Student Senate plans - The Gustavian Weekly

Student Senate plans
Andy Setterholm
Assistant News Editor
S
tudent Senate has recently
undertaken discussion on
new policies and projects
affecting Gustavus students.
Among the topics are the routes
and routines of the “Gus Bus”,
the free weekend shuttle service, and the possibility of new
outdoor recreational renovations.
The Gus Bus, a St. Peter transit
bus that offers free rides to students from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday nights, has
been funded by the Student
Senate for a number of years.
Prompted by students, student
groups and Campus Safety,
Student Senate is considering
making changes to how the
shuttle service operates.
Currently, students are responsible for calling the shuttle
driver and requesting a pickup. Due to difficulty contacting
drivers during busy hours, and
a lack of room on buses making
stops at crowded areas, some
students are having trouble getting picked up. To help alleviate
these issues, Senate is considering scheduling a designated
route for the Gus Bus.
The designated route option
has not yet been decided on
by Senate. If it were to pass,
the buses would run on a specific route through the Gustavus
campus and St. Peter, making
regular stops at designated
areas that students tend to go
most often. The main concern
among groups who advocate
this change is for safe and efficient transportation for students. If students react negatively to the proposed changes,
Senate will reconsider.
“We’ll see if [a designated
route] has an effect. If it goes
through, which it hasn’t yet, it
will be on a trial basis. We’ll poll
the students to see what they
think. If it doesn’t work, we’ll
re-evaluate and try it again,”
Senior Political Science and
Religion Major Courtney West,
the academic and student affairs
committee chair for Senate, said.
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Candlelight vigil to
honor victims of
harrassment
LaReesa Sandretsky
News Editor
n light of recent events
IComing
nationwide and during
Out Week at Gus-
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The 28 Infantry Regiment fought in World War I and Nelson’s book focuses on three major battles in France.
th
tavus, the theatre and dance
department and the student
social justice theatre troupe I
Am We Are have planned a
candlelight vigil for October
28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Shakespeare Pit.
Henry MacCarthy, professor
of theatre and dance, said that
the idea was brought up in a
theatre and dance department
meeting during which the professors were discussing recent
campus issues, such as the rockpainting incident. “It became
obvious to us [that this was] a
reflection of what was going on
in the nation,” MacCarthy said.
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Author James Carl Nelson to
visit Saint Peter
Margarita Novack
Staff Writer
n Thursday, October 28 at
O
7:00 p.m., James Carl Nelson, the author of The Remains
of Company D will be talking
about his book at the Treaty Site
History Center. The program,
sponsored by the Book Mark,
and is a chance to meet Nelson
and hear about history that was
previously lost and forgotten.
Nelson was born in Chicago.
He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree
in journalism and mass communications. He later went on
to uncover many significant historical events of North America.
Some of his work revealed the
massacres at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989.
Nelson is a member of The Great
War Society and the Military
Writers Society of America. He
now lives with his wife and two
sons in Eden Prairie, Minn.
Nelson’s book, The Remains
of Company D, focuses on the
members of Company D of the
28th Infantry Regiment in the
United States First Division who
served in World War I.
The book begins with the
enlistment to the combat that
members endured and the effort to recover their remains.
It covers three major battles at
Cantigny, Soissons and in the
Meuse-Argonne and the horrifying effects these battles had on
the men. Nelson tells the tale
of a young Janesville, Minn.
soldier, Lehigh Wilson, whose
remains were long searched
for by his mother but never
found.
As a young boy, Nelson
first heard these stories from
his grandfather, who was a
member of Company D. His
grandfather was severely
wounded and left for dead
near Soissons. Nelson was
inspired to write and work on
the history that many people
may have forgotten or may
not know.
Nelson’s book was discov-
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The Candlelight Vigil will take place at 10:00 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Shakespeare Pit.
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Campus Safety Report
Wednesday, October 13
•A student reported an
unlocked bicycle stolen from
the bike rack at Sorensen Hall.
Thursday, October 14
•Campus Safety responded
to a medical assist in Norelius
Hall.
•Damage to a vehicle in
the Lund parking lot was
reported to Campus Safety.
•A student was cited by
Campus Safety in Rundstrom Hall for a college policy
violation for possession of
fireworks.
Saturday, October 16
•Two non-Gustavus students,
while in the area of the Johnson
House, were cited by Campus
Safety and Saint Peter Police
Department for underage consumption of alcohol. One nonGustavus student was transported to Detox.
Sunday, October 17
•Two Gustavus students were
cited by Campus Safety and
the St. Peter Police Department
for underage consumption of
alcohol. One of the students was
transported to Detox.
•A student in North Hall
was cited for an of-age alcohol
violation.
•A student reported a bicycle
stolen from a bike rack outside
the Johnson Student Union.
Tip of the Week
Firearms, Weapons and Fireworks Policy
The personal possession of
firearms in all campus buildings
and on all campus property is
strictly prohibited. This prohibition applies to all students,
employees, independent contractors and visitors, including
those who have a valid permit
to carry a concealed weapon.
Individuals who possess a
valid permit to carry a firearm
may, however, keep it locked in
the trunk or glove compartment
of their vehicle in a campus
parking lot. This prohibition
does not apply to authorized
security or law enforcement
personnel. Individuals wishing
to store firearms and ammunition at Gustavus can do so by
bringing them to the Office of
Campus Safety, Room 35A,
Norelius Hall basement.
Except under circumstances
noted above, students and
employees are prohibited from
using, storing or possessing
weapons, fireworks or explosives on property owned
or controlled by the College
and/or in the course of any
College program or employment. Weapons may include,
but are not limited to: firearms, pellet guns, air rifles or
BB guns, paintball guns, bows
and arrows, sling shots, water
balloon launchers, martial arts
equipment, swords, switchblades and large knives, tasers
and clubs.
If you are aware that an individual possesses a firearm,
or other weapon or explosives
in violation of this policy,
please contact Campus Safety
(933-8888) immediately.
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Professor Joel Carlin to hold public lecture
Annika Ferber
Staff Writer
riday, October 29, Joel CarF
lin’s Conservation Biology
class is holding a lecture, open
to the public, entitled “The Tragedies of Bush Meat” in Nobel
Hall at 10:30 a.m..
Carlin, a professor for four
years at Gustavus in the biology
department, is the professor of
the BIO-245 class, Conservation Biology. Carlin’s education
background focuses on fisheries: the study of aquatic organisms, how people use them and
the ecosystems involved. He is
currently advising and teaching biology and environmental
studies classes.
Conservation Biology focuses
on many different topics, ranging from the Louisiana Purchase
to evolution and how it affects
our world today. Carlin likes
to integrate unique case studies to stimulate discussion for
the students, and break away
from the routine lectures. The
students aren’t tested on this
material; they are just supposed
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Due to poor roads isolating them, workers in the rainforest often rely on local wildlife to feed them, which Professor Carlin calls the tragedy of bushmeat.
to challenge themselves with
the topics. “I challenge them
with their consumer habits and
how it affects the environment.
I want them to ask themselves,
‘What can you as an individual
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Professor Joel Carlin’s Conservation Biology class will hold an open lecture, “The Tragedies of Bushmeat,” on
Friday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m.
“Vigil” from page 1
In September 2010, at least
six gay teens committed suicide
that many linked to harassment
and bullying for their sexuality.
The teens range in age from 13 to
19 and include one Minnesotan,
Justin Aaberg from Anoka. One
of the most publicized incidents
was Rutgers University Freshman Tyler Clementi’s suicide
after his roommate streamed his
sexual encounter with another
man live online.
Dan Savage, an openly gay
author, pundit and journalist,
began the It Gets Better project
in response to these incidents. It
is intended as a tool to give gay
and lesbian teens hope for their
future as an openly gay adult.
MacCarthy pointed students
to many videos on YouTube
for more information about the
project and the deaths, specifically Joel Burns’s speech during
a city council meeting.
“[We want to create] an open
forum for people to talk about
these issues under a more helpful situation than hateful,”
Senior Religion Major Megan
Myhre, a fourth-year member
of I Am We Are, said.
The vigil will occur after the
Shakespeare’s R&J performance
on Thursday, and it will include
the reading of the names of the
dead by Gustavus faculty and
students from every department. MacCarthy and Myhre
both spoke about the campuswide involvement, and they
do?’ using their knowledge of
biology as well,” Carlin said.
This year at Gustavus, a campus-wide interest has been food.
Such events include the recent
Nobel Conference “Making
Food Good,” the Service Award
that was presented to the Dahlke brothers for their servicefocused farm and the rise of the
Big Hill Farm. Carlin’s class decided to continue the trend and
is presenting several lectures on
food. The upcoming lecture is
“The Tragedies of Bush Meat,”
but others in the past have
focused on caviar, vanilla and
coffee and their ecological and
political consequences around
the world. The lecture is meant
to challenge the students’ behavior, but Carlin said, “This
won’t be a lecture where we are
preaching from a ‘more liberal
than thou’ pulpit.”
