It is no surprise that finals stress us out. However, there are healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with the stress associated with finals and other exams or projects. Over three million adults suffer from depression and/or anxiety. A good chunk of this percentage affects students. This is something that is unavoidable. But if coped with properly, you can easily get through the stress of … Continue reading Managing stress in a healthy way

Philosophy, English, Classics, History. What do all these majors have in common? Existential dread. And why not? We learn to question what we are looking at, to discern the truth from someone else’s opinion. In the world we find ourselves walking, the idea of doing anything but specializing one’s major into a job by graduation is a scary one. Law school! Graduate school and teach! … Continue reading The worry of the liberal art

For years humanity has been working its way toward a medical milestone: male birth control. This progress made headlines in 2016 after reports of men dropping out of a birth control injection study due to side effects. These side effects increased acne, depression, and mood swings. Many women were outraged at these reports, as many of them have been experiencing similar side effects for years … Continue reading Why is it so hard to talk about birth control?

Here’s the deal: businesses have stopped caring about customers when it comes to selling their products. That sounds pessimistic and counter-intuitive, right? However, it doesn’t really matter in this day and age. Most people are so viciously loyal to their brands, they’ll buy the newest product even if it is objectively terrible, or simply no better than the previous iteration. I’m going to bash indiscriminately, … Continue reading Your computer isn’t as good as you think

Just this week, President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted that millions voted illegally, contradicting his past statements—by that I mean tweets—declaring the election was valid while also railing against the Green Party’s recount efforts. After all the garbage the Donald has spewed on the Internet, I have come to one conclusion: Our future president is an internet troll. Now, if any of you knew me when … Continue reading Feeding the troll will only make it stronger

Cinema, the great silver screen, the hollywood lights: movies have always had their titles, and just as they have always had titles, so, too, have they always followed certain themes. As time progresses, those themes change. The world saw the rise of film noir: dark and gritty detective stories, with “shocking” twists at the end. After that there were westerns and other gunslingers, the hay … Continue reading Comic success on the big screen doesn’t surprise s

After attending these first few months at Gustavus Adolphus College, it is evident that as a first-year, it is an entirely new experience. This is not only me – it is for everyone who moves away from their families into a whole new situation they are not used to. It is clear that we, as college students, must adapt to the hustle and bustle of … Continue reading Don’t take your culture for granted

The 2016 election has ended. Hallelujah. For the record, I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon, so I don’t know who won yet. But I don’t need to know the election results to say what I’m about to say. Because regardless of who won, my message is this: it’s time to get to work. Every election cycle, people become fired up about politics for about ten … Continue reading Election’s over and it’s time to get to work

This week on campus the Gustavus Womyn’s Awareness Center painted the rock for Reproductive Justice Week. Reproductive justice is defined as “complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, social, and economic well-being of women and girls, based on the full achievement and protection of women’s human rights.” This has been a hot topic, especially with the upcoming presidential election. Where one of the candidates, Hillary Clinton, made … Continue reading Clinton doesn’t care about reproductive justice