Remember when you were little, and there was a time set aside each week in school for arts and crafts? Remember how awesome it was to stop learning about how to read or write or count or tie your shoes and just color? It was time to take a break, to relax, to zone out and forget about the stress of the world. Turns out, … Continue reading Arts and Crafts
This season’s top trends are all over the board. For shoes, it’s all about boots—ankles/booties, calf high, above the knee, combat, rain. Each one made for walking, and each one doing just that all over our campus. Oxford shoes are back in full swing, as well. Whether flats, heels or somewhere in between, these European-inspired shoes dress up an oufit and look great paired with … Continue reading Fearless fall fashions
With the last few weeks of warm weather quickly flying by, Gustavus students are doing everything they can to spend as much time outside as possible. Few people do this more often than the Ultimate Frisbee team. From tossing a frisbee around in front of the C. Charles Jackson Campus Center in between classes to attending afternoon practices, the Ultimate team members take full advantage … Continue reading The Ultimate Game
After graduating five staff members last May, The Weekly has added several new positions and welcomed eight new editors to the group this fall. In addition, many returning members have switched positions or committed to improving and helping their section grow from last spring. Read up on the entire new staff and be sure to check out all the sections as they undergo their new … Continue reading Meet the Staff of The Gustavian Weekly
As orientation week kicks off, life at Gustavus can get kind of crazy. Getting acquainted with your new roommate, attending Greeter Groups and learning the ropes of the campus can be overwhelming and chaotic. In all of this chaos, be sure to take time to visit some of Gustavus’s most unique features. Take a stroll in the Arboretum, check out the Echo Circle or just … Continue reading What’s What at GAC
Learn more about the 2009-2010 Gustavian Weekly staff. Includes favorite color, office crush, favorite mix/song of the year, and favorite quote of the year from staffers. Continue reading Meet the staff
Ever wonder about all those places on campus that are tucked and locked away, just out of reach? Ever wish you could, just once, see what Gustavus Adolphus College is hiding? The Weekly Photography Editor Alex Messenger takes you deep within the secret nooks and crannies of the campus—exposing the truth that is hidden. Continue reading legends of the hidden campus
On April 17, I woke up at 5:00 a.m. under a still dark sky and scraped a thin film of ice off the inside of my sleeping bag. It had apparently gone below the projected 34 degrees we had prepared for. Over the course of the next half hour a platoon of camouflaged soldiers bathed in the red glow of their flashlights marched past as … Continue reading Train as you fight: Embedded in the ROTC
Summer is the time to experience new and exciting things; it’s a time to wear less clothing, to get a tan, to drive with the windows down. Summer is a time of new music and new opportunities to see your favorite bands live. The months of June, July and August are a busy time of year for the festival aficionado. With so much variety, it … Continue reading Summer Music Musts
Lately, a new trend has been taking Gustavus sidewalks by storm. The pavement has been hit with an epidemic of longboarding fever. It’s nearly impossible to walk from Eckman Mall to Confer/Vickner without spotting at least one, if not more, of the four-wheeled fiends. Longboards originated as “sidewalk surfing” in California in the 1950s. They were originally intended to give surfers the feeling of surfing … Continue reading Take the long way home
