Category: News

Colin Maiwurm – Staff Writer On Wednesday March 30, the annual Take Action Climate Teach-In event was held in Nobel Hall. This event has been going on for many years, and this year was Gustavus’s first time hosting the event on campus. This is a global event happening for high schools, colleges, and for communities. The…

Lauren Roth – Staff Writer This week, the Adoptee, Recognition, Community (ARC) hosted its first series of events. The origins of this organization started in January of 2021 by Senior Co-Presidents Tia Lerud and Ani Bailey. “We both felt that Gustavus could benefit from a space for adoptees to connect with each other, as well as…

To the Editors of the Gustavian Weekly, Are you doing okay? Every Wednesday I go to study in Uhler basement, and I see you guys through the window looking really stressed out. When I go back to my room at like 10, you’re still there! It’s seriously concerning, especially since I never see you guys…

Kendra Smaby – Staff Writer The Supreme Court, its decisions, and nominees have drawn an ever-increasing amount of attention in recent years. From Mitch McConnell’s “Block of Merrick Garland” to the approval of Amy Coney Barret, the discrepancies have certainly garnered mass media attention. This, coupled with the recent hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown…

Mel Pardock – Staff Writer Thursday, March 31, the Gustavus Mentoring Program will be hosting a panel to discuss the impacts of the Mentoring Program on the personal and professional lives of those who participate in it. The Weekly interviewed Julie Rudolf, the Gustavus Mentoring and Internship Specialist, to learn more about the event. Q: What,…

Lauren Ruth – Staff Writer Chatter among students and faculty in the past few weeks has revolved around the possibility of an additional required credit in the general education curriculum. This is not a novel idea. There has been a large movement of students and faculty passionate about environmental sustainability and education behind this curriculum for…

Thanks to our high vacination rates and low Covid numbers as of March, 8, Gustavus Campus moved to level one of their Covid criteria. Students and staff can now unmask in all building unless otherwise posted. Professors can independantly decide whether or not they will require masks in their classrooms but campus is no longer…

Mel Pardock and Kendra Smaby – Staff Writers Masking has been an almost omnipresent feature of our lives for the last two years. As vaccines became available, restrictions lightened up over Summer 2021 and we were given a taste of what a post COVID-19 world could look like, but with the onset of the Delta variant we…

Thanks to our high vacination rates and low Covid numbers as of March, 8, Gustavus Campus moved to level one of their Covid criteria. Students and staff can now unmask in all building unless otherwise posted. Professors can independantly decide whether or not they will require masks in their classrooms but campus is no longer…

Carter Brown – News Editor On March 1, 2022, the first forum-style open participation meeting hosted by the President’s Council on Indigenous Relations (PCIR) occurred. At 2 P.M., the meeting began with a brief land acknowledgement given by president Rebecca Bergman. “I want to pause to acknowledge that we are gathered here today on the homeland…