David Eide – Opinion Columnist This Saturday will see the 27th annual student led Building Bridges Conference; Knowledge is Power: Dismantling Systematic Bias in Educational Institutions. The Building Bridges conference is one of the most significant events held during the Gustavus academic year; not only is it an educational event that examines many of the important and topical issues facing us, but it is also entirely … Continue reading Building Bridges

Clare Greeman – Long Suffering English Major We all know that high school English classes are a breeding ground for some lackluster discussions of classic literature: the old, the racist, and the white. But for bereaved English majors the fun never stops, including the lackluster discussions. So here’s your guide to some classics so if god forbid you’re caught staring down the barrel of one of … Continue reading To read or to heed: classics edition

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist The worst sound in the world is not nails on a chalkboard. It’s not metal on metal. It’s not whiny children. It’s the sound of my alarm going off at 5:15 every Tuesday morning. See, every Tuesday morning I get up early to open up the Lund Center, and every morning I glare at my alarm with hatred as I … Continue reading Early bird gets the midterm

Hailey Brune – Opinion Columnist Now that Valentine’s day is over, stores are preparing for the next holiday which is Easter. With the preparation of Easter comes a slice of heaven. And that slice of heaven is in the shape of an egg. I am in no way a huge fan of Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, in fact I’m allergic to peanut butter, but that doesn’t stop … Continue reading Ranking Reese’s

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist I had some strict rules at my high school, long ago as it seemed. Believe it or not, we had to wear pants with belts every day to school. Once in a while, we would have a special event – Sweatpants Thursday! Of course, this luxury wasn’t free. We had to donate a couple dollars to a fundraising organization to get … Continue reading Put your pants on, please

Clare Greeman – Robert Pattinson Hater/Expert Despite not being that big of a Batman fan, I know far too much than I wish to about the character, its adaptation history, and the new 2022 Batman movie starring Robert Pattinson, making me qualified to air my grievances. My problem lies threefold: in the casting of Robert Pattinson, the projected plot, and how this film fits into the … Continue reading The new Batman movie sucks already

David Eide – Opinion Columnist Personally, I think there’s something magical about receiving letters. Now I don’t mean bills or the other kinds of automated mail that so clutter mailboxes these days. I mean a letter that was handwritten, sealed, stamped, and traveled potentially hundreds of miles and passed through who knows how many hands in order to end up at your door. I didn’t fully realize … Continue reading Write more letters

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist The new beards sprung themselves on us rather suddenly. With the help of some social upheaval, the new type of beards became cheaply and readily available. Even children could have beards! People soon came up with a name for the new beards: masks. These “masks” had a lot of the same benefits as beards. They covered virtually the same area of … Continue reading Masks: the new beard

Hailley Brune – Opinion Columnist Water is an interesting thing. In 2019, I was a First-year in Gen Chem. I had to take a chemistry class for my first J-term. During that J-term we had a large focus on water. We each were put into groups to research water contamination. Following that, each group put together an experiment surrounding the topic of water and tested … Continue reading Are you going to drink that?

David Eide – Opinion Columnist By the time this article is published, Russia may have launched an invasion of Ukraine, an act which would spark the largest war in Europe since World War II and throw the international order into absolute chaos. While I may not be able to do anything about this potential crime against peace, I still feel the need to speak out in … Continue reading Ukraine and Russia