Michaela Woodward – Staff Writer On Wednesday afternoon, students gathered in the Melva Lind Interpretive Center to learn how to tap maple trees and make maple syrup. Senior Tessa Johnson is a student worker in the Arboretum and has helped plan the event. “We [the Arboretum student workers and the Arb Naturalist Scott Moeller] will be teaching students how to tap maple trees and collect … Continue reading Students learn to tap maple trees in the Arb
Andrew Clark – Staff Writer This Wednesday, March 30, Join the Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation in an event that is focused and based on taking climate action, as well as the steps that everyone can take. It is titled Take Action: Climate Teach-In. This event is running from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium. This teach-in is part of a global cooperation … Continue reading Taking action: the Climate Teach-In
Colin Maiwurm – Staff Writer With midterms just around the corner, it also means that it’s time for students to set up their living situations for next year. The process is the same as in past years, but here is a reminder in case you are unsure of what to do. Over the past month, the staff of ResLife has been sending out emails regarding … Continue reading Delving into the housing selection process
Elliot Steeves – Staff Writer Gustavus Adolphus College’s Pan-African Student Organization is holding its annual Africa Night on March 24th, taking place from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall. All Roads Lead To Home served as the centerpiece theme for this year’s edition. The theme was based on the idea of home being anywhere an individual considers it to be. For Senior Jenesis … Continue reading Africa Night celebrates Black Diaspora, history
Emma Esteb – Staff Writer Seniors Birgen Nelson and Annika Poe become All-Americans once again. The duo traveled to Birmingham, Alabama for the NCAA Indoor Championships. “It was a super great facility, I was super excited to be there. We don’t really get to run on tracks like that very often so it was really awesome to be on a big track of that caliber. … Continue reading Nelson and Poe are All-Americans
Nyden Hill – Staff Writer Last week, the Gustavus men’s tennis team sent a group of their best players to Claremont, California to compete against some of the nation’s best competition in the Stag Hen Invitational. The event was hosted by the Claremont-Mudd Scripps, a joint intercollegiate program comprised of three different institutions from the Claremont Colleges. The Gusties entered this invitational riding the momentum … Continue reading Gustie tennis shines in California
Parker Burman – Staff Writer The Gustavus baseball team has spent the past week in Tucson, Arizona, for the Tucson Invitational. While the Gusties’ win-loss record of 2-6 was not what the team was hoping for, there were still many positives to take away from the trip. “We did not have our desired performance during our trip but it was a good experience to learn … Continue reading Baseball soaks up the sun
Will Sorg – Movies Guy This is my first published article covering the Oscars. I wrote one last year but it ended up being derailed by Will Smith and I was unsatisfied with the final product so I did not publish it. Seeing as Jimmy Kimmel already made about five or six unfunny jokes relating to last year’s big incident I will now never bring … Continue reading The 95th Academy Awards
David Eide – Opinion Columnist As a political science major and someone who is just generally plugged into politics, I’ve been paying very close attention to this year’s session of the Minnesota legislature. This session is especially significant because it represents the first instance of unified governmental control in almost a decade, with the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party having taken full control in the 2022 elections. … Continue reading A new way to vote?
Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist Our trees are lonely, and we are not loving them enough. Trees cannot help other trees. All a tree is to another tree is a pollen receptacle, and everyone knows how objectifying it is to be a pollen receptacle. Trees never walk up to another tree and ask “How are you doing?” Maybe they yell it across the sidewalks to … Continue reading Our trees are lonely