The upcoming lecture is focusing on animals in tropical
forests and how they are killed
to feed laborers in these areas.
Harvesting anything from tropical forests is very labor intensive, and often these areas don’t
have well-managed roads. The
workers need to find ways to
feed themselves, and they resort
to hunting the native species.
Often these workers have highpowered ammunition with
them and target animals such
as elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes and rhinos.
“This is a tragedy because
everyone has heard of illegal
poaching, hunting for sport and
trade, but not of shooting a gorilla to eat for that day’s meal,”
Carlin said.
Many factors are contributing to this behavior. In these
countries, a social acceptance
drives the killing. The people
sometimes don’t know enough
about how their actions affect the surrounding ecology.
By killing one animal, they
are hurting other species that
depend upon them, causing a
“kill one, kill another” cycle.
The laborers are sacrificing the
long-term good for short-term
cash they gain from their labor.
Justine Koch, a senior biology and environmental science
major, said, “Attending one of
these lectures is a valuable experience not only for students
interested in biology and the
environment, but for students
of all interests. The field of
conservation biology is truly
interdisciplinary and can provide insights on the utility of
a liberal arts education. If you
are not interested in a lecture’s
educational value, come solely
for the entertainment of listening to [Carlin] lecture.”
“The Tragedies of Bush Meat”
the fourth lecture in the Lectures
on Food and the Environment
series, is going to be held on
Friday, Oct.29 at 10:30 a.m. in
room 121 of Nobel Hall.
even expect Minnesota State
University-Mankato participants.
“We won’t stand for this.
These deaths began with hate
speech,” MacCarthy said. “The
candlelight vigil to honor these
people and remember [them] is
very important. Also, we want
to send a loud and clear message that there is something
wrong with our society when
this happens.”
“It is important that people
come to show their support for
people sitting in their rooms,
worrying about where it will
happen next and if it will happen to them,” Myhre said.
MacCarthy said that putting
campus events into the context of national occurrences is
important and encourages all
members of the Gustavus community to attend. “I hope the
reason we’re holding it enough,
but it is our responsibility to
show solidarity with those being affected by this overwhelming display of hate speech.”
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“Nelson” from page 1
ered by Bob Han, an electrician
on campus, through his regular browsing around history
shelves in bookstores, especially
in the military history section.
Han was instantly intrigued by
the book.
“To me, this book brought out
the futility of war as well as the
personal pain of the individuals
involved or those left behind.
The examples of personal heroism and bravery really awed
me,” Han said. Han’s continuous urging for the author to
come to St. Peter is what has
made this visit possible.
“There will be a lot of opportunities for various groups
and ages to hear Mr. Nelson
speak about World War I,” Judy
Schultz, the Book Mark manager, said.
Schultz will be contacting
the history departments at
Gustavus about the book and
informing them about the applications it can have in the
field. The Remains of Company
D describes full realistic battles
and operations in World War
I. It also provides a powerful
account of the personalities
and determinations of the men.
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A shrine to the 28th Infantry Regiment. Nelson will be giving a talk about the regiment at the Treaty Site History Center Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m.
This book allows its readers to
see and understand a firsthand
historical portrayal of the many
men in combat.
Han encourages students
to read the book to discover
military history that they may
not have known. He believes
that one can learn from books
by simply picking one up and
being open to its teachings.
“If you want to find out why
soldiers do what they do, why
they put themselves in harm’s
way and how the arrogance and
Clark Kampfe
Student Senate has been focusing on implementing many new changes, including a fixed Gus Bus route and increased outdoor recreation activites.
“Senate” from page 1
Designated routes for the Gus
Bus have been employed in the
past, and the biggest issue was
long waits for students at the
specified stops.
“We’ve eliminated that issue
with the continuous route idea,”
West said. With buses running a
continuous route, there will be
shorter stops at the designated
areas, meaning the entire route
will be completed in about 20-25
minutes.
Student Senate also has a
committee considering new
recreation opportunities for
students who enjoy outdoor exercise. The Outdoor Recreation
Committee (ORC), chaired by
Senior Class Representative and
Classics and History Major Joey
Nowariak, has several ideas taking shape.
One of the ORC’s biggest
projects at this time is the installment of a disc golf course
on campus.
“We’re in the design stage
of a Frisbee golf course. We’re
looking at a nine-hole course,
and we’re working with the
Disc Golf Club to help out with
that,” Nowariak said.
The course will theoretically
run along the perimeter of the
Northwest side of campus,
because it must avoid interfering with the Arboretum or any
high-traffic campus areas. At
this stage, the holes are being
envisioned as beginning behind
Norelius Hall and ending somewhere near Southwest Hall.
The conflict with building
a disc golf course is money;
Senate would like to make the
course essentially free for students to use, but the approximate cost of installing the nine
hole course is around $300 per
hole. To help cover these costs,
the ORC is looking to local businesses.
“We had the idea that we’re
going to try to get the holes
sponsored by local businesses,”
Nowariak said. After the conceptual stage of designing the
course is completed, ORC will
begin canvassing local businesses for support.
incompetence of leaders can
cause the harm to them, then
this is a book to read,”Han said.
Another project being considered by the ORC is an outdoor bouldering wall, which
would most likely be added
somewhere in the Arboretum.
A bouldering wall is similar to
a rock climbing wall, except that
it is smaller and often includes
challenging angles to climb. A
bouldering wall is not nearly
as tall as a rock climbing wall,
so equipment is not necessary.
“It’s basically like a jungle
gym for climbers,” Nowariak
said. “We’re trying to find some
climbers to get some input for
it.”
A final idea being considered
by the ORC is the addition of
community grills for students
to use. Residential Life has considered adding more recreation
zones, like the area between
Norelius Hall and Complex,
with basketball, volleyball or
other activities, and possibly
grills.
“It’s stuff that’s spontaneous—you can go out on a nice
day like [those] we’ve been
having this fall and just enjoy
the day,” Nowariak said.
These and many more ideas
are being considered by members of Student Senate, and
students are welcome to submit
their opinions or ideas.
“If students have any ideas for
stuff like this, go to the Student
Senate website and find your
senator, and if your senator is
worth their salt, they’re going to
bring it up and they’ll try to do
something about it,” Nowariak
said.
“Students might not know it,
but all of Senate does want to
hear their opinion, and we really
are trying to do the best we can
for students,” West said.
To find your Student Senate
representatives, visit the Senate website on the Gustavus
homepage, and click “Meet
Your Senators.”
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Ryan Henrickson
Gustavus: You got served
in New York, Ryan was posted
in Iraq at Consolidated Operating Base Speicher, near the city
of Tikrit. He worked there as
a liaison in charge of loading
personnel and cargo, “almost
like a ticket-agent,” Ryan said.
“Iraq was very different from
Afghanistan. I enjoyed Afghanistan a lot more than Iraq,” Ryan
said.
Ryan is proud of what he has
done to contribute to the nation’s armed forces and the war
effort. “During Operation Enduring Freedom VII, my office
coordinated the aerial movement by our aviation battalion
of some 50,000 personnel and
9,100 tons (18.2 million pounds)
“My mother says that
it was on 9/11 that she
knew I would go into
the Army,”
-Ryan Henrickson
Ryan Hendrickson sports his Gustavus wear during his first year at Gustavus after serving in the Army.
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Zach Blinkinsop
Staff Writer
yan Henrickson certainly
does not look like a firstyear student, but the former Army soldier is starting
his first year here at Gustavus.
The 24-year-old first-year, who
intends to double major in political science and French, is an
Army veteran who served in
both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ryan enlisted in the Army in
2003 but did not begin serving
until he graduated from high
school in 2004. He was compelled to join the Army both
by his family’s deep-rooted
military tradition and by the
events of 9/11, which had a
profound impact on him. “My
mother says that it was on 9/11
that she knew I would go into
the Army,” Ryan said.
In December 2003, Ryan enlisted in the Army. He began
serving shortly after his graduation from Northfield Senior
High School in May 2004.Ryan
studied Korean at the Defense
Language Institute and Aviation Operations at Fort Rucker,
Ala., from 2004 until 2005, when
he headed off to Fort Drum in
New York.
Ryan was sent overseas to Afghanistan in 2006 and served at
Bagram Air Base, about 30 miles
northeast of Kabul, until 2007.
Bagram Air Base is the central
air hub for the National Aviation
Tatical Operations force in the
northern half of Afghanistan.
There he worked as a mission
planner, “involved in planning
personnel moves, air assaults
and resupply missions to faroutlying posts in the northeast
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sonally been, people have told
me that northern Afghanistan
looks like Colorado from the
air,” Ryan said.
