The wasted war Drugs are bad, m’kay? The War on Drugs is worse. The War on Drugs, like the War on Crime, the War on Terrorism, the War on Cancer, the War on Poverty, the War on Obesity, and the War on [fill in the blank], is logistically doomed to fail. Not only is it impossible to fight a substance, a symptom, or an ideology, … Continue reading The Implication

Troubled waters Whether it consists of wearing a button or a bracelet, handing out fliers, or the ever present obligation to table outside the Caf for one of your organizations, raising awareness is something that Gusties know how to do very well. It is pretty easy to raise awareness because it basically consists of talking about things that we are passionate about, and because this … Continue reading Cloudy with a chance of musing

There’s no time like the present Greetings fellow Gusties! I hope the new semester is finding you as healthy and happy as ever. With what seems like a blink of an eye, winter break, J-Term, and touring week have come and gone as though they never existed. With a new year fully upon us, I have found myself wondering where all of that time went, … Continue reading The write to think

Why is “faith” a virtue? The definition of the word “faith”—of the religious variety—changes every time I ask, but it seems like most people currently take it to mean something along the lines of belief in a transcendent being/realm that’s not necessarily verifiable logically or scientifically. By this definition, I could easily make a deity out of Bertrand Russell’s celestial teapot and worship it as … Continue reading For the sake of argument