Minnesota Vaccination Numbers As of March 22, 2021: Statewide People with at least one vaccine dose: 1,454,834 People with completed vaccine series: 862,955 Percent of state population with at least one dose: 22% Nicollet County People with at least one vaccine dose: 9,626 People with completed vaccine series: 5,835 This data comes from the Minnesota Department of Health’s “Vaccine Data” website, which is updated every … Continue reading Vaccine Summary (3/29/2021)
Tori Smith – Staff Writer As college students living in a very turbulent time, many may feel as if their voices on campus aren’t heard. Whether they’re fighting to change the name of the Linnaeus Arboretum or speaking out against the larger injustices that seem to plague our world, there are a variety of voices and perspectives represented on campus. To give a platform to these … Continue reading The Lyrical Cafe: emphasizing student voices and talent
Emma Lohman – Staff Writer Senior Psychology major Reidun Kubisa is this week’s Gustie of the Week. She shares this honor with last week’s Gusite of the Week, Senior Ingrid Kubisa, her sister. Kubisa was inspired to pursue a career where she could help people because of her father, who works with children who have been forced to join the military in her home country, the … Continue reading GUSTIE of the WEEK: Reidun Kubisa
Mula Lay – Staff Writer The Day Course is a General Education course offered through the Art and Art History department and is taught by professor Kristen Lowe. The class encourages students to visualize themselves as artists and introduces them to contemporary artists, especially artists beyond the European tradition. This is a way to diversify perspectives in art and give students a chance to expand their … Continue reading The Day Course: Art course provokes perspectives
Geena Zebrasky – Features Writer With the arrival of warmer weather comes the arrival of the sounds and sights of many different organisms. You might have noticed that you can hear the birds every morning again and that there’s buds on the trees around campus. The squirrels seem to be more active, and there are perennials poking out of the ground. I could take you down a … Continue reading Spring Sightings: The Early Birds at Gustavus
Cadence Paramore – Opinion Columnist For many white students–and that is a large majority of our campus’s population–conversations about race look a lot like fear: fear of saying or doing the wrong thing and offending someone. And, yes, it’s good to be conscious of how our words and actions can have a negative impact on our peers, but the root of fear around conversations of race … Continue reading White people: Why are they afraid to talk about race?
Emily Seppelt – Opinion Columnist As we are in the midst of our third COVID semester, the mid-semester onslaught has arrived right along with the rainy spring weather. Many of us may be having flashbacks to last March when we were all sent home and “enjoyed” a two-week spring break. Last March, spring break was extended for many reasons, including giving time to professors to move … Continue reading College students deserve a Spring Break
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
