“Wear sunscreen.” -Mary Schmich Ladies and gentlemen of Gustavus Adolphus College. Wear gloves. If there is anything that can help you survive the long walks from class to the Market Place and back over these next few months, this would be it. If you don’t wear gloves your skin will get dry and crack, and it will hurt probably more than you’d think. Don’t get … Continue reading Advice, mostly for the first-years

In my last column I wrote about the first-year orientation debacle. Specifically, the method in which it was brought up destroyed most of the message the author wanted to portray. This week, I’ll be writing about the same first-year orientation debacle, but with a new emphasis. The criticisms of first-year orientation focused mostly on the acceptance of practices and beliefs contradictory to Christian doctrine. Branches … Continue reading Critical of the response

Yeah, right. I wanna get into a rumble. -Jerry Seinfeld According to thesmokinggun.com, last Saturday morning a woman from Florida was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend with a plate of tamales after he called her a bitch in front of her one-year-old son. Police allegedly burst in the small suburban home to find Ms. Sanchez’s boyfriend standing in the middle of the couple’s kitchen with … Continue reading A punch to the face never hurt anybody

This week, as we all on campus have noticed, is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Well, are you aware yet? Whether you were one of the people “experiencing homelessness” near the chapel or just a student on this campus, are you now aware that homelessness exists? Are all of our lives now positively affected by this week-long campus-wide event? While I think that hunger and … Continue reading Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Over the past month and a half, an infamous set of clips from First-Year Orientation, specifically I Am We Are’s “E Pluribus, Gustavus,” have caused an extreme amount of controversy on and off campus, regarding Gustavus’s public image. Numerous videos and articles have been written in response to it by the so-called outside world as a result. It’s an issue that has been discussed at … Continue reading Annoyed by stupid videos

I don’t want to grow up. And become a real person. And get a job, a house and a family. All I want to do is watch Food Network and think about all the food that I don’t have. Or just sit on my couch and not worry about anything. I want to gather around my kitchen table with my roommates and feast on the … Continue reading Thank you for being a friend

Thank you, Bekah Jorgensen, for your article last week! Inspired by your intro, here’s a little background to my writings for The Weekly. I write so often about the seasons of life, the hope and enthusiasm tucked away or blatantly obvious. I hope to reestablish that I am not optimistic all the time, and I definitely do not seek that reputation. I wish to give … Continue reading The Importance of ___s____p____a______c____e____