‘Students’ Category
kalemera from Hellas
Hey everyone! Callie Christensen here. Sorry it’s been a couple days since our arrival and I haven’t gotten the chance to update you on our exciting and eventful trip. It’s been a bit frustrating over here in Greece trying to find a handful of free time to sit down at the internet cafe to write […]
On the topic of J-Term
It has been some time since I last wrote here. My apologies. This has been an untypically busy J-Term1 and there is nothing better than that. The one thing that I hear from people are complaints that they can’t get major requirements or other “needed” classes in and I also hear in whispers that the […]
Ennui
Finals time. I have my only two tests tomorrow but, instead of studying, I’m writing a blog post. Yeah, that’s just so studious of me. It’s been something of a case of ennui with me though (yes, I’m making excuses and rationalizing my behavior). It’s just been hard to get that motivation going after peaking […]
Happy Holidays!
Friday — the first day of finals is upon us. Unfortunately for me, I did not use Reading Day to the best of my advantage, a.k.a. I only studied for about two hours but managed to watch at least four movies. The good news is that my first final/paper due date is not until Monday. […]
Things to do in college
There is something of an unwritten list of items that one must do while in college. I’m not talking about “Graduate” “Make Dean’s List” “Make Friends”–those are the nice rather tame things that people will easily cop to. What I’m referring to is the need to do fun, rather non-academic things (I shan’t list them […]
Countdown to Turkey Day…
Well, I have a countdown at least (9 days!). After a fairly relaxing week last week, I’m back at it with major projects and/or tests due in each class before Thanksgiving break. Hmm…perhaps I should be writing a paper instead of a blog, but everyone needs a little break, right? I’m sure every Gustie is […]
Olaf Week
There are two entities for which I can claim a rather thorough distaste for: the AS Roma soccer club and St. Olaf. More specifically with that MIAC school, it’s the swimming and diving squad that I cannot stand. Which is all rather ironic to me; I’m a diver and divers are not supposed to get […]
Every vote counts…
It’s Election Day! I hope all you Gusties remember to vote. There’s really no excuse not to since the College Dems were kind enough to sponsor free rides to the polls all day. And it’s super easy to register — just bring your GAC ID. Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox before I start telling […]
Catching up
When we last left our intrepid hero, he was bewailing the image of Gustavus. Now the nice thing about cold winds is that everyone bundles up and pretty really becomes secondary to warmth (at least it should be). As for me, I feel like I’m in a Sisyphian cycle. Whenever I accomplish one thing, another […]
Things I am celebrating…
1. A wonderfully refreshing long weekend. 2. The completion of my last midterm and the fact that none of them were too disastrous. 3.  Taking the GRE yesterday and doing decently well even though I was a complete wreck the entire four hours. 4.  A beautiful day/Fall in general! 5. The upcoming Halloween weekend and the last home football game. 6. […]