Category: Opinion

Jonas Doerr- It’s getting closer. It’s looming before me. Soon I’ll have to make a decision. To hold, or not to hold? Normally doors are a simple thing. Just reach out one hand, pull, and step through. Sometimes those little things called locks get in the way, but that’s only a problem for burglars and…

Sophia White- In my top 5 movies are both Deadpool films, with Deadpool 2 in second place and Deadpool in 4th. Ryan Reynolds has always been one of my favorite actors and I am sure that statement is the same for many people. Even if he plays very similar characters in his films, with all…

Houston McLaury- In February, a new series was released on Netflix that I’ve had no interest in seeing. It holds all the promises of a show from my childhood; a show my sibling and I would gather around the TV after elementary school to watch the newest episode or even a rerun from the past.…

Jonas Doerr- The collective population of the United States of America just lost one hour of sleep. That, by the most recent count, comes out to 331.9 million hours. While that is about 0.1 million hours less than the amount of sleep Gusties lose studying for finals, it is still significant. But is there any…

Sophia White- Are you claustrophobic? Maybe this experience might not be the best for you, but if you are a person who just needs a little bit of quiet, muscle relaxation, and respite for your senses, I would highly recommend trying a sensory deprivation tank. It is a different experience for everyone. When you float,…

Raquel Vaughn- As somebody who is on the Campus Activities Board, I’ve said it before and I guess I’ll say it again: “Every moment is a marketing moment.” NLE Choppa is coming to town on April 19th, 2024, and will be performing in the Don Roberts Ice Arena in the Lund Center at 8:00 p.m.…

Houston McLaury- Well Gusties, we’re in March now. The rest of the school year is upon us, with mountains of work, events, and things to see. Something that we will no doubt face as the year moves onward is the birthday. An annual celebration (one I sadly have to celebrate a few weeks after the…

Jonas Doerr- I was discovering my number. Click. Click. Click. Truity.com was guiding me through it, asking personal question after personal question. This wasn’t a phone number, although one might still ask for this number at a bar. This was my Enneagram number; a personality archetype somewhere between one and nine that could reveal hidden…

Raquel Vaughn- For a really long time, I was lucky enough to have a mother who didn’t know anything about social media. Terms and phrases such as “sliding into DMs,” “follow for follow,” “saved the chat,” and “for you page” might as well have been an alien language to my mom because the only social…

Sophia White- I have been living in Minnesota for about 9 months now, and have noticed a few things in terms of personal preference and pronunciation from Minnesotans that differ from my experiences living in Nebraska for 18 years. This is not an anthropological study where I have lived in another place for several years,…