Category: Opinion

David Eide – Opinion Columnist  My time at Gustavus is finally coming to a close and since this is the last article I will ever write for The Weekly, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on my time here and what it has taught me. My time at college has been a mix…

Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist With the end of the year coming to a close at hand and finals just around the corner, the campus is abuzz with anxiety, stress, and tension. From ConVick to Beck Hall, the entire campus is alight with students setting their brains to the grindstone in preparation for this rough…

Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist In my childhood home, back in the early 2000s, my family and I had a VHS and DVD player. From as early as I can remember, I remember that gray box that could play any multitude of movies: Aladdin, Barbie: Fairytopia -that movie introduced me to Bibble- and when I…

David Eide – Opinion Columnist If you like to follow Film and Television news as I sometimes do, you’ve probably heard about the writer’s strike that is still ongoing as of the writing of this column. This strike is incredibly important, and it has affected the productions of some of the most popular TV shows…

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist I’m not particularly nostalgic about the Gustavus Adolphus College sign that sits at the entrance to the school. I do have some good memories of sitting on it on Saturday mornings, waving to cars driving up the hill, but I haven’t been there for a while.  Even so, the recent…

Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist With another month coming to a close, students across campus will have emptied the Caf of any foods they can take back to their dorms. Cereals, Pop-Tarts, chips, sodas, coffee, tea, anything we can get our hands on that we can savor and bring back to our dorms. And one…

David Eide – Opinion Columnist As my time at Gustavus winds down, I’ve been thinking a lot about the various buildings I’ve spent time in and which one could be considered my favorite. There’s a lot of competition: I did spend much of my time in my sophomore year studying at Beck and New Nobel…

Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist Wordle is bad. I’m not just saying that because I failed the Wordle today. In fact, I solved it in two guesses. Of course, it helped that I looked at the first two guesses of one of my classmates. Although this might seem only to prove that Wordle has corrupted…

Elliot Steeves – Staff Writer Gustavus will hold its annual Honors Weekend this weekend, May 5-7, 2023, marked by several convocations at Christ Chapel. The weekend is an occasion for proud families of high academically-performing Gusties to recognize their children’s accomplishments. The event is also an opportunity for the College to show the accomplishments of…

Colin Maiwurm – Staff Writer With finals just around the corner, a change in weather has once again occurred. This time around, though, the weather is fitting for the current season. To complement this change in weather, nature’s pollinators are starting to become active once again. A newly founded club is stepping into action with…