With the housing selection process for 2012-2013 rapidly approaching, students are hurrying to get their affairs in order as they decide where they want to live for the next school year. Opportunity to be granted off campus housing has always been a point of interest for upperclassmen students at Gustavus; seeing the enormity of the incoming first-year class this past fall, many students are hoping … Continue reading Off Campus Housing
The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of The Gustavian Weekly, but is in fact the drunk guy who won’t stop talking to you at the bar. He just that guy. That pain in the ass guy. No. I don’t want to do kareokee with you. You’re going to have a jug band come and live with you. … Continue reading Calendar (02/17/12)
In honor of the Overheard at Gustavus and Gustavus Memes Facebook groups to the Gustavus student community, here are some quotes that have never, and will never be overheard while walking around campus. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you fifty quotes never to be spoken amongst these sacred halls. 1. I hate Jen Fox. 2. Alisa Rosenthal has to be the easiest prof at … Continue reading Fifty things never heard at Gustavus
Cynicism is, I believe, the default worldview of many Americans. It is also, the laziest and, quite frankly, the most dangerous way to observe humans and human nature. It’s easy to see the actions of a few and extrapolate them across the entirety of mankind. However it’s also remarkably unhelpful. Cynicism probably took off in this country in the mid-1970s as a result of the … Continue reading Cynicism is sexy
Did you watch the Grammy’s this year? Adele kicked ass as predicted, Foo Fighters took home an armful of awards and some band named Bon Iver popped out of nowhere. Whitney Houston was mourned and the red carpet reeled in fashion horror at head-turner Nicki Minaj. And Chris Brown took home the R&B album of the year. I don’t really care about the award itself. … Continue reading The Twitter feed
Of the many painful and exhausting activities I engaged in over that delightfully unproductive interim we call J-term, perhaps none was more excruciating than closely following the Republican presidential primary coverage. A close second was the hour every day I spent laboring in front of the TV with my virtual fitness guru Shaun T. and the workout regimen he has so aptly named the “Insanity” … Continue reading Insanity
Tough road trip stifles the Gustie women as they prepare for the playoffs The women’s basketball team had three crucial conference matchups over the last week. They first defeated St. Mary’s with a final of 70-56, but then lost a pair of road games against Macalester and then Concordia. Abby Rothenbuehler was the spark for the Gusties in the St. Mary’s matchup, as she finished … Continue reading Women’s basketball falls to Concordia, drops two in a row
Every year hordes of Minnesotans take advantage of winter break and escape the cold by migrating to the sun and warmth of Arizona. This last break, Junior Golfer Alex Kolquist was no exception. Kolquist spent his break working toward more than just a good tan by competing in the Patriot All-America, a three-day golf tournament for charity that took place at the Wigwam Arizona in … Continue reading Philanthropy on par for Kolquist
For many years runners have donned their expensive running shoes before hitting the streets, the track or the treadmill to log their miles. Major shoe companies such as Nike, Aasics, Saucony and Adidas have profited from runners’ need for new shoes every 300-500 miles, and have continued to come up with new shoe technology to prevent injury and boost performance. New research, however, shows that … Continue reading What doesn’t kill you… makes you stronger
