Most people would agree that climate change is a major issue in today’s world that requires immediate action. One of the most prominent proposals is “Cap and Trade,” also known as emission permits. Cap and Trade is a system where the government auctions off or grants a limited number of permits to polluting companies. These permits give the company the right to discharge a certain … Continue reading Cap’n Trade

Imagine you’re about to go on a date with a significant other you really like. You dress cute, pick a nice restaurant and arrive fashionably early. They enter, greet you and sit down across the table. Everything is perfect, and then they pull out their phone. The time has already passed in which they could quickly check the time, which means they are texting or … Continue reading TTYNever

There’s a happy place for people like me in the Gustavus Adolphus Market Place. I can’t take credit for it as I learned from those before me. Thanks to them, I now rely on it to feed me during busy lunch hours. Thanks to you, dear Gusties, for without those of you who throw out half-eaten chicken strips and cheeseburgers, I would not eat lunch … Continue reading One man’s trash is another Aaron Albani’s lunch

I once saw an image macro of a man saying, “Oh, I’m sorry. Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?” I chuckled to myself, and then laughed some more – louder this time. Uproars escaped my clenched gut, rolling on the ground in fits of laughter. Then I exploded in a supernova of giggles and confetti. It’s funny ‘cause it’s true. … Continue reading As I was saying

We’ve all witnessed the political posturing. Democrats claim that the only way out of our economic malaise is to enact an FDR style economic stimulus. By contrast, the Republicans claim that stimulus doesn’t work efficiently and instead offer tax cuts. With all this posturing, it can be difficult to tell who is right. The Democratic claim that an “expansionary fiscal policy,” or stimulus, will result … Continue reading A stimulating debate

The complication in any type of modern warfare is the identification of the enemy. In previous centuries, the opponents lined up on opposite fields and shot at each other until one side was completely dead or too injured to continue. However, in the wars of the 21st century, the enemies hide in civilian territory, jump from country to country and refuse to affiliate with a … Continue reading And the enemy is…

Excitement rages through the Gustavus campus. Friends reunite themselves with those whom they’ve been parted from for three whole months and can now be seen anywhere at any time. It seems nothing could go wrong for anyone. But this, the first week of class, is not so euphoric for all, dear Gusties. Our esteemed Gustie Greeters find that all they’ve lived to uphold for the … Continue reading Fall greeted with joy and sorrow

The last decade has been for video games what the Renaissance was for art. With the last console rotation, the technology of game design has arguably reached a point where graphics aren’t going to get much better, where the Internet has made it easier and more fashionable than ever to play and where the industry has broken out of the underground into a socially acceptable, … Continue reading Transcending genres, creating art, encouraging hate

The title of this article comes from my favorite political movement to include my name: The Jacobites. Their slogan means “Triumphant at Last,” and if you know the story of the failed Jacobite insurrections in 1715 and 1745, the slogan is actually quite ironic. The slogan originated  in 1745, after the first minor victory of Prince Charles Stuart in his effort to reclaim the throne … Continue reading Tandem triumphans