Since the Ronald Regan era, it seems like emphasis has been placed on the individual over the collective. A collective can be one’s local organizations or even the United States as a whole; the individual can be the self or, since Citizens United, a corporation. Every day many people function chaotically, running around aimlessly completing tasks that might benefit others but most likely only themselves. … Continue reading The Necessity of the Collective
I hope that title grabbed your attention, and if it did grab your attention you’re probably not sexually liberated. You read that correctly. If you read that title, and immediately decided this article would be worth your time you are enslaved by sex, even if you won’t admit it. I would like to contend that true sexual liberation isn’t freedom from heterosexual and monogamous norms … Continue reading Are You Sexually Liberated?
The United States of America strives for justice within its borders, yet the government shamelessly allows an injustice against its innocent citizens on a regular basis. Civil Asset Forfeiture is a law under which, even without evidence of a crime, any agency of the Justice Department can seize any and all assets from civilians. This contrasts from Criminal Asset Forfeiture law which allows for the … Continue reading Legalized Robbery: The Injustice of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game,” Taylor Swift cheers in her hit song, “Blank Space”. She’s satirizing the media’s perception of her, but us non-celebrities sing along with non-sarcastic gusto. Because after we’ve been broken up with for the third time, discovered the cute boy in our Am. Lit. class has a girlfriend, and swiped to the end of … Continue reading Dating is a Game and We’re All Players
Gustavus held a campus wide conversation regarding the future of the College. Gustavus President Rebecca Bergman presented the College’s strategic plan for 2016-2026 to students, faculty, and administrators in the Lund Arena. Bergman displayed a PowerPoint presentation for the first half hour before opening up the conversation to small groups of people. These discussions lasted for over an hour before a short closing presentation by … Continue reading Strategic Action Plan Conference Calls for Students’ Input
Sharon Sobotta wrote an email to Dean of Students and Vice President JoNes VanHecke after her inability to join the Gustavus faculty for personal reasons was announced to the Gustavus community. Assistant Dean of Students Megan Ruble, President Bergman and the Weekly were all copied in that email. “I am writing to request some clarification both for me and for the Gustavus community,” Sobotta said. … Continue reading Confusion Around Diversity Director Grows
As a liberal arts college, Gustavus provides the best in terms of academic programs for its students. At Gustavus all students are able to expand their learning in multiple subject areas, and professors in these areas are eager to improve the programs by trying out new curriculums. Over the past couple of years, the Department of Health and Exercise Science has been working on finding … Continue reading Students Get Fit and Fed Up with New Program
Monday, September 21 • Campus Safety received a report of an employee having lost a campus key. The key was later recovered. Tuesday, September 22 • A student reported a suspicious incident at a Chapel View Townhome. An unknown person entered through an unlatched door while a resident was home but left before any identifying information could be seen. Wednesday, September 23 • Campus Safety … Continue reading Campus Safety Report (10/2/15)
Students all over campus were sporting passionate pink on Tuesday. The event to show support for Planned Parenthood (PP) was orchestrated by the Womyn’s Awareness Center (WAC). WAC co-presidents, senior Leah Soule, and sophomore Jessica Green, organized the Pink-Out as part of a larger, national event. “The point of the Pink-Out is to show our support for PP. Our goal is to share the information … Continue reading Gusties Got Pinked Out with Planned Parenthood
Addiction can take a multitude of different forms. In the loosest sense of the word, the most common college student addictions could be coffee or Netflix. But for too many, addiction takes a darker form of drugs or alcohol, both of which can be found on campus. It is because of its prevalence in society and at Gustavus that this year’s Nobel Conference is entitled … Continue reading Nobel 51 Dissects Dependence
