Author: Gustavian Weekly

Marcjanna Taylor – Opinion Columnist Over the weekend the Gustavus Adolphus Equestrian Team participated in their first hunt seat of the season. It was a two day show which is typical for equitation. Only three of the team members had rode during the show, one of the three participated in the jumping section but all three…

David Eide – Opinion Columnist On October 12, it was announced that the Linnaeus Arboretum would be renamed to “The Arboretum at Gustavus”. I was fully supportive of stripping the name of Carl Linnaeus from the arboretum as several of his ideas contributed to the development of scientific racism in the 19th century. Keeping his name…

Claire Greeman – An english major who does extra work outside of class Normal people! Okay, now that I’ve gotten the attention of all of the sad lit girls I want to discuss a pervasive phenomenon in the literature world: the DWM. A phrase coined by “CJ Reads” on Youtube, a DWM stands for “depressed woman…

Hailey Brune – Opinion Columnist I come from a small town, so when I was a freshman looking at colleges I learned about parking fees. My first thought was, “My tuition doesn’t pay for my car to sit here during the school year?” Then I visited Hamline in Minneapolis and found out their fee was around…