After serving in Afghanistan,
Ryan worked in Aviation Tactical Operations in New York. “I
got to work with many pilots
and had a lot of fun with that.”
From 2008 to 2009, after his stint
of cargo,” Ryan said.
“He managed the assets of
our battalion with skill and
finesse, ensuring we provided
the best customer support we
could to the guys bringing the
fight to the militants in eastern
Afghanistan. He did so with
humor as well as competence,”
Army Captain Brian W. Burbank said, one of Ryan’s former
officers-in-charge and current
head of the Mankato Recruiting
Company.
Ryan is doing his part to support veterans here on campus.
“It would be my privilege to
help create a veteran’s fraternity
organization or a chapter of the
Student Veterans of America
in order to support my fellow
veterans in the transition from
the military to civilian life,”
Ryan said.
“Ryan is really dedicated to
helping his [fellow veterans].
He is not just doing this for
something to put down on a
resume. I think he feels called
upon to serve,” Junior Political
Science Major Jake Schueler
said.
Ryan chose Gustavus because
he “wanted a world-class, private, liberal arts education.” He
intends to study his passions
of French and political science.
“I’ve really gotten back into
the academic swing of things,”
Ryan said. He also admits that
he enjoys all of his classes regardless of their rigor. Here at
Gustavus he has already impressed many with his dedication and amicable disposition.
“I met Ryan in our Gustie
Greeter Group. We’re both from
Northfield! Ryan is a good student; he’s smart, experienced
and very social. It is incredibly
easy to talk to him,” First-Year
Nick Mullenmeister said.
“Ryan does not just let the
world pass him by. If he doesn’t
agree with something, he will let
you know, but in an extremely
polite and considerate way,” Senior Management Major Andy
Neal said.
Ryan is set to marry his fiancée, Jenny Strobel, who is a
Doctorate Student of Physical
Therapy at the Mayo School
of Health Sciences, on June 25,
2011. Ryan has considered possibly attending law school in the
future but is letting fate decide
where he ends up.
“Ryan was a great soldier.
Although I was saddened to
learn the Army has lost a valuable asset, I am glad that Ryan
is continuing his education and
will serve this great nation in
another capacity in the civilian
world,”Burbank said.
“Ryan does not just
let the world pass him
by. If he doesn’t agree
with something, he will
let you know, but in an
extremely polite and
considerate way.”
- Andy Neal
of the country,” Ryan said.
While in Afghanistan, he also
worked as a liaison with coalition partners, including France
and Germany. “Afghanistan is
a beautiful country, not at all
like the sandy deserts people
imagine when they think of the
region. Though I’ve never per-
Ryan served in both Iraq and Afghanistan while enlisted in the Army.
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Gustavus Students practice their balance during the once-a-week Yogalatities class.
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Features Editor
very Tuesday night, yoga
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and pilates come together to
help Gusties get fit. Under the
instruction of Junior Health and
Fitness Major Emma Wilson,
Yogalities classes meet at 8:00
p.m. in Room 224 Lund Center.
Classes last about 45 minutes and are accessible to all
experience levels. According to
Wilson, a typical class consists
of a basic five-minute warm-up
followed by 20 minutes of basic
yoga poses. Right now the class
is working on simple poses
like “warrior” and “twisted triangle.” The class then wraps up
the workout with 10 minutes of
isolated upper and lower body
exercises and a few minutes of
cool-down.
“It’s a relaxing way to get a
workout because it’s not like
a strenuous cardio workout,”
Junior Psychology Major Laura
Kientzle said. The yoga portion
of the workout is the relaxing
part, she explained, but the
pilates portion is “the part that
will leave you sore the next day.
It’s a good mix of both.”
Kientzle advised that students
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shouldn’t be under the impression that Yogalities is an easy
work-out; “it’s just a different
form of working out,” she said.
The classes average 20 students, but Wilson said the
classes have been growing as
the word has gotten out. If she
continues to see an increase in
participation, Wilson said they
will move to Alumni Hall.
This is Wilson’s first year instructing Yogalities. She started
going to classes her sophomore
year and then decided to get her
certification to teach it this past
summer because the instructors
from last year graduated. “I
want to go into corporate fitness,” she said. “Getting up in
front of a group of peers is great
experience [for me].”
Teaching Yogalities isn’t just
about gaining experience for
Wilson, however. “I remember how much I enjoyed [the
classes], so I like giving others
the opportunity to participate,”
she said.
The Yogalities class provides
an opportunity for students to
participate in an activity that not
only benefits the body, but also
the mind. “You’re giving your
brain a break and working your
body instead,” Wilson said.
The class is “also a great break
from homework,” Wilson said,
“and when you return to your
work, you’re more focused.”
Yogalities is one of five exercise classes provided through
the Health Majors Club. Others include kickboxing, water
aerobics, core and conditioning
killer (CCK) and bootcamp. To
find out more about these classes, check out the Health Majors
Club group on Facebook.
Haunted House
LaReesa Sandretsky
News Editor
very year near Halloween,
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the first-year Collegiate
Fellows (CFs) transition from
student leaders to set designers, writers and actors. These
students collaborate to bring
the Gustavus community a
haunted house in the basement of Norelius Hall.
On Saturday, Oct. 30 from
8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., the
basement will become an
orphanage-themed haunted
house.
“The basement of Norelius
is creepy anyways, but it will
be a lot creepier when we’re
done with it,” Senior Religion
Major Bethany Ringdal and
Norelius CF said.
The CFs will begin setting
up the haunted house at about
10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The
preparations started much
earlier, however, with plot
development, costume design, decoration planning and
plenty of thrift-store shopping, Ringdal said.
The haunted house will
follow a plot with a script
written by a board of CFs in-
cluding Andrew Lewis, junior
economics and environmental
studies major. “It’s kind of
twisted, creepy and evil,”
Lewis said.
“The basic premise is an orphanage that burned down,”
Ringdal said, “but I don’t
want to give away too much.
I’m an actor, so I’m excited to
put on a good show.”
“I’m really excited to be
a part of the haunted house
this year because it was such
a highlight of my first year,”
Sophomore English Education Major and CF in Norelius
Kate Plager said.
The upstairs lounge will
be a “Halloween hang-out”
where students can sign up
for a time to go through the
haunted house. After signing
up, they can either wait in the
lounge or come back at their
assigned time.
Although the haunted
house serves as a bonding
experience for first-years,
the CFs stress that everyone
is welcome at the haunted
house. “The CFs put a lot of
effort into this, so it’s going
to be good,” Lewis said. “I’m
really excited to scare people.”
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At “Adz” with Sufjan
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Sufjan Stevens played a less than impressive, albeit sold-out, concert for fans at the Orpheum on Sat. Oct 16, 2010
Lindsay Lelivelt
Editor-in-Chief
e made a lot of mistakes.
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He made a lot of mistakes.
Yes he did. From forgetting lines
and false starts to long, drawn
out songs—this concert was not
what I thought it would be. I
am a big fan of Sufjan Stevens.
I have all of his albums. And
I’d been looking forward to
seeing him for a long time. But
Saturday’s sold-out concert at
The Orpheum was a bit of a
letdown.
It was messy and disorganized. “It’s like a Sufjan Stevens song-writing workshop
tonight,” Stevens said. And he
wasn’t lying.
He started with “Seven
Swans” off of the album of the
same name in the quintessential
Stevens fashion. Just him and
his banjo. And it was wonderful.
Then the rest of the band came
out and joined him on stage to
play the next song. “Too Much”
came off of the new album, and
it was good, too. The bulk of the
songs performed on Saturday
were from the new album Age
of Adz, but the show started to
go downhill after the fourth or
fifth song.
“It’s like a Sufjan Stevens song-writing
workshop tonight.”
-Stevens
It was too much for the band
to keep together. The new album
is very busy, very dense, very
much involved. And it seemed
like the band could have used
a couple more rehearsals to get
it all figured out. The rhythms
weren’t always synched, and
vocals weren’t always in key. On
an unrelated note, I spent a lot of
time figuring out just what was
going on with Stevens’s pants.
The art used really was
awesome and went
along well with the
songs played.
The backup dancers and singers were cutesy and helped
with the visual quality of the
performance but took the attention away from Stevens. The
visual art was fantastic—lights
and images inspired by Lousiana schizophrenic artist Royal
Robertson. Stevens took about
15 minutes out of the show to
talk about Robertson and his
life in Louisiana and how the art
inspired Stevens’s new album.
The art used really was awesome and went along well with
the songs played. It was displayed on two separate screens,
a sheer screen behind the band
and another that would drop
down in front of them intermittently throughout the show.
If anyone could do without
autotune, it’s Stevens. And yet,
the 25 minute song “Impossible
Soul” had entirely too much autotune, too much repetition and
too much mediocrity. The song
itself isn’t that great, certainly
not worth 25 minutes on the
album and definitely not worth
that much of my time or money
in person. Especially not for $50.
