I am tired of being aware. And I am well aware that the pressure of being so full of awareness is getting to me. And I can’t cope. In fact, I would say that the average college student is weighed downed by at least seven to ten extracurricular issues per day that he or she needs to be aware of. There are too many crises … Continue reading Be more aware of the awareness on campus
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____
Ok, readers … I did something bad. I swear it started so innocently—there was no way I could possibly have foreseen the damage. I didn’t even want to do it! But, here it is a week later and I feel … dazed, confused—a little dirty? I fell victim to TVD. That television on DVD business is a good way to kiss goodbye your ethics, discipline … Continue reading The pitfall, the danger, the snare of TVD
Hold on to your paper, ladies and gentlemen! The wind is a-blustrin’ atop St. Peter! Alas! This is not a dialogue on the difference between Windows and Apple technology … Though ironically, I debated on writing about the Pink Lady vs. Braeburn type of Apple verses writing about those glass things in the middle of our buildings. As someone who seeks to soak up every … Continue reading Four years of college; looking through a different window
I’m graduating with a major in bullshitting because knowing how to read and write good (well?) isn’t important to me. I want to learn to make money, lots and lots of money. The largest document I ever intend to write after graduation is a Power Point, and eventually I’ll have a secretary to write any emails longer than ones I send to my friends to … Continue reading How to graduate without reading a book
