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
Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist This weekend the Peer Assistants are sponsoring their annual “100 Hour Challenge.” No, it’s not a challenge to stay up 100 hours in a row, that would obviously just be a normal weekend for college students. What it actually involves is people abstaining from binge drinking or from drinking alcohol at all to promote healthy choices around alcohol on campus. It’s … Continue reading A 100 hour challenge for phones?
David Eide – Opinion Columnist Over break I found myself being swept up in the popular online word game, Wordle. I rarely get invested in this kind of ephemeral internet activity but something about Wordle spoke to me. I think exploring why would be an interesting exercise and hopefully others to give it a shot. Firstly, it’s important to explain how Wordle works. Wordle is a … Continue reading Wordle craze
Hailley Brune – Opinion Columnist Most of us are aware that the hours for the cafeteria are a little off this year. The Caf closes at 8:30pm this semester when it used to close around 10:30pm or later. A problem arises around this as a lot of STEM labs and music rehearsals lasting until 8pm or later. As well as people’s work schedules that might go … Continue reading Closing soon
Cadence Paramore – Co-Editor-in-Chief Has anyone else read the anonymous words of Gustavus’s very own pandemic Chronicalist? The artist who produced this zine? I missed their first volume, and for that I am incredibly devastated. If you missed it, too, make sure you don’t miss this one– I noticed it’s arrival (just a handful of copies) on the empty Weekly newspaper stand across from the post … Continue reading Campus chronicler
Alma Jorgenson – Opinion Editor I can’t even count the number of times that my parents told me that they wanted me to have a good college experience. Every time that phrase was mentioned I was ready to pull my hair out. They gave me that advice with no tangible way to measure it, no outline of what a college experience should look like and very … Continue reading Creating a positive college experience during a global pandemic
David Eide – Opinion Columnist There is a major refugee crisis going on in Europe and it’s not the one you might be thinking of. While the Mediterranean Sea is still the most heavily traveled route for migrants fleeing embattled countries like Iraq and Afghanistan in the past year a new path has opened that has led to a humanitarian catastrophe on the European Union’s eastern border. … Continue reading The unknown refugee crisis