“You paid for this,” Stevens said
jokingly.
The show ended with “Chicago,” a crowd favorite. And
thank God, because all the new
songs are hardly made for singing along. The encore was better
than the actual show. Stevens
returned to the stage to play
songs from older albums, songs
the audience was more familiar
with. He ended with the one
song I had hoped to hear, “The
Dress Looks Nice on You” from
Seven Swans. And after a slow
start while the band tuned and
retuned instruments, it really
ended well.
It was too much for the
band to keep together.
The new album is very
busy, very dense, very
much involved.
It’s too bad that the rest of the
show wasn’t more integrated
with old and new songs. It
would have been better for
keeping the attention of the
audience and the variation
would have salvaged the show’s
integrity.
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Editor | Lindsay Lelivelt
To The Englsih Dept.
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The Gustavian Weekly
A visual and literary odyssey
Handle With Care
Saturday
How do you expect me to write white
When I’ve lived Black with all my might
This is the room of the Lemon Peel Angel Fish.
Note the coarse sea salt on the interior edge of the aquarium glass.
Indissoluble plaque. A perfect popcorn topping.
Faded olive and spicy mango wallpaper slowly peels away from the
solid oak
crown molding as the humidity grows thicker.
My eyes are fixed and dilated.
Mouth hung open. On tumble dry low.
It’s like watching a Baltimore Checkerspot emerging from her
chrysalis.
Natalie Jo Baker
[‘10]
You say, make it a mixture of white and Black
to do this, i would have to be a tom, in fact
So, an (A), I’ll never get, to put it blunt
For I am one hundred percent a militant
jerold wright
Everytime I get used
to the music the tape runs out
and
I have to turn it over
and
Start listening all over again
to a different song
Paul Cole
[‘79]
Lindsay Lelivelt
Features Editor
F
irethorne is Gustavus Adolphus College’s studentrun literary magazine and
is made entirely from student
work and is put together by
a student staff. Submissions
i once met a dove
who believed in violent protest
she flew
full force
into the wind
shield of a lincoln
but
left
no impression
i attended
the funeral
where the preacher said god had a plan
but i didn’t see
him at the rally
and now it’s too late
for the bird
is in the sky
not on the wing
anymore
left
are the rest
[‘69]
But will we ever get it together before
the sky comes down on us?
Used to be I would just lay back and let
the night cover me,
Jerome Yoman
and hope that the sky was dark so I wouldn’t
have to see very far.
[‘79]
This student-run publication
has been around in some form
or another since the ‘60s, and
exempilifies the ways in which
Gustavus students’ litereary
talents continue through the
ages. Featured are clips of art
and poetry from past editions
of the Firethorne.
[‘79]
ABOUT THAT
In the perfectness of a smile there were
countless twists which I never saw;
In the warmth of being close to someone was
a bitter cold that was only suddenly realized;
Watch the sunlight play and hundred hop-scotch
patterns off of lovely faces that I caught ....
range from poetry and lyrics to
prose (of fiction and non) and
art. The magazine is published
twice a year, with a supplemental in the fall and a fulllength, color publication in the
spring. Before it was known as
the Firethorne, it was Firethorn,
and before that it was The Iron
Butterfly.
In the light of unquestioning eyes was a
darkness that covered all the colors that laugh;
.... then threw them around my mind’s eye.
Everything could very easily slide by and not affect;
In quiet words were hid a silence that knew
Whispers and small laughter were just that and
nothing more
no brothers;
In going somewhere I had never gone was
Wanting was a by-word that didn’tsmile very much ...
... before you.
a step of driftwood that collapsed to a toom of
enstad
tangled daydreams;
In my stumbling I pulled another along,
and I’m sorry about that.
paul enstad
COFFEE CUP POEM
Coffeecup clock.
Slow chocolate cream.
Whirring waring blender blades.
Gas stove blue.
Hot pan fingertips.
Windowsill cool.
I met his eyes as half a smell,
future taste,
smooth.
With a klaxon laugh,
he swallowed it.
[‘86]
[‘67]
[‘75]
[‘68]
carl youngdahl
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Editor | Olivia Karns
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Either I’m crazy...
It comes with a free pin
Ethan Marxhausen
Staff Columnist
ell gentlemen. I suppose
W
you’re wondering why
I’ve called you all here tonight.
Please, have some cheese from
the cracker platter. Gentlemen,
I consider many of you to be
my brothers. And when I say
brothers, I really just mean really, really good friends. That’s
why I think it’s time for us to
expand as an organization. As
you know, we are all awesome
people. We are so awesome,
in fact, that there is a very real
possibility that we could get
swarmed with mobs of less awesome folks who want to hang
out with us. That is why we
need to make sure we establish
a way to decide who can hang
out with us and who can’t. Goddang it, Victor, I saw you double
dipping.
As I said, we are a lovely
group of men. Neville, you’ve
got a girlfriend, right? Oh.
Well, you did at one point,
right? And you did too, Louis?
Anyway, people want to be
with us, right? So what if we let
all of them. What if we just let
everybody who wanted to hang
out with us hang out with us. It
would be chaos, clearly.
We’ll devise some kind of
friendship boot camp. We’ll
make them do all kinds of embarrassing stuff like wear their
hair funny or not talk to girls
for a week, all to “prove” that
they want to be our friends. And
they’ll actually do it, and it’ll be
worth it at the end because then
they’ll have proved that they
are awesome, as well. We can’t
Creative Commons
Please, come in. Have some wine, have some cheese. Take a pin.
allow anybody less than totally
awesome to infiltrate our state
of total awesomeness.
The suggestion box
Susan Kranz
Staff Columnist
pon our traveling to the
U
Renaissance Festival back
in the wee beginning of Oc-
tober (remember that Weekly
column?!), my suite-mate and
I purchased a bar of handmade
soap. After smearing our noses
in the dozens of samples in the
town-market-esque shoppe and
chatting with the saleswoman
(soap wench?) who had “free
soap here” written on her chest
with arrows pointing toward
her cleavage, we decided on
a oatmeal-colored soap called
“Satyr.”
Now, many of you classicists
out there will know much more
about the connotation of “satyr” than I do, but a recent visit
to Wikipedia informs me that
satyrs refer to the male companions of Pan and Dionysus
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Eye on Gustavus:
Sexy, Satyr Soap
who played pipes and frolicked
through woods and mountains.
(Sounds like my definition of a
good time!) But according to the
soap wench, satyr is also a fragrance used by the Greeks as an
aphrodisiac. Sexy, no? We didn’t
know what the soap wench’s
judgments were concerning
two young ladies buying a sexy
soap, but we figured she had
probably seen odder people
lingering around her shoppe.
I will now describe to you,
lovely readers, what joy this
bar of soap that rests on our
bathroom countertop has given
me. (Yes, I’m writing about the
joys of soap. It’s just one of those
weeks.)
When I come back to my suite
after a dreadful day of classes,
or open my bedroom door in the
morning after a night of horrible
dreams, I am welcomed by the
warm, earthy smell of our satyr
soap. I wish The Weekly had
a scratch-n-sniff for you all to
smell this wonderful scent. It
is indeed like a forest, except
there’s some chocolate in there
too. Or maybe almond. It smells
like a man, in a forest, eating
chocolate-covered almonds.
He’s in one of those white peasant top things and brown suede
pants. He drops one of the chocolate-covered almonds. It falls
from his rough man-hands into
the soil and you see him bend
over, ever so slowly, revealing
his firm backside…
Woah. My apologies. I seem to
Excuse me? What will our
group do? What a silly question, Quentin. We’ll do friend
stuff. We can have our fellow
awesome-ites over to our house,
and we’ll talk and hang out and
maybe drink alcoholic beverages, but it’ll be really special
because it’s OUR house.
Maybe we could even have
it in a tree with a ladder that
pulls up whenever somebody
else walks by—but I’m getting
ahead of myself. We can even do
nice things for our community.
And then everybody will really
like us and, we’ll have even
more people wanting to join ...
see how that works?
But this is the important part:
we can’t tell ANYBODY who’s
not in the group what we do
when we hang out together.
Then we’ll really enjoy sitting
in our beanbags and watching
How I Met Your Mother in our
own little house and making
inside jokes, knowing that everybody THINKS we’re having
secret rituals and epic parties
and orgies and badass stuff
like that.
have gotten off the topic.
What I’m trying to allude to
here as I daydream about my
sexy forest man is the power
of scent. Scents can change
our moods, alert us to things,
relax us. Just as the satyr soap
comforts me after a difficult
day (hmm, kinda sounds like
a boyfriend), other scents like
coffee or citrus make me feel
more awake. Some scents, like
wet dog and lake water, make
me think of home, as much as
they are also often quite stinky.
