First-year Rob Ward is someone to keep your eye on … in the best way of course. Rob is extremely involved in the theatrical performing arts, and his interest in pursuing a theatre major was an influential factor in his choosing Gustavus. The Illinois native from the Chicago suburbs grew up watching classic films, picking up on the voices and carrying out imitations of the … Continue reading Rob Ward – Not an act
Triple Espresso is a comedy show about three men’s search for fame, which ends in disaster on national television. Butternut, a musician, Maxwell, a magician, and Bean, an entertainer, allow the audience to relive their backwards climb down the ladder of success. The campus Activities Board (CAB)will bring students to Triple Espresso, a comedy show in Minneapolis on Dec. 10 at 8:00 p.m. CAB will … Continue reading Highly caffeinated comedy
The Department of Theater and Dance is pleased to present the first installment of its Theatre Gallery project. It includes two productions put on entirely by students, a one-act play entitled The Stronger (Den Strakare in Swedish). The Stronger was written by Swedish playwright August Strindberg in 1890 and is now directed and translated by Junior Theatre and Scandinavian Studies Major Ethan Bjelland. The play … Continue reading Gustavus theatre is getting even stronger
The 14 students in Professor Amy Seham’s Shakespeare Performance class will be performing a showcase, a compilation of numerous Shakespeare works, for the Gustavus community in December. “Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits,” is what Seham is calling the upcoming Showcase. Each year, Seham teaches a theatre performance class centered on a specific topic. Last year’s topic was the “physical theatre project.” The purpose of the course is … Continue reading Shakespeare’s greatest hits
From December 3 to January 22, the Gus Bus will be operating a little differently. After much deliberation within Student Senate and the campus community at large, Senate has decided to implement a six-week trial period in which the bus will run on a strictly route-based system, in contrast to the current “dial-a-ride” system. Discussions about a change to the current system were initiated after … Continue reading Route system trial period for Gus Bus
Yeah, right. I wanna get into a rumble. -Jerry Seinfeld According to thesmokinggun.com, last Saturday morning a woman from Florida was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend with a plate of tamales after he called her a bitch in front of her one-year-old son. Police allegedly burst in the small suburban home to find Ms. Sanchez’s boyfriend standing in the middle of the couple’s kitchen with … Continue reading A punch to the face never hurt anybody
This week, as we all on campus have noticed, is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Well, are you aware yet? Whether you were one of the people “experiencing homelessness” near the chapel or just a student on this campus, are you now aware that homelessness exists? Are all of our lives now positively affected by this week-long campus-wide event? While I think that hunger and … Continue reading Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Over the past month and a half, an infamous set of clips from First-Year Orientation, specifically I Am We Are’s “E Pluribus, Gustavus,” have caused an extreme amount of controversy on and off campus, regarding Gustavus’s public image. Numerous videos and articles have been written in response to it by the so-called outside world as a result. It’s an issue that has been discussed at … Continue reading Annoyed by stupid videos
I don’t want to grow up. And become a real person. And get a job, a house and a family. All I want to do is watch Food Network and think about all the food that I don’t have. Or just sit on my couch and not worry about anything. I want to gather around my kitchen table with my roommates and feast on the … Continue reading Thank you for being a friend
Thank you, Bekah Jorgensen, for your article last week! Inspired by your intro, here’s a little background to my writings for The Weekly. I write so often about the seasons of life, the hope and enthusiasm tucked away or blatantly obvious. I hope to reestablish that I am not optimistic all the time, and I definitely do not seek that reputation. I wish to give … Continue reading The Importance of ___s____p____a______c____e____
