In light of recent events nationwide and during Coming Out Week at Gustavus, the theatre and dance department and the student social justice theatre troupe I Am We Are have planned a candlelight vigil for October 28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Shakespeare Pit. Henry MacCarthy, professor of theatre and dance, said that the idea was brought up in a theatre and dance department meeting … Continue reading Candlelight vigil to honor victims of harrassment
Friday, October 29, Joel Carlin’s Conservation Biology class is holding a lecture, open to the public, entitled “The Tragedies of Bush Meat” in Nobel Hall at 10:30 a.m.. Carlin, a professor for four years at Gustavus in the biology department, is the professor of the BIO-245 class, Conservation Biology. Carlin’s education background focuses on fisheries: the study of aquatic organisms, how people use them and … Continue reading Professor Joel Carlin to hold public lecture
Ryan Henrickson certainly does not look like a first-year student, but the former Army soldier is starting his first year here at Gustavus. The 24-year-old first-year, who intends to double major in political science and French, is an Army veteran who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Ryan enlisted in the Army in 2003 but did not begin serving until he graduated from high school … Continue reading Gustavus: You got served
Every Tuesday night, yoga and pilates come together to help Gusties get fit. Under the instruction of Junior Health and Fitness Major Emma Wilson, Yogalities classes meet at 8:00 p.m. in Room 224 Lund Center. Classes last about 45 minutes and are accessible to all experience levels. According to Wilson, a typical class consists of a basic five-minute warm-up followed by 20 minutes of basic … Continue reading Yogalaties
He made a lot of mistakes. He made a lot of mistakes. Yes he did. From forgetting lines and false starts to long, drawn out songs—this concert was not what I thought it would be. I am a big fan of Sufjan Stevens. I have all of his albums. And I’d been looking forward to seeing him for a long time. But Saturday’s sold-out concert … Continue reading At “Adz” with Sufjan
Every year near Halloween, the first-year Collegiate Fellows (CFs) transition from student leaders to set designers, writers and actors. These students collaborate to bring the Gustavus community a haunted house in the basement of Norelius Hall. On Saturday, Oct. 30 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., the basement will become an orphanage-themed haunted house. “The basement of Norelius is creepy anyways, but it will be … Continue reading Haunted House
Firethorne is Gustavus Adolphus College’s student-run literary magazine and is made entirely from student work and is put together by a student staff. Submissions range from poetry and lyrics to prose (of fiction and non) and art. The magazine is published twice a year, with a supplemental in the fall and a full-length, color publication in the spring. Before it was known as the Firethorne, … Continue reading A visual and literary odyssey
Well gentlemen. I suppose you’re wondering why I’ve called you all here tonight. Please, have some cheese from the cracker platter. Gentlemen, I consider many of you to be my brothers. And when I say brothers, I really just mean really, really good friends. That’s why I think it’s time for us to expand as an organization. As you know, we are all awesome people. … Continue reading It comes with a free pin
Upon our traveling to the Renaissance Festival back in the wee beginning of October (remember that Weekly column?!), my suite-mate and I purchased a bar of handmade soap. After smearing our noses in the dozens of samples in the town-market-esque shoppe and chatting with the saleswoman (soap wench?) who had “free soap here” written on her chest with arrows pointing toward her cleavage, we decided … Continue reading Sexy, Satyr Soap
Recently, the first-year orientation process, in particular the shows The Inside Scoop and E Pluribus Gustavus, have been receiving intense public scrutiny. So as far as I can tell, the cause can be linked back to a socially-conservative blog post made by a senior Gustavus student who wrote about those shows using video clips he captured while viewing the performances. The videos are not raw … Continue reading What the first-years see at orientation
