing on interviews she had done with more than 200 women, the resulting monologues have grown to popularity among women and men on college campuses across the nation, including … Continue reading Gustavus presents: The Vagina Monologues