Others make me want to vomit,
such as moldy Gustieware
found in some hidden corner
or literally the vomit on the
sidewalk in front of Southwest
Hall. I ignore these truly nasty
smells, mostly because they are
a result of others’ poor choices
(let’s hear it for returning your
Gustieware and drinking responsibly!).
As much as our lives are
about seeing and hearing what’s
around us, we must also take
into account sense of smell as
an important and enjoyable
perception. How often do we
describe what we see or hear
in the day, when smell, too, is a
way we interpret the world? Let
us not focus on the ever-pervasive poop smell on campus, but
the more pleasant ones like old
library books, smelly markers
and Mr. Snuggle fabric softener.
And of course, the sexy satyr
soap.
Fall Break
GO HOME AND SLEEP, Y’ALL!
Strike in France
The strike in France over raising the
retirement age from 60 to 62 is really
messing with their transportaion ... but
it’s pretty funny for the rest of us.
Thumb Trouble
All the news is positive. WTF?
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The Gustavian Weekly
Examining life
What the first-years see at orientation
Alex Legeros
Staff Columnist
ecently, the first-year orienR
tation process, in particular
the shows The Inside Scoop
and E Pluribus Gustavus, have
been receiving intense public
scrutiny. So as far as I can tell,
the cause can be linked back
to a socially-conservative blog
post made by a senior Gustavus student who wrote about
those shows using video clips
he captured while viewing the
performances. The videos are
not raw footage, but have been
edited down to reflect only
specific scenes, or even parts
of scenes, and were taken and
edited without consent.
As far as any blog post has
ever gone “viral” from the Gus-
tavus community, this particular one has made it onto national
conservative and liberal interest
websites and has spawned various reactions from YouTube and
letters to the Editor here in The
Gustavian Weekly. I know the
President’s office has been inundated with alumni and current
parents who were confused and
angered by this blog, and many
other people and institutions
on campus have felt this rush
as well.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am not only part of the
E Pluribus cast and show (and
have been all my years here),
but a short clip of a skit I performed was included among
the blog videos. In other words,
I have some stake in this now,
campus,—and nation-wide debate over what gets displayed
during orientation.
Without discussing the “ethics,” or lack thereof, in the
creation and formulation of the
progenitor blog post, I want to
focus more on what the especially controversial E Pluribus
Gustavus show actually looks
like and the reasons why we’d
ever choose to bring up issues
like sexuality (or sexual assault,
or hate speech, or eating disorders, or domestic violence, or
religion) to the incoming class.
E Pluribus Gustavus is like
no other show you have seen.
There are no acts, no sound
or lighting effects, no set and
no costumes. As it’s formulated, the show focuses on the
actor-created material, which
brings into exceptional focus
the particular social justice issues we present. We the actors
create the show from scratch
the week before the first-years
see the final 40-minute show.
Yes, that’s 40 minutes, not just
six minutes of absurdity and
propaganda smashed together,
like some videos may have led
you to believe.
But I digress. We create the
show to highlight social justice
issues and our relation to them
as Gustavus students. That we
are Gustavus students is important for the first-year students
to know, but that we are Gustavus students does not mean
that the social justice issues we
talk about are exclusive to this
campus, and for that matter, are
not repeated on every ground
students occupy in the nation.
We choose to present through
the theater things that we encounter that are not often talked
about. This can be very serious,
like when an actor will recount
her experience of being sexually
assaulted, or can be really funny,
like when an actor will explain
what he thought his roommate
might think of him when his
roommate found out he’s from
Jamaica (making Gustavus the
number one college in Minnesota for Bobsled!).
This kind of theater is very
open—we talk about a huge
array of social issues in our
limited time—but is intentionally structured to simply present
the questions without answers.
We structure the show so that
the audience isn’t left with a
checklist of how they are supposed to act but with their eyes
widened to new possibilities
and new approaches. Our goal
is not to brainwash the firstyear class into a liberal pro-gay,
pro-sex, anti-Christian agenda
(as we’ve been accused), but to
lay the foundations for talking
about social issues.
To the extent to which our
actions have led people to question what it means to be Christian and what it means to talk
about important social issues
in a greater context, I suppose
then I can only be proud of the
work we E Pluribus actors have
done. If there was one thing
that truly frustrates me about
why the orientation process has
come under so much criticism,
it is that people are making
their judgments based not on
the shows themselves, or even
the opinions from first-year
students or people involved in
the process including the Peer
Assistants and Gustie Greeters,
but rather stand behind the biased distortion formulated on a
blog devoted to arousing hatred
and intolerance.
As much as it hurts me to
hear that people think my love
and beliefs are not Christian
or ‘right,’ I’d rather fight for a
broader understanding of our
social community and justice
rather than dwell on insults
people may think twice about
if they had been encountered E
Pluribus from a more truthful
perspective.
Gustavus is one of the few
institutions in the nation with
the courage to present issues of
social justice to their incoming
class of students. If you grant
that every student is a person
who deserves to be treated like
one, then you have to assume
that each student will encounter
issues of social justice in their
formative years, no matter how
much sheltering a parent or institution could impose.
By including E Pluribus Gustavus in first-year orientation,
we grant the incoming class the
lucky fortune of being exposed
to social issues before they encounter them personally, so that
they do not feel alone or blind
when they encounter actions on
this campus that confuse, frustrate or hurt them on this campus—because if our students are
learning, they will.
Crunchy, yet satisfying
Direct communication: Not just for comm majors
Becca Hohag
Staff Columnist
ecent events on campus
R
pertain to the issue of homosexuality. Historically speaking,
conflicts between and within
faith communities are not something new on the map. Humans
have been dealing with contradictions and alterations in traditions for, let’s see, centuries.
That said, it is necessary to
temporarily overlook this philosophical topic and objectively
witness the way in which the
discourse was ideated. Every
community experiences conflict.
It is the healthy and lasting
communities that grow through
such an experience. Remaining
stagnant and unresponsive to
change is unreasonable, especially in an institution such as a
college where social change is
welling up and MEANT to happen. If hopeful, full of idealism
and hormones, college youth
don’t get worked up about
something, who will!?!
The blatant events this past
week reveal a weakness in our
community: the ability to fairly
express conflict.
Conflict is not bad. I repeat.
Conflict is not bad. It is a part of
the process of growth! Change
is born of conflict, insert quotes
from Ghandi, MLK Jr., Jesus,
Paul, etc. Avoiding conflict is
not helpful. Passive aggressive
“acts” exacerbate, worsen and
intensify conflict.
The Gustavus community
must learn from the rock conflict mentioned in last week’s
Weekly, as well as the Letter to
the Editor incident. The rock
and the Internet—they are both
outlets for communication and
pride, creativity and emotion to
be released. It is not a mature
way to jab at another commu-
nity, or sub-community. Indeed,
speech, direct, intentional, eyeto-eye speech is the best way for
the outlet to be made.
As a community based on
Lutheran heritage, it is sensible
to be open to the complex definitions of these words among students, alumni, professors and
members of the Gustavus community. No doubt, the liberal
arts education encourages this
tension. As my choir director
recently put it, it is within this
tension that the life is sustained!
The challenge of maintaining
and developing our ideals and
hopes is what keeps us running
the race of hope.
I’ve been blessed to witness
several conversations around
campus about the rock and the
YouTube videos. Campus is
alive with the discourse. What
will we do with that? Will we all
quietly tap tap tap our Facebook
statuses (Latin chums, is the
plural stati?) to reflect annoyance toward humanity, or will
we STAND UP, look STRAIGHT
and SPEAK to those we have
conflict with? Do we have backbones to do that?
Dear Gusties and Gustavians,
alumni, etc., peace to you all as
Creative Commons
Tension is an eventuality of any community.
this issue exists. May each one
of us grow to confront the issue at hand and be willing and
able to help as we can. May
our words and actions be steps
forward toward peace in our
campuses, homes, churches and
our nation.
“If it is possible, so far as it
depends on you, live at peace
with all” (Romans 12:18).
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Letters to the Editor
I feel that Mr. Morrow has
come under much flak recently,
many of it very much undeserved, and that he is being
very unfairly represented by
our friends on the right side of
the political spectrum. So, I am
going to set the record straight.
I had a chance to listen to Terry, and let me tell you, this man
is a great man, strong in stature
and in voice. And despite the
literature I have received from
the Republican Party that has
said otherwise, I can say that
Terry Morrow does not, in fact,
hate us as college students. In
fact, he has been working hard
for our rights. He voted against
a bill that would require us, as
private school students, to get
new licenses or ID cards. He
has also worked closely with
the Minnesota Private College
Council on many higher ed issues, including protecting the
State Grant Program, which is
extremely pertinent, considering the number of Gusties who
receive financial aid. He has
also, in years past, been a great
help to students who wish to
intern at the Capitol. Not to
mention, he led the efforts to
rein in textbook prices, something that has always been an
issue for college students.
