How Gustavus is commemorating gay student deaths

The Gustavian Weekly announces that in light of recent national incidents involving the bullying of gay students — and their suicides — and of Coming Out Week at Gustavus Adolphus, the theater and dance department and the student social justice theater troupe I Am We Are have planned a candlelight vigil for October 28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Shakespeare Pit.

Gustavus faculty and students will read the names of the dead.

In explaining why people should come, Senior Religion Major Megan Myhre, a member of the troupe, uses some strong imagery:

“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.”

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.