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

I found the article on this issue raises some valuable points that I believe are reflective of the majority of the student body. However, as a participant, I found many assumptions in this article to be stereotypical and uninformed. First, the class had never set out with the goal of “truly experiencing homelessness. ”We knew it would be nothing near the actual experience of being … Continue reading Re: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

I’m writing to call your and the campus’s attention to an issue I feel does not get the attention it deserves. For years now, Gusties have paid surcharges for rooms in Southwest, College View, Arbor View, Uhler and the International Center. Essentially surcharges apply to rooms in any configuration of housing which is more than two students. These surcharges are unfairly applied to rooms that … Continue reading Residential Surcharges

In response to an article I read in The Weekly, I must say this: Voting DOES matter. It matters to all the people who are fighting overseas, who want to defend a country against who they believe are the enemy. It matters to the families of those who are fighting, who have lost their children in war and want the troops home. It matters to … Continue reading Voting

I feel that Mr. Morrow has come under much flak recently, many of it very much undeserved, and that he is being very unfairly represented by our friends on the right side of the political spectrum. So, I am going to set the record straight. I had a chance to listen to Terry, and let me tell you, this man is a great man, strong … Continue reading Terry Morrow

I have been a little concerned about the actions of the school during coming out week in regards to the rock painter.  While I totally disagree with what he did and his message, I recognize his right to say it. However, it felt like the school was coming to close to questioning the perpetrator’s right to say what he did. As much as we may … Continue reading Coming Out Week free speech