So, no, Terry Morrow is not
an evil, college student hating monster, but is in fact one
of our greatest advocates and
guardians of our rights, and this
should be kept in mind come
November 2.
Stetson McAdams ‘14
I have been a little concerned
“Free pin” from page 10
Next step: merchandising. We
need a cool name for our group.
Any ideas? Brilliant, Horatio,
we’ll use another language!
Something nobody speaks any
more, like Latin or Greek or
something. It’ll make people
think we’re really smart or
that we secretly speak that
language when we hang out
so nobody knows what we’re
talking about. Do you speak
Latin, Horatio? Me neither, but
that doesn’t matter. We’ll use
it anyway because it looks and
sounds really cool. Or maybe
Greek. I really like way “epsilon” sounds for some reason.
Once we get a name for ourselves we can start putting it on
our clothes and stuff. Something
practical, like a nice hooded fleece, maybe. We’ll wear
them everywhere so everybody
knows how awesome we are.
Maybe we should charge money
to join. We’ll say it’s for “dues”
or something made-up like that.
It won’t even matter because
we’re so cool we can totally get
away with charging people to
hang out with us. In return we
can give them all this merch
for free and maybe even a nice
certificate with their name and
our logo on it. Or a lapel pin.
about the actions of the school
during coming out week in regards to the rock painter. While
I totally disagree with what he
did and his message, I recognize
his right to say it. However, it
felt like the school was coming
to close to questioning the perpetrator’s right to say what he
did. As much as we may not like
it, the rock painter does have
the right to express his opinion.
This right is codified in the constitution as the right to freedom
of speech. The right to freedom
of speech is meant to protect the
speech we don’t want to hear.
The school has not officially said
the rock painter did not have
the right of freedom of speech,
but their actions come close to
trying to suppress not only his,
but any “hateful” speech.
While as individual students
the members of the student senate have the right to disagree
with the rock painter’s actions,
by representing the school, the
student senates actions amount
to the school condemning the
action and the painter’s speech.
The same is true of President
Ohle’s message on Tuesday.
In neither case did the representative of the school try to
attack the idea but instead they
attacked the person. By suggesting that the painter should be
punished, and by condemning
an action of free speech, the
school is stepping over the line
and is violating its students
rights.
While the school may not like
what it deems as hateful speech,
the school has no right to try
and stop people from expressing their freedom. Bad ideas
are weakest when exposed to
the light of day, by trying to
discourage this kind of speech,
the school is really making the
matter worse not better.
Kevin Fortuna ‘13
Gusties:
November 2 will be a big day
for Gustavus. As many of you
are already aware, this is the day
that your very own professor,
Terry Morrow, will be re-elected
as your representative at the
Minnesota State Legislature.
But only with your help.
I’m a graduate of the Gustavus class of 2009 and a current
public policy student at the U of
M. In my time at Gustavus, I interned for Representative Terry
Morrow and have continued to
follow his work at the Capitol in
the years since then. And I can
promise you this: Gustavus, you
should be proud.
After just one year at the Capitol, the DFL party recognized
his outstanding contribution to
the legislature with a leadership
position as an Assistant Majority Leader. Rep. Morrow’s expertise and ability to work with
people has been a hallmark of
his tenure at the Capitol.
Rep. Morrow is an unwavering supporter of higher education. He has tirelessly worked
with the Minnesota Private
College Council to defend the
Minnesota State Grant Program,
a need-based program that one
out of four of your Gustie classmates receive each year. He has
voted for a tuition tax deduction. He has voted against a
download tax. Simply, he votes
for students every time.
It is a vast understatement
to say that this is an important
election year. Rather, it is a de-
fining one. Get out and vote for
Terry Morrow to make sure that
the needs of college students
continue to be defended at the
State Capitol in this upcoming
legislative session.
Amanda Capelle
I am a white heterosexual
female and I have enjoyed the
privileges that come with those
identities for most of my life.
However, for the last year, I
have been in a serious relationship with a woman. I still
consider myself “straight,” but
I am deeply in love with my
girlfriend—try fitting that into
an acronym.
I am “coming out” about this
to the Gustavus community in
light of last week’s Coming Out
Week and the acts of hate that
unfortunately accompanied it. I
have always been a strong supporter of the LGBT community,
but now, more than ever, I truly
understand what it feels like to
be a victim of ignorance, intolerance and hatred.
Regardless of the efforts of
certain individuals on this campus to propagate their intolerant
agendas, we must not be dissuaded from our mission to advocate for equality. Anyone can
claim their message as “fact,”
but fact is not determined simply by how vehemently someone says (or paints, or uploads)
it. And that “fact” does not
become truth based on how
zealously it is believed. Now is
not the time for complacency.
Now is the time that we all must
stand firmly behind the core values WE know truly define Gustavus. I am standing up for faith,
service, community, excellence,
justice, and most importantly,
love. So I ask you, my beloved
Gustavus community, what will
you stand up for?
Meredith Feenstra ’12
Dear Gustavus,
We are a hurting community.
We are hurting in our personal
lives, in our student organizations, and as a whole community. It is OK to feel hurt;
it reminds us that we are still
human and that we are passionate beings.
However, it is what we do
with this hurt that can only
bring about healing. If we sit
around and discuss with our
friends how offended and hurt
we are, but never talk to the
other side, we continue to hurt
ourselves. If we continue to be
“Minnesota nice” or as I like to
call it, passive aggressive, we
avoid face-to-face-conflict and
suddenly posting things on the
internet and painting hateful
messages on the rock becomes
OK.
We are caught in world full of
misunderstandings. We are very
good at talking at each other, but
both sides need to learn to listen
in order to heal. What would
happen if we confronted our
hurt and the individuals who
have hurt us? Would we be able
to agree to disagree and treat
each other with respect? All it
takes is a little bit of courage.
Do we have that Gustavus? We
have been acting like cowards.
Amanda Hochstatter ‘11
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Editor | Jordan Walker
* The Calendar Page is considered editorial. The
opinions expressed herein are not the opinions of the
gustavian weekly, but the expressions and opinions of
an immature mind. Readers are advised that none of
these rants are to be taken seriously.
OMFGTGI Friday,
October 22
5:00 p.m.
Let’s hope they grade our midterms that night. Dr. So
Young Park, I’m talking to YOU.
HOLLA’.
Volleyball vs. Concordia College
7:00 p.m.
Lund Center
Y’all can write your own cussing VB jokes.
Tuesday, October 26
Thursday, October 28
Core & Conditioning Killer
Yoga
HEALTH MAJORS CLUB. I’MMA TELL YOU THE SAME
THING I TOLD THE VOLLEYBALL BIDDIES. CUT THE
CRAP. RESPEK’.
Like real exercise, except not at all. In any way. ANY WAY.
If you can do it high or hung over it’s not exercise. Just
sayin’.
Boot Camp
Lund Center
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
Lund Center
7:00 p.m.
Never
“Call me G-MAC, & I like you, & I like life so stop
saying, ‘FML.’ Cuss that cuss. That cuss so gay, you
mellowdramatic bitch. Wait. Did I say, ‘gay’? No, I meant
LAME. LAME, LAME, LAME, no, you’re not GAY. ‘Cause
I got three family members who are gay, and they all start
with ‘M,’ ain’t that funny that way HOW LIFE WORKS?
IT’S IRONIC.” — G-MAC, the one & only
Saturday, October 23
Men’s Soccer vs. Bethel University
2:30 p.m.
Let’s see your GAWD use his magic to get you out of this
one, Bethel. You’re up CUSS CREEK with a TURD for a
paddle.
Lund Center
3:30 p.m.
RIPPED TOGETHER. MUTUAL ATTRACTIVENESS.
Water Aerobics
12:40 p.m.
IT TAKES ALL KINDS.
Study Abroad Questions: It’s a big
world out there!
CICE
2:30 p.m.
THIS IS GAWD’S COUNTRY, AND IF YOU DON’T LIKE
IT ... WELL, YOU CAN LEAVE.
Women’s Soccer vs. Hamline
Shakespeare’s R&J
Anderson Theatre
8:00 p.m.
Want more STRAIGHT UP SEXXX in your otherwise
tragically chaste life? I thought so. BEANS “DON’T
CALL ME BEN” BATZ+BEN “I think my cuss don’t stank
‘cause I’m on the poster (even though it does, y’all).”
KOLIS+RILEY “I don’t get a joke because I’m not cool
enough to know the calander asshole” LASS+ROBERT
“FML, I’m in the same boat as Riley” WARD+GAWD OF
THEATRE HENRY MACCARTHY = I just came in my
pants. Get some tickets, y’all. GET SOME.
Candlelight Vigil
Shakespeare Pit
10:00 p.m.
