Mel Pardock and Kendra Smaby – Staff Writers Masking has been an almost omnipresent feature of our lives for the last two years. As vaccines became available, restrictions lightened up over Summer 2021 and we were given a taste of what a post COVID-19 world could look like, but with the onset of the Delta variant we were clapped right back into 2020. Now after a plethora … Continue reading Gustavus updates masking rules

Carter Brown – News Editor On March 1, 2022, the first forum-style open participation meeting hosted by the President’s Council on Indigenous Relations (PCIR) occurred. At 2 P.M., the meeting began with a brief land acknowledgement given by president Rebecca Bergman. “I want to pause to acknowledge that we are gathered here today on the homeland of the Dakota people, who have endured hardships and broken … Continue reading PCIR holds first open forum

As many of you know, the last few weeks have been characterized by the Russian invasion of the independent country of Ukraine. Tensions began escalating in December of 2021, reaching a climax with the movement of Russian forces into Ukraine and the full-scale invasion of the country on February 24th. Over 870,000 Ukrainians have fled, and concerns about humanitarian and refugee crises linger on our … Continue reading Letter from the editor(s): Ukraine

Mel Pardock – Staff Writer On Monday, February 28, Student Senate elections are taking place. There are two groups running for the positions of Co-Presidents – Senators Ben Forsberg and McKenzie Alders, and Ombudsperson Birgen Nelson and Former Administrative Director Delaney Bluhm. Both groups have their own ideas about how to make Gustavus a better place and serve the GAC community, and have their own purposes … Continue reading Student Senate presidential elections approach

Colin Maiwurm – Staff Writer As the spring semester begins, the chaos of finding classes and getting back into a groove consumes everyone’s time. As the fourth week of the semester comes around, everyone is starting to find their groove. With this fourth week also comes an abundance of opportunities at the involvement fair. As this is a popular and large event, we decided to interview … Continue reading Spring Involvement Fair brings new interest in campus organizations

Lauren Ruth – Staff Writer Chatter among students and faculty in the past few weeks has revolved around the possibility of an additional required credit in the general education curriculum. This is not a novel idea. There has been a large movement of students and faculty passionate about environmental sustainability and education behind this curriculum for several years. “The sustainability credit was originally designed to be … Continue reading Sustainability requirement debate heats up

Zhipeng Li – Staff Writer Good news: if you are short of cash at this moment and you do not go through all the inconveniences of working off-campus, there is one good solution on campus at this moment. Due to the short staff situation at the Caf, “(they are) now hiring student employment for the wage of 15 dollars an hour, and 16 dollars an hour … Continue reading Caf sees new raise in wages

Kembra Smaby – Staff Writer As a campus community, Gustavus is committed to sustainability. Gustavus is affirming its commitment to sustainability and its recent decision to provide free composting bags to students is just a piece of this larger puzzle. The institution aims to have 90% of its solid waste, including that produced by students, either recycled or composted according to the Gustavus website. Gustavus is … Continue reading Gustavus rolls out new compost bags