The next time you wash all those T-shirts that have accumulated from various campus events and organizations, take a quick look at the tag. Which company made them? Where? Most of mine say “Gildan” and are made in Honduras, Haiti or Nicaragua. Gildan is a Canadian company that produces a large volume of the t-shirts we buy. They work very hard to look like supporters … Continue reading T-shirts and working conditions
Dear Gustavus, I don’t smoke, but I feel a need to protect that right for other students. I’m writing to implore you to not support the petition to make our campus smoke-free. I grow tired of the artificial and sanctimonious “do gooders” on this campus. You want to do something good for this campus? Free yourself of these rigid ideas about how we should be … Continue reading Smoking on campus
I would like to respond to the “work of satire” written by Paul Huff in last week’s Weekly. Regardless of whether or not Mr. Huff, from the outset, categorizes the content of his column as “satire” or warns that we should not “take it literally or personally,” it does not magically protect the commentary from being offensive to the party it is clearly meant to … Continue reading Re: Abolish sex on campus
In last week’s Gustavian Weekly, there was an article about Relay For Life with a pictureof a female student holding a sign that said, “I Relay To Save Boobs!” I thought a point had been made when another letter to The Weekly last year complained about breast cancer T-shirts being sold that said, “I Love Boobs!” and I Am We Are had a skit in … Continue reading Re: Relay for Life
I would like to commend The Weekly for a fantastically witty shady character cartoon last week. In light of the case day article last year and the hubbub it caused, I felt that not running the customary case day article showed a lot of class and represented our school in a positive way, and showed the wit that is present at our fine school and … Continue reading Re: Case Day
In a story like this I believe it is very important to keep things as balanced as possible. While I recognize that Jen Fox is studying abroad, she and Nick Prince definitely got a lot less coverage than their opponents in this article. Perhaps you might have interviewed one of Jen’s friends or professors, or asked her some questions via e-mail. Which pair of running … Continue reading Re: Student Senate Co-Presidential election underway
The college campus shouldn’t be a place where holders of state-issued carry permits should have to feel like their safety and well-being are at risk; instead, these persons ought to be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that they practice virtually everywhere else. Since the mission of the Department of Campus Safety at Gustavus “is to provide the safest environment possible … Continue reading Weapons on campus
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