Please join us as we remember those who are no longer
with us as a result of harassment due to their sexuality.
If you are attending Shakespeare’s R&J that night, please
join us after the production finishes.
3:30 p.m. Taking off my calander bastard hat.
Soccer field
Like men’s soccer, but slower and generally worse. JK.
GURRL POWER.
Water Aerobics
Watch the UNDEFEEATED THRIFTY NICKLES kick the
cuss out of their rivals, THE MIGHTY QUINNS. I’m talkin’
‘bout BALLZ DEEP.
Taco! Burrito! What’s coming out of your speedo? You got
troubles. WHOOO! You’re blowin’ bubbles. WHOOO!
Float, float, float, float. You’re puttin’ around like a
motor boat. Troubles. WHOOO! You’re blowin’ bubbles.
WHOOO! YOU STINK!
Sunday, October 24
2:30 p.m.
More like PEE Time, if you ask me.
8:00 p.m. GO TO ALL OF THESE, AND THEN WE CAN ALL BE
Four Square League Showdown
Not any place
Tea Time
CVR
Lund Center
This doesn’t sound like anything I want to be apart of.
Not any time Lund Center
12:40 p.m.
Core Conditioning Killer
Wednesday, October 27
G-MAC in CONCERT
Soccer Field
Yogalaties
I DON’T CARE.
I’m gettin’ too old for this cuss.
Nowhere
3:30 p.m. Lund Center
Lund Center
Faculty and Staff Wine Tasting Event
Interpretive Center
The Gustavian Weekly
6:30 p.m.
People are literally killing themselves for lack of
acceptance. If you think people should stop killing
themselves for the approval of others come show your
support. It’s that simple.
- the rotten tomato I’LL PULL DOWN YOUR
UNDERWEAR.
National Grandmas Against Long
Hair on Boys Convention
Everywhere
This time ... they mean BUSINESS.
Lund Center
Kickboxing
All of the times
8:00 p.m.
YO MAMA’S SO FAT. BUT THAT MEANS HER BOOBS
ARE BIGGER.
Monday, October 25
Lund Center
Water Aerobics
roma
6:30 p.m.
Like regular aerobics, but for lazyass piles of cuss.
roma
ma@
gusta
vus.e
du
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STANDINGS
FOOTBALL
SCHOOL
MIAC
RECORD
5-0
4-0
2-2
2-2
2-2
2-3
2-3
1-4
0-4
ST. THOMAS
BETHEL
ST. OLAF
GUSTAVUS
ST. JOHN’S
CONCORDIA
CARLETON
AUGSBURG
HAMLINE
7-0
6-0
4-2
3-3
3-3
3-4
2-4
3-4
1-5
VOLLEYBALL
SCHOOL
MIAC
RECORD
21-4
23-4
20-4
16-8
18-8
14-12
11-14
6-18
9-14
9-11
10-14
7-15
7-1
6-1
6-1
5-2
4-3
4-4
3-4
3-4
2-5
1-6
1-6
1-6
ST. THOMAS
ST. OLAF
CONCORDIA
ST. BEN’S
ST. MARY’S
AUGSBURG
BETHEL
ST. KATE’S
HAMLINE
CARLETON
MACALESTER
GUSTAVUS
MEN’S SOCCER
SCHOOL
MIAC PTS REC
CONCORDIA
CARLETON
MACALESTER
AUGSBURG
GUSTAVUS
ST. JOHN’S
ST. OLAF
ST. THOMAS
HAMLINE
BETHEL
ST. MARY’S
6-2-1
6-2-1
5-2
4-2-1
3-1-3
3-2-2
2-2-4
2-4-2
2-5
1-5-2
0-7
34
28
34
31
27
16
20
21
18
8
6
11-3-1
9-4-1
11-3-1
10-4-1
8-4-3
4-4-4
5-5-5
6-7-3
6-8
2-11-2
2-13
WOMEN’S SOCCER
SCHOOL
MIAC PTS REC
CONCORDIA
CARLETON
ST. OLAF
MACALESTER
ST. THOMAS
ST. BEN’S
ST. MARY’S
AUGSBURG
BETHEL
ST. KATE’S
GUSTAVUS
HAMLINE
7-1-2
7-1-1
5-3
5-3
5-3
5-3
4-3-1
3-4-1
2-5-1
2-6
1-6
0-8
30
31
30
30
27
24
22
15
17
19
15
15
9-2-3
10-2-1
10-4
10-5
9-6
8-6
7-6-1
4-8-3
5-7-2
6-8-1
5-9
5-10
The Gustavian Weekly
Women’s Tennis: Fun in the sun
Gustavus Women’s tennis players Senior
Sam Frank and doubles tandem Senior
Marianne Barrau and Junior Megan
Gaard had a strong showing at the ITA
Small College National Championships
with a 2nd and 7th place finish, respectively
David Pedersen
Assistant Sports Editor
he Gustavus women are
T
back from their excursion
to Mobile, Ala. for the ITA
National Small College Championships.
Senior Sam Frank competed
in the singles tournament while
Junior Megan Gaard and Senior
Marianne Barau competed in
the doubles portion. The players earned spots in the National
Tournament after winning the
singles and doubles finals at
the ITA Regional Competition,
which was hosted by Gustavus
Sept. 24-26, 2010.
National representation
wasn’t entirely unexpected,
but the Gustie women exceeded
expectations with notable finishes at this year ’s national
competition.
Seventh-seeded Sam Frank
climbed to the championship
match on Saturday, Oct. 16
and finished the tournament
as the second best Division III
women’s singles player in the
nation. Frank dominated the
number two seed Zahra Dawson of Emory University (Ga.)
in the opening round in straight
sets, winning 6-3, 6-3 on Oct. 14.
“This proved to me that I can
play with the top people in the
nation,” Frank said.
Frank was spurred by her
early success and pushed herself to victory in a close match
against Karisse Bendijo of New
Jersey College the following
day. “You don’t want to step on
the court [and say] ‘win or lose,
I already made it here,’” Frank
said. “If I think I can win, I give
myself a better chance.”
A win in the semifinals
launched Frank into the championship match on Oct. 16
against Kristin Lim of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), a
test of her will, which ultimately
proved insurmountable. Frank
lost in the finals, but she earned
national recognition for herself
and Gustavus with a second
place finish.
The doubles tandem of Gaard
and Barau started slowly but
finished in winning fashion,
securing seventh place with a
victory over Whitman College
(Wash.) in straight sets on the final day of competition. “[Gaard
and Barau] had a tough match
the first round and lost,” Frank
said. “Then, [they] lost in a tiebreaker in their second match.
But to be seventh in the nation
is pretty good.”
The Gustie women had a
strong contingent to support
performance, including the expertise of Assistant Coach Heidi
Carlson. The women were able
to watch each other play as the
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Junior Megan Gaard teamed up with Senior Marianne Barau to finish seventh
at the ITA Nationals in Mobile, Ala. The duo lost two and won one match.
singles and doubles matches
were scheduled to avoid conflict. “To have teammates there
cheering made it a lot easier,”
Frank said.
“Going into the tournament,
I don’t think anybody expected
us to do well,” Frank said. “A lot
of people were just like ‘who are
these people from St. Peter?’”
Finishing in the national rankings provided a statement that
has catapulted Gustavus on the
national scene. The women will
use this success as fuel for the
upcoming spring season.
For now, they will have to
wait until February to enter
competition, but several months
of rest will be welcome. The
women will begin the team
season in February with a trip to
Puerto Rico to train and prepare
for the upcoming season.
RESULTS
10/19
Men’s Soccer
vs. St. Thomas
W 2-0
10/17
Men’s Soccer
vs. UW-Whitewater
L 0-1
10/16
Volleyball
vs. Simpson
L 1-3
Football
@ Bethel
L 0-20
Volleyball
vs. Illinois Wesleyan
W 3-1
Women’s Cross Country
@ Tori Neubauer Invitational
9th of 27
10/15
Volleyball
vs. UW-Whitewater
L 0-3
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Senior Sam Frank finished second in the singles draw at Nationals.
SportPix Photography
Senior Marianne Barau readjusts her strings during a recent match.
sports
Editor | Seth Wisner
Page 15
Building toward a strong finish
Seth Wisner
Sports Editor
he Gustavus Women’s Cross
T
Country team is building
toward a strong finish to their
2010 season.
The team most recently competed in the Tori Neubauer
Invite this past weekend in La
Crosse, Wis.
“[The meet] was really good.
Over half the team had [personal records]. La Crosse is one of
our favorite courses to run, and
we are always really excited.
Overall, across the board, we
had an excellent showing, but
we didn’t do as well as I expected, taking 9th out of 27 teams,”
Senior Sarah Hofflander said.
