With 5 million Bahá’ís worldwide, 200,000 in the United States and 5 in St. Peter, this religious minority has been seeking help from people all over the world. Often times, it takes just one person to make a difference, and her name is Lindsey Lugsch-Tehle. Tehle is the planner for the event Education Under Fire—an organization that has been traveling to universities and colleges around … Continue reading Education Under Fire
* The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of The Gustavian Weekly, but are in fact a manifesto on the spiritual exploration of the Cornish game hen. What are their loves? Fears? Hopes? To be fair, most of them center around corn and grubs. Friday, March 9 Holi Festival: Eckman Mall, Shakespeare Pit @ 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. So … Continue reading Calendar (03/07/12)
I’m sure we all remember the 2008 election, the year of hope, of change, of Palin. It also gave birth to the now famous slogan, “Drill, baby, drill.” While the slogan has receded in popularity after the BP oil spill, many Republicans still support the idea of increasing U.S. oil production by drilling more, as we saw in recent congressional debates about the Keystone pipeline. … Continue reading Should we drill in ANWR?
Has everyone seen the swimmers’ new t-shirts? They’re making quite a splash, primarily in the pool of intra-clique relations. There are clear social divisions on campus. The bros reign over the corner television, i.e. Broville. The sororities and fraternities secrete themselves away in their houses. The swimmers and cross-country runners are infamous for their exclusivity. And as in the larger society, the ostracized independents are … Continue reading You can sit here
I like LikeALittle. Really. Like, a lot. No, wait, come back! I promise I won’t make any more horrible puns. Or at least I’m pretty un-like-ly to. Like. At any rate, LikeALittle. For those of you unfamiliar with this popular flirtation facilitation engine, it’s essentially a website that allows you to post anonymous notes to your crush; whether that’s the blonde you’ve been edging toward a … Continue reading The sociology of LikeALittle
I once heard the phrase, “If everyone is naked, then nobody is naked.” You might be thinking to yourself that this is the most backward, nonsensical statement you’ve ever read, and you’d be right to. Nudity is really not a characteristic that can be looked at from a relative perspective. Academic progress, on the other hand, is one of many other aspects of society that can, … Continue reading Inflatable office space
I greatly appreciated Josh Sande’s call for Christianity to be less dogmatic in last Friday’s Weekly (“A Lutheran Love Letter to Atheism”), but I was disappointed in his contrast between “the teachings of Jesus” and the “hating, burning, stabbing, pillaging and arbitrary restrictions . . . in the Old Testament.” By accepting this common stereotype, Mr. Sande has failed to practice the critical inquiry that … Continue reading RE: A Lutheran Love Letter to Atheism
For the ninth straight season, the Gustavus women’s hockey team is the proud owner of an MIAC playoff championship title. The Gustie women found themselves in an unusual position against the Cobbers of Concordia, as they went into the locker room with a one-goal deficit after the first period of play. The Cobbers took a 1-0 lead on a rush midway through the first and … Continue reading Nine Straight Titles
Dancers in black and gold have been a halftime mainstay on the football field and basketball court for years. Now the dance team can impress in another and much more meaningful realm after returning to competitive form after a long absence. The Gustavus Dance Team placed third at the 2012 DX AmeriCup National Dance Championship Feb. 25, 2012 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, a crowning … Continue reading Dance Team places third at nationals
