Archive for March, 2021Page 4
The Day Course: Art course provokes perspectives
Mula Lay – Staff Writer The Day Course is a General Education course offered through the Art and Art History department and is taught by professor Kristen Lowe. The class encourages students to visualize themselves as artists and introduces them to contemporary artists, especially artists beyond the European tradition. This is a way to diversify perspectives […]
Spring Sightings: The Early Birds at Gustavus
Geena Zebrasky – Features Writer With the arrival of warmer weather comes the arrival of the sounds and sights of many different organisms. You might have noticed that you can hear the birds every morning again and that there’s buds on the trees around campus. The squirrels seem to be more active, and there are perennials poking […]
White people: Why are they afraid to talk about race?
Cadence Paramore – Opinion Columnist For many white students–and that is a large majority of our campus’s population–conversations about race look a lot like fear: fear of saying or doing the wrong thing and offending someone. And, yes, it’s good to be conscious of how our words and actions can have a negative impact on our […]
College students deserve a Spring Break
Emily Seppelt – Opinion Columnist As we are in the midst of our third COVID semester, the mid-semester onslaught has arrived right along with the rainy spring weather. Many of us may be having flashbacks to last March when we were all sent home and “enjoyed” a two-week spring break. Last March, spring break was extended […]
Require traveling abroad for Liberal Arts
Lexi Louis – Opinion Columnist Traveling should be a requirement for a liberal arts education. Experiencing different customs, learning to be open minded and seeing other places in the world is beneficial for becoming more knowledgeable about effective communication. It makes traveling easier and lessens culture shock and cultural barriers. Cultural shock is the experience someone […]
Our two college towns
Grace Worwa – Opinion Columnist St. Peter is a small college town. That’s how I always describe it to my relatives after I tell them I go to school in St. Peter and they give me a blank stare. Yes, it has that single main road lined with old-looking shops and restaurants, that community where everyone seems […]
Best spots to go touch some grass when overwhelmed
Maia Honl – Opinion Columnist Mother nature has been a real tease recently, hasn’t she? The month of March has changed seasons more times than I’ve changed my mind about my major. There was that pyrite spring, but in true Minnesotan fashion, a blizzard came and covered everything in snow. Again. We’ve all been daydreaming about […]
Sliding into Spring – Softball Continues to Build off Dominant Week
Eamonn McCullough – Staff Writer The Gustavus softball team, finally in the throes of a short and exciting spring season, is starting to get accustomed to the feeling of victory after a week of domination on the pitch. On Wednesday, March 17, the Gusties started off their winning week with a pair of non-conference victories in […]
Women’s Tennis Starts Season
Jack Wiessenberger – Staff Writer The Gustavus Women’s Tennis team has started off their season on a hot streak, as is typical for the program. At about a third of the way through their season, the team is holding onto a perfect record with six dominant wins and zero losses. Leadership from upperclassmen as well as […]
Swinging in a New Stand – Plus, limited spectators bring a sense of normalcy
Autumn Zierman – Staff Writer With spring semester in full swing and the weather thawing out, outdoors sports have entered a soft-open stage of allowing spectators back into the stands. Under the new guidelines set forth by the Gustavus Athletic Department attendees will be able to, in limited capacity, fill the stands to cheer Gusties on […]