The Women’s Cross Country
team has been consistent yearround and plans to capitalize
on their consistent success for
the MIAC Championships on
Oct. 30 at Como Park in St. Paul,
Minn.
“We are hoping to place in
the top three for the MIAC. Last
year we took fifth. This year is
really different because we have
lots of depth, in terms of our
runners,” Hofflander said. “We
have the potential to go all the
way to Nationals; it’s just a matter of actually buckling down
and [doing] it. All the potential
is there. We just have to have
the fire lit under our butts and
get after it.”
The women will have a tough
challenge competing at the
MIAC with other strong teams
such as St. Olaf and Bethel,
who have beaten the Gusties in
earlier invites this season. However, the women are motivated
to compete with the Oles and
the Royals to try and win the
MIAC crown.
“We are always after the Oles
and relatively close to beating
them, but they have such a large
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Senior Abby Karl has been a solid contributor to the Cross Country team.
team that they are always pretty
strong. Bethel has a really good
team, so [we want to] get after
Bethel, and St. Thomas is usually up there as well,” Hofflander said.
No matter what the results are
at the upcoming MIAC Cham-
pionships, the team has had a
great season so far.
“As a team, we are really
strong. We have a lot of depth,
so when [women] have gotten injured, we have other
[women] who can step up and
race. We’ve been consistently
improving throughout the year,
and we want to finish with an
outstanding race at the MIAC
Championships,” Senior Abby
Karl said.
“This season has been really
great. We’ve had a lot of good
showings at meets. In terms of
team cohesion, this is the closest
the team has been in quite some
time, so it’s been a really good
season in terms of team performance. We have the opportunity
to go to Nationals, but we just
have to step it up a little bit,”
Hofflander said.
The team has had the chance
to go to Nationals in the past but
hasn’t succeeded. The women
hope this year might be different. “There have been times in
the past when we’ve had the
chance to go to Nationals, but
we just don’t follow through.
This year we are trying to really
get after it and do it,” Hofflander said.
Yet, if there is one thing that
has led to success this season,
it has been the team aspect. “I
love everything about running,
especially the team camaraderie
this year. We are more cohesive
than last year. We are trying to
push each other to succeed and
not just individually push ourselves,” Karl said.
“Every meet we’ve gone to
this season, we’ve had the best
running weather that I can remember. The team’s attitude is
always so positive and pumped
up to run,” Hofflander said.
“The other really enjoyable part
is that we do pack running a lot.
We run with people on our team
and together we pass people,
and so we’ve had great success
with pack running to help our
own teammates along.”
The Gusties will look to utilize
pack running to have a strong
finish to their 2010 season next
weekend at the MIAC Championships.
SportPix Photography
A group of Gustavus Women’s Cross Country runners encourage each other in the Alumni meet early this year. The women will compete in the MIAC
Championships at Como Park in St. Paul, Minn. on Oct. 30 to conclude their season.
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 22
Volleyball
vs. Concordia College
7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 23
Men’s Hockey
Black/Gold
Intrasquad Scrimmage
10:00 a.m.
Women’s Soccer
@ Bethel University
11:00 a.m.
Football
@ St. John’s University
1:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
@ Bethel University
2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 26
Men’s Soccer
@ Hamline University
3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 27
Women’s Soccer
vs. Hamline University
3:30 p.m.
Volleyball
@ Bethel University
7:00 p.m.
JOTTINGS
After compiling a seven
game unbeaten streak, the
Gustavus Men’s Soccer team
saw its streak come to an end
last Sunday afternoon at the
hands of the eighth-ranked
UW-Whitewater in St. Peter,
Minn. The Warhawks struck
in the 73rd minute after their
leading scorer, Trevor Swentik,
took a rebound in front of
the net and buried it in the
corner past Gustavus goalie
Luke Strom. Strom played
admirably in the loss, and the
goal ended his own streak of
362:04 scoreless minutes in
the net. Strom had consecutive
shutouts coming into the game
with the Warhawks. Despite
the loss, the Gusties remain in
the hunt for the MIAC playoffs.
The Gusties are fifth in the
MIAC with a record of 3-1-3.
UW-Whitewater remained
unbeaten this season. The
Gusties face Bethel on
Saturday to keep their playoff
hopes alive.
Football team gearing up for stretch run
Craig Nordquist
Staff Writer
C
oming off a disappointing
20-0 loss at the hands of
20th ranked Bethel University, the Gustavus Football
team finds itself heading into
the final four games of the
season still fielding a chance of
securing its first winning season
since going 6-4 in 2008.
The Gusties will travel to St.
John’s this weekend, looking
to avoid suffering back-to-back
losses for the first time this season. Gustavus will then finish
the season with games against
fourth-ranked St. Thomas,
Augsburg and Carleton.
“Very good things have come
out of the six games we’ve
played so far,” Junior defensive
back Brad Kruckeberg said, who
is tied for the team lead with
three interceptions. “We have
shown this season that we can
play with anyone in the MIAC.”
This season has been a roller
coaster for the Gusties, who
currently sit in a three-way tie
for the third-best record in the
MIAC with a 2-2 mark this fall
against conference foes.
“It’s shaping up to be a tight
conference race this season,”
Sophomore offensive lineman
Brian Grundmeyer said. “We’re
excited, and we’re looking for-
ward to closing out the
season strong.”
Last Saturday, Gustavus struggled mightily against a talented
Bethel team that remains undefeated this
season, mustering
only 97 total yards of
offense. The road to
the end of the
season won’t
get any
easier
for the
Gusties,
w h o
m u s t
n o w
p l a y
perennial contender
St. John’s
on its
home turf
and host a
To m m i e s
squad that
has become
a conference
juggernaut this fall with a 7-0
overall record.
“We just thought too much
when we played Bethel,” Senior
offensive lineman Chris Martinez said. “We’ve had a couple
of bumps in the road this season, but we’ve had some good
games that we’ve been able to
build off of.”
In the wake of last week’s loss
to Bethel, the powers that be
have decided to return to an emphasis on a ground attack that
ranks fourth in the MIAC with
an average of 167.3 yards per
game. First-year running back
Jeffrey Dubose currently sits in fourth place
among MIAC running backs with 476
rushing yards spread
over six games.
“We want to get
back to running
the football these
last four
games
and just
stay focused
on the
game at
hand,”
Grundmeyer
s a i d .
“We’ve
h a d
a few
g o o d
w i n s
this season, so
we’re
h o p ing to
build
off that and win some more.”
The Gusties have proven that
they can hang with anyone
when they click as a team. All
three of Gustavus’s victories
this season have come by a
margin of at least 24 points. The
offense’s biggest output this
season came in a 42-14 victory
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Sophomore wide receiver Muresuk Mena tries to avoid Bethel defenders in Gustavus’s recent 20-0 loss to Bethel. Mena leads the Gusties with 258 receiving yards.
over Hamline two weeks ago,
as Dubose ran all over the Piper
defense to the tune of 202 yards
while the Gusties logged 502
yards of total offense in the rout.
“We’ve shown that our offense can score a ton of points,
that our defense can shut people
down and that our special teams
can make big plays,” Kruckeberg said. “In games where
we’ve put them all together
this season, we’ve been very
successful.”
The Johnnies enter Saturday’s
game with an overall mark of
3-3 on the season, which mirrors
that of the Gusties. St. John’s
and St. Olaf are the two teams
that are tied with Gustavus for
third place in the MIAC, meaning this weekend may help the
Gusties pull away from the
middle of the pack if they can
pull out a win over the Johnnies.
“We’re excited for this weekend because we know that St.
John’s is a good team, as they
are every year,” Grundmeyer
said. “If we get back to the basics this week and take care of
the little things, we should be
able to build off that and play
well against St. John’s.”
Perhaps the biggest obstacle
to overcoming the Johnnies may
be the intimidation factor. St.
John’s enters Saturday’s game
having won in each of the past
12 meetings with the Gusties,
including a 38-10 win at Hollingsworth Field last September.
“Hopefully this is the year
that the [losing streak against
St. John’s] ends and we can beat
them,” Kruckeberg said. “It’ll
be a tough, hard fought game.
If our offense and defense bring
their ‘A’ games then we should
have a great shot at winning.”
With 14 seniors on the team’s
roster, this squad has a fairly
even mix between veteran savvy and young talent. This interesting combination has created
a team dynamic that some say
hasn’t been seen at Gustavus
in years.
“Of my four years on this
team, this is definitely the year
that we’ve been the closest,”
Martinez said. “We have had
lots of fun this season, but we’ve
also been able to get the job done
when it counts.”
While the Gusties face a tough
road ahead in closing out the
season strong, Kruckeberg insists that his squad can never be
counted out of the picture. “Year
in and year out, this conference
has proven that someone can
be the underdog heading into
a game and end up winning
on any day,” Kruckeberg said.
“Anything can happen in this
league.”