A practical approach to diffusing conflict Thanks to a sesquicentennial grant secured by the LALACS and Peace Studies programs, Glen Gersmehl, the director of Lutheran Peace Fellowship, will be coming to Gustavus on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 to lead two workshops focusing on leadership and using nonviolence to diffuse conflict. Gersmehl began his career as a teacher in the Midwest, and since … Continue reading Nonviolence training
After a long year of absence, the ILS Core Value Houses will be back next year. Charlie Potts, Director of Residential Life, will be helping bring back this special part of the Gustavus campus. ILS stands for Intentional Learning and Service. There are three houses that hold four students each and two houses that can hold six students. The goal of ILS housing is for … Continue reading Intentional Learning & Service Houses return
In upcoming weeks, Student Senate will be undergoing the spring finance process in which the budget is planned for the upcoming academic year. In the interest of increasing communication between the Senate and the student body, a forum was held last Thursday in which all were invited to attend to ask questions and suggest changes they would like to see made in the funding process. … Continue reading Senate meeting addresses finance discussion
On December 5, 2011, Student Senate resolved and amended Article IV of the Constitution, focusing on the section dealing with discipline. In Spring 2011, a Senate member resigned and then rescinded his resignation. “The amendment we are sending to the student body comes directly from what myself as the Ombudsperson and the Senate Ethics Committee felt were inadequacies in Senate’s ability to discipline its own … Continue reading Senate proposes discipline amendment
Campus dialogue on privilege and oppression On Wednesday, February 15, an informational meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. in the Faculty Staff Lounge regarding a new diversity initiative. Sponsored by the Student Senate Diversity Committee, Breaking Barriers is the name of a new program at Gustavus designed to create an open dialogue about race and oppression with a focus on white privilege. Breaking Barriers … Continue reading Breaking down barriers
Although most of our campus is primarily concerned with celebrating Gustavus’ sesquicentennial, another historic event occurred 150 years ago. The Dakota-US War of 1862 which resulted in hundreds of deaths and the hanging of 38 Dakota men, was commemorated this year in a variety of ways, including the six part lecture series organized by Professor of English Elizabeth Baer and Executive Director of the Nicollet … Continue reading Dakota lecture series
During the January interim period, plans for the Gender Bender campaign were finally put into action. These plans had been in the works since the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year. Back in the fall semester, Junior Social Studies Teaching Major Josh Connell had the idea of dispelling gender stereotypes on the Gustavus campus. The fruits of his efforts, along with numerous other individuals who … Continue reading Gender Bending: Unboxing Stereotypes
As spring draws closer for the student body, the Campus Activities Board Concert (CAB) Committee is busy planning for the Big Concert despite recent drawbacks in the search for an entertainer. The Big Concert program began in 2007 when an extra $10 from each student’s activity fee was allocated to bringing a well known entertainer to campus. To cover the cost of the performance, ticket … Continue reading CAB forum addresses concert dilemma
With the fast-approaching spring season comes modifications to the room draw process in the Residential Life program at Gustavus as well as a few other changes for what Residential Life hopes is going to be a more fulfilling experience for students. Three big changes will be taking place this semester through next year. The room draw process has been reworked, the Intentional Learning & Service … Continue reading Residential life revamp
Today you may have noticed an array of internet websites “going dark” in protest of two bills: SOPA and PIPA. For today only, I have decided to add the Gustavian Weekly Website to that list. If these bills were to pass, the landscape of the internet would be forever changed in negative ways due to censorship. These bills provide overly broad mechanisms for enforcement of … Continue reading Raise Awareness of SOPA and PIPA
