The Gustavus baseball team will not start their regular season until March, but that does not mean they are taking time off. In compliance with NCAA Division III rules, the team is allowed 12 practices during the fall, and the Gusties are making the most of them. “We’ve been having team practice for a couple hours every Monday and Wednesday, and we scrimmage on Saturdays. … Continue reading Baseball team hard at work during offseason
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
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
Fall has arrived, which means it’s time to pack away the brightly colored tank tops, bro tanks, and shorts in favor of a warmer and more neutral-colored wardrobe. If you don’t already have these staples of fall fashion, be sure to head to your favorite store or thrift shop to get your closet ready for autumn. Ladies, you’ll want to invest in a cute, well-fitting … Continue reading Fall Fashion
* 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)
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
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
Students everywhere are shelling out a small fortune for an education with one goal in mind: a job. But what if your job is not all that you hoped it would be? What if you get stuck with a bad boss? The difficult reality is that many believe and assume that how they are treated in the workplace is beyond their control. Most are told … Continue reading Who’s in charge here?
Have you ever talked to somebody about climate change or global warming or any other hot topic that’s melting ice caps and glaciers, and then quickly regretted it? It’s easy to find “experts” on these topics. Everybody has an opinion, and everyone thinks theirs is best. Not only that, but a lot of people think they have the exact answer to saving the Earth from … Continue reading A complicated issue
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)
