Category: Opinion

Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist When we were reacquainted with snow this week, there were mixed reactions. Some folks scampered for their Christmas trees and blow-up Santas while others wept in dismay. Others enjoyed the beauty but dreaded when they would have to open the door and experience it more personally. Perhaps the most common…

David Eide – Opinions Columnist  In the past couple of years there has been a major spike in interest toward virtual reality technology with new headsets like the Valve Index or the Playstation VR being released in the last half decade or so.  While these products mostly receive attention as gaming accessories, I think they…

Kaylene Kerber – Opinions Columnist Thank you to the three readers who happen to read my articles. I know it’s probably because you know me in some capacity, but your devotion is still honorable. That’s the problem though: The Gustavian Weekly is an afterthought for many students. How does a newspaper stay relevant in a…

Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist  Behind the Minnesota Nice don’t-rock-the-boat you-have-your-way-I’ll-have-mine mindset prevalent here, there lurks something awful. Something dastardly. Something, shall I say, ignominious.  People disagree. There. I said it. If you disagree, well, you proved me right. While we might not be so bold as to tell each other face-to-face, sometimes we have…

David Eide – Opinions Columnist With the recent inundation of ads on TV or on YouTube, it’d be pretty hard to miss that we have a major election rapidly approaching.   I’ll just put all my cards on the table here, as a proud political science major and general political geek I think this particular…

Jacob Engdahl – Opinions Columnist About two weekends ago during Fall Break, I was lucky enough to see the production of SIX at the Ordway with my girlfriend. She introduced me to SIX with the original West End studio album a couple years ago when it first released, and we’ve been fans of the musical…

Cadence Paramore – Editor-in-Chief If you’re an avid reader of the Weekly, or even if you just enjoy perusing the opinion section and occasionally filling out a puzzle or two in entertainment, you probably saw our opinion piece on the ‘chalk wars’ that happen each semester.  If you didn’t, the chalk wars are a fight…

Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist The truck stops running. The teens pile out, wondering what’s wrong. They’re out of gas and have to walk to a dark, candlelit farmhouse. Suddenly, a chainsaw revs up. The teens scream and scatter into the woods! Sometimes I wonder why people watch horror movies. The plots are sometimes predictable,…

Grace Kearney – Copy Editor Chalk has struck campus yet again. Last Monday night, pro-life Gusties took to the sidewalks to share their views on abortion rights and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Tuesday saw a world of drama. “Spilled” water, mops, Queers and Allies, more chalk, the Women’s Action Coalition, and YikYaks abounded,…

Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist I checked three clocks in six on-campus buildings, and less than half were on time. This is a bigger problem than one might think. In Beck Hall, I examined three clocks: one was a minute slow, one was a minute fast, and one was on time. In the Library, one…