Of the many painful and exhausting activities I engaged in over that delightfully unproductive interim we call J-term, perhaps none was more excruciating than closely following the Republican presidential primary coverage. A close second was the hour every day I spent laboring in front of the TV with my virtual fitness guru Shaun T. and the workout regimen he has so aptly named the “Insanity” … Continue reading Insanity

We’ve all heard the mantra, “Make the rich pay their fair share!” President Obama and Democrats have picked up on this popular opinion, saying that they want the rich to foot most of the bill for government programs and paying off the debt. However, not everybody agrees with this sentiment, and as an observer it can be hard to tell who is right as neither … Continue reading Do the rich pay their fair share?

Across the United States, thousands, if not millions, of people suffer from a sociopathic behavioral pattern know as the Hipster Complex. Said complex persuades the believer into thinking they are not a hipster when in reality they are. The Hipster Complex is self-perpetuating. One denies one’s hipster-ness, which forces the hipster further down through the rabbit hole into a wonderland complete with Myspace profiles and … Continue reading The hipster complex

Fifty years ago this August, in quiet, cool, Cambridge, Mass., a Mr. L.C.R. Licklider of MIT put pen to paper and, in a memo, recorded a dream. The contents of this memo would one day become computer scientist Licklider’s legacy, and this legacy; our way of life. The little dream that Lick recorded on that night was of an “Intergalactic Computer Network”, a global network … Continue reading The galactic network

Congratulations, Gusties. Thanksgiving break is long gone, Christmas in Christ Chapel is over and all that’s left between you and the holidays are a few finals. We’re close. Before you know it you’ll be packing up your three week’s worth of dirty laundry and heading home, to wherever that is. The carpet will feel softer than ever before and the Christmas lights will be extra … Continue reading The best of intentions…

The Gustavus dropout inspires us, well, he reminds us that we are all alive. —A wise man As a Gustie drop-out, Chester Bumstead is excited to see just how his one week of attendance at Gustavus will serve him in the future. Passionate for life in general—or at least for a life of playing video games, shirking responsibility and owing people money—this young man takes … Continue reading Your anti-Gustie of the Week: Chester Bumstead

I remember how winter felt five months ago. About once a week I’d visit it in my head, shiver at the thought of ruthlessly whipping winds and deadlines. I’d visit it when I shut my eyes, while the sun was too bright to stand, and shiver before forgetting and continuing to look for a shady spot. It’s hard to picture the frigid silence of stinging winds … Continue reading Alright…wintertime