Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist With the end of the year coming to a close at hand and finals just around the corner, the campus is abuzz with anxiety, stress, and tension. From ConVick to Beck Hall, the entire campus is alight with students setting their brains to the grindstone in preparation for this rough and final few days of classes. And while studying is … Continue reading Finals fright – how to lessen the tension and relax
Michaela Woodward – Staff Writer St. Peter’s brewery drought is shortly coming to an end, thanks to two Gustavus seniors. Luke Dragseth and Eric Johnson will be opening Paddlefish Brewing Company later this year, once renovations are finished and the beer starts brewing. While the St. Peter community is at the core of the business, the name also has some interesting ties to St. Peter. … Continue reading An exciting new venture for two Gusties
Elliot Steeves – Staff Writer The Campus Activities Board held the annual Midnight Express blowout to round out the 2022-2023 school year at Gustavus Adolphus College. The appeal of Midnight Express is very simple. It is a time when things happen that do not normally happen in Evelyn Young dining hall. It is also a time when students get to gather en masse and see … Continue reading Midnight Express celebrates the end of the school year
Nyden “Best of Luck” Hill – Staff Writer This past weekend, on Sunday, May 7, the Gustavus men’s tennis team hosted the NCAA regional third round of the NCAA outdoor championships. This third round match was critical for the Gusties to keep the momentum of their national championship dreams alive, as a win would send them onto the NCAA quarterfinals in Orlando. However, the Gusties … Continue reading Gustie tennis upsets Chicago
Kieran Ripkan – Staff Writer The Gustavus Men’s Swim & Dive team is nearly three months removed from winning their fourth straight MIAC Swimming & Diving Championship and some of the team’s athletes have already started training for next season. However, with a demanding schedule spanning from the end of September through February, burnout from swimming out of season can be common. To effectively train … Continue reading Splashing outside of the pool
Emma Esteb – Staff Writer The Gustavus Baseball team clinched the MIAC Championship on Sunday, May 7, as they faced the St. Olaf Oles where they split in a doubleheader. The Gusties started their road to victory on Tuesday, May 2 where they beat the number one seeded Bethel Royals in a doubleheader with scores of 12-3 and 8-0. Junior Adam Biewen was recently named … Continue reading Baseball takes MIAC Crown
Will Sorg – Movies Guy Perhaps the best compliment that I could give the film Cocaine Bear is that it was watchable enough that I could finish it. In fairness, that is not a high bar as pretty much the only movie I’ve seen that was so bad that I couldn’t finish it is 50 Shades of Black, a 50 Shades of Grey parody film. … Continue reading Movies from Swank: Cocaine Bear
Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist In my childhood home, back in the early 2000s, my family and I had a VHS and DVD player. From as early as I can remember, I remember that gray box that could play any multitude of movies: Aladdin, Barbie: Fairytopia -that movie introduced me to Bibble- and when I was older, the entirety of the Avatar the Last Airbender … Continue reading The loss of physical media
David Eide – Opinion Columnist If you like to follow Film and Television news as I sometimes do, you’ve probably heard about the writer’s strike that is still ongoing as of the writing of this column. This strike is incredibly important, and it has affected the productions of some of the most popular TV shows currently airing such as the fifth and final season of … Continue reading Writers on strike!
Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist I’m not particularly nostalgic about the Gustavus Adolphus College sign that sits at the entrance to the school. I do have some good memories of sitting on it on Saturday mornings, waving to cars driving up the hill, but I haven’t been there for a while. Even so, the recent thefts are to Gusties like to New Yorkers if Lady … Continue reading Modern-day Robin Hood is a failure
