I get really self-conscious when I bring my laptop into a public place. It gives me about the same level of self-consciousness as when I have to carry my laundry from the washer to the drier in the awkwardly public laundry room in Southwest, fearing some guy working in the adjacent computer lab will get a glimpse of my sexy pink polka-dot underwear as it … Continue reading What does your desktop image say about you?
“Wear sunscreen.” -Mary Schmich Ladies and gentlemen of Gustavus Adolphus College. Wear gloves. If there is anything that can help you survive the long walks from class to the Market Place and back over these next few months, this would be it. If you don’t wear gloves your skin will get dry and crack, and it will hurt probably more than you’d think. Don’t get … Continue reading Advice, mostly for the first-years
I am tired of being aware. And I am well aware that the pressure of being so full of awareness is getting to me. And I can’t cope. In fact, I would say that the average college student is weighed downed by at least seven to ten extracurricular issues per day that he or she needs to be aware of. There are too many crises … Continue reading Be more aware of the awareness on campus
In my last column I wrote about the first-year orientation debacle. Specifically, the method in which it was brought up destroyed most of the message the author wanted to portray. This week, I’ll be writing about the same first-year orientation debacle, but with a new emphasis. The criticisms of first-year orientation focused mostly on the acceptance of practices and beliefs contradictory to Christian doctrine. Branches … Continue reading Critical of the response
I am writing this letter because of my disgust and repulsion with the inaccurate information in Alex Legeros’s article titled “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.” As a student in the class that participates in the sleepout during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, I truly understand my class’s objective. Legeros begins by accurately stating in his article that it was homelessness “awareness” week. The main goal … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Dear Editor, This is concerning the article “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” written by Alex Legeros and published in The Gustavian Weekly on Nov. 19, 2010: The point of the sleep out was never to combat homelessness; it was to bring awareness to the Gustavus community. We learned how difficult life would be homeless, to an extent, but we experienced fatigue and weariness just the … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Dear Alex, I am writing with concern to you article, “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” in The Gustavian Weekly. Although it is your job to write debatable articles, I don’t think it is acceptable for you to write an anti-homelessness awareness article when you have never even participated in it. In 2009, there were 9,652 homeless people counted in Minnesota. To rip apart a class’s … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
I am writing in response to the article on Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. I found this article lacking in perspective. The class’s point of view on homelessness and purpose for the sleepout was not accurately portrayed at all. As a participant in the Homeless Sleepout, I can say that none of us ever claimed the experience was near the equivalent of actually being homeless. … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Dear Alex Legreros, I am a student in the Politics of Homelessness FTS with Professor Richard Leitch. I read the article that you wrote about the Homeless Sleep-out, and I found it very biased. Many assumptions were made without asking any of us how we felt about the sleep-out. We did not confuse one week of sleeping out with what homeless go through on a … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
