Thursday, March 3, 2022 Campus Safety gave a medical escort for a student, per Health Services’ request, to Urgent Care Friday, March 4, 2022 Campus Safety responded to a fire in a dumpster in the Rundstrom parking lot. Campus Safety extinguished the dumpster fire. Sunday, March 6, 2022 Campus Safety responded to a maintenance issue at the Sjostrom House. Monday, March 7, 2022 A Campus … Continue reading Campus Safety Report (3/11/22)
Mel Pardock and Kendra Smaby – Staff Writers Masking has been an almost omnipresent feature of our lives for the last two years. As vaccines became available, restrictions lightened up over Summer 2021 and we were given a taste of what a post COVID-19 world could look like, but with the onset of the Delta variant we were clapped right back into 2020. Now after a plethora … Continue reading Gustavus updates masking rules
Emma Kelsey – Staff Writer Carter Learned (‘24), Gustie of the Week, is a passionate and highly motivated Gustavus student Majoring in Theater with Honors with a focus on Lighting Design. In addition to the wide array of work he does in the theater department, he also holds the position of Chair for the Inclusive Excellence Committee in the Student Senate, is a member of LineUs Comedy … Continue reading GUSTIE of the WEEK: Carter Learned
Leah Thompson – Staff Writer Africa Night is an annual event sponsored by the Pan-Afrikan Student Organization (PASO) and will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11 in Alumni Hall followed by the Africa Night Dive later that evening from 10:30-1:00 a.m. Both events are open to students, faculty, and off-campus visitors. PASO is a student organization on campus that promotes Black identity and … Continue reading “Unapologetically Black”: Africa night 2022
Emma Esteb – Staff Writer The Pan-African Student Organization (PASO) sponsored Africa Night 2022 ‘Unapologetically Black.’ To start off the week, the organization hosted a Kizomba Dance workshop in the Aerobics room of Lund from 6:00-7:30 pm. This event was high-energy, engaging, and a fun event to kick off Africa Week. The goal of this event was to showcase a dance from an African country and … Continue reading Dance the night away: PASO’s kizomba workshop
Thanks to our high vacination rates and low Covid numbers as of March, 8, Gustavus Campus moved to level one of their Covid criteria. Students and staff can now unmask in all building unless otherwise posted. Professors can independantly decide whether or not they will require masks in their classrooms but campus is no longer requiring them to mandate masks. Overnight guests are now allowered … Continue reading Mask Mandate Update
David Eide – Opinion Columnist The last couple of months have seen one of the most important dramas in American politics play out across the country. I am speaking of the redrawing of congressional districts that occurs once every ten years in order to ensure that districts have equal population. This is an incredibly important event as the redrawing of lines also grants the opportunity for … Continue reading New congressional maps in Minnesota
Clare Greeman – Girl Boss Feminism has been turned into a meme, and a funny one at that. If you, dear reader, have ever been called a girlboss without a trace of irony, you might be entitled to financial compensation. It is not a compliment, rather it denotes a woman who co-opts feminist langauge to turn a profit, usually without being an “actual” feminist, or at … Continue reading When #girlbossing goes wrong
Hailley Brune – Opinion Columnist Spring semester always feels like you’re dragging yourself through the finish line. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m pretty sure most of you know what I mean. You tell yourself that you’re ready once you finish finals. That the next semester will be a little calmer and that you’re ready for it. Then the first week of classes start and you’re … Continue reading Dragging through
Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist College schedules are often overwhelming. Classes assign boatloads of homework that slowly accumulates as midterms loom. Activities and clubs often stack up one after another, day after day, eating up weeknights and weekends. Work sucks up more time as students struggle to pay for tuition. And all this doesn’t stop friends from wanting to hang out. How do students deal with … Continue reading Forever gonna give you up
