Opening yourself up to other people can be the scariest thing to do. This choice can also be the best decision you’ve ever made. I would not consider myself an “extrovert” or extremely outgoing. I don’t go out of my way to meet new people as often as I maybe should. But what I do pride myself on is really focusing on building relationships with … Continue reading It’s the little things in life
Why is Russia bad news? No seriously, if you’ve been watching Russia recently you’ll notice that it is all over our news. What you won’t notice is us all over their news. That’s because they are too busy blocking United Nations Human Rights Council meetings. On Monday, Russia blocked a meeting of the United Nations Security Council meant to discuss the status of human rights … Continue reading Why Russia is “bad news” believe me
The moment senior year of high school rolls around, the only question that appears to be on the lips of every adult is, “Where are you going to college?” It was jarring for me personally when first approached with this question, sometime during my junior year of high school. At the time, college had only recently become a subject to start seriously considering and people … Continue reading Normalize Gap Years
One of the goals of a liberal arts education is to provide access to countless opportunities and resources to receive a valuable education. As the price of higher education keeps skyrocketing each year, many families run into issue paying the full price, especially when there is limited financial aid to go around. Not only does this affect the student’s inability to pursue their interests, but … Continue reading Office of Alumni and Parent Engagement planning to host “Tomorrow Made Possible Day”
The Campus Activities Board is known for bringing entertaining performers, hypnotists, and comedians to campus. It is planning to bring comedian, Andrew Sleighter, when students get back from Spring Break. Sleighter has appeared on the prank show, Money From Strangers, on MTV, wrote comedy sketches for Comedy Central and premiered his late night stand up comedy routine on Conan. Sleighter is a renowned comedian and … Continue reading CAB plans to have comedian, Andrew Sleighter, in Courtyard Cafe
A core component of a Gustavus education is for students to be exposed to a wide variety of classes that cover many disciplines across the world. Students have the chance to pick from a multitude of courses that fuel their interests in a learning environment where this knowledge is available. This has been the philosophy of the modern languages, literatures, and cultures department which gives … Continue reading Chinese Department at risk of being abolished: Students and faculty respond in a multitude of ways, including social media, in response to Chinese program possibly being cut
Thursday, March 15 Campus Safety responded to a medical assist at Sorensen Hall. A student was transported to the hospital. Campus Safety responded to a medical assist in Beck Hall and transported an injured employee to the hospital. Campus Safety responded to a medical assist at the Schaefer Fine Arts/Music Building and provided basic first aid to an injured student. Campus Safety took a report … Continue reading Campus Safety Report (03/23/18)
Our journey started with a 14 hour flight from Chicago to Beijing. We landed at night and since Beijing is home to almost 22 million people, it was still lively as ever. Peking duck is the most famous food throughout all of Beijing, so it was only fitting that it was the first meal that we had once we arrived. The next day we all … Continue reading Tales from Abroad – Courtney Erickson
