Gustavian Weekly Writer – Opinion Columnist Traveling should be a requirement for a liberal arts education. Experiencing different customs, learning to be open minded and seeing other places in the world is beneficial for becoming more knowledgeable about effective communication. It makes traveling easier and lessens culture shock and cultural barriers. Cultural shock is the experience someone has when moving somewhere else and cultural barriers are challenged … Continue reading Require traveling abroad for Liberal Arts

Grace Worwa – Opinion Columnist St. Peter is a small college town. That’s how I always describe it to my relatives after I tell them I go to school in St. Peter and they give me a blank stare. Yes, it has that single main road lined with old-looking shops and restaurants, that community where everyone seems to know each other and that calendar year that revolves … Continue reading Our two college towns

Maia Honl – Opinion Columnist Mother nature has been a real tease recently, hasn’t she? The month of March has changed seasons more times than I’ve changed my mind about my major. There was that pyrite spring, but in true Minnesotan fashion, a blizzard came and covered everything in snow. Again. We’ve all been daydreaming about the warmth of spring, but there’s still the question of … Continue reading Best spots to go touch some grass when overwhelmed

Emma Putahl – Opinion Columnist Hello, my lovely fellow Gusties. The weather this week has been interesting, to say the least. As we hop back into our week of spring weather, we should be thinking about a very important topic that is heavy on my noggin. I know that there are many people on campus that care very deeply about this subject and it is time … Continue reading Line 3 and the Gustavus Community

Tori Smith – Opinion Columnist We all know the drill. It’s the end of the month, and you’ve got a surprising amount of money left on your meal plan. You can’t let this money go to waste, so you head to the Caf to see how much food you can possibly stuff into two large paper bags. The real question: what do you grab? There are … Continue reading Snack War: What is the best snack in the Caf?

Gustavian Weekly Writer – Opinion Columnist I think that old music is better than modern music. It combines instruments that are nice together, and it isn’t very technological sounding. There is a nostalgic, happy feeling associated with listening to old music we haven’t heard in a while. Older music displays nostalgia, tangible instruments, appropriately accompanied lyrics and a history that helped shaped music today. When we … Continue reading Old Music is Better

Grace Worwa  – Opinion Columnist We are now over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and according to the World Health Organization, more than 335 million doses of vaccine have been administered worldwide. With that in mind, governments and companies alike are racing to develop what news outlets are calling the pandemic’s next big thing: vaccine passports. So, what are vaccine passports? And how do they … Continue reading Vaccine Passports: What Are They?

Grace Worwa – Opinion Columnist In last week’s issue, we discussed the lamb’s tragic disappearance from our beloved Friday gyros. But Gusties, lamb is not the only Caf casualty of the COVID-19, just as the meat processing bottleneck is not the only COVID-induced disruption in the food supply chains. As it turns out, the pandemic exposed frightening vulnerabilities that already existed within agricultural food systems, resulting … Continue reading The Caf’s Losses and Minnesota’s Food Crisis

Emily Seppelt – Opinion Columnist Happy first week of March Gusties. Now that the spring semester is in full swing, it means that all of our coffee addictions are back in full force right alongside it. While we *could* just make coffee in our dorm rooms, we all know that getting away from our desks and spending money we don’t have on coffee just hits differently. … Continue reading The Best Caramel Latte in Saint Peter

Lexa Louis – Opinion Columnist I think that winter is an underrated season in my opinion. The temperatures begin dropping, autumn is ending, and snow starts falling. During this time of year, there are many great activities. Some of these activities are skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, snowmobiling, sledding, ice fishing and drinking hot chocolate by the fire. “The first time I went cross country skiing, … Continue reading Why Winter is an Underrated Season