Forget not the privileges that have helped you get where you are The first time I was chosen to compete in a spelling bee, I thought I might be the luckiest kid ever. The first time I sang onstage with a choir, I was pretty sure that I was the luckiest kid ever. The first…
How we have the chance to make our own history everyday, and why we could still try harder The year is 1957. Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” is the number one song of the year, causing girls to swoon and men to be envious (because everyone was straight in the 50s). A gallon of gas…
How society unfairly casts women and what we can do about it Knowing all the things you know about Scarf Boy, the mental picture is pretty clear. He wears scarves, he loves choral music, he is here — he is queer, get used to it — and he has a lot of Cobber spirit. However,…
Tom Daley coming out is great, but allies are defined by more than abs Scarf Boy would have climbed Tom Daley like a tree. He would have cheered when Tom came out, hung a picture of the 19-year-old Olympian in his bedroom, stared longingly, talked to his friends about him, stared some more, researched Mr….
The transition to embracing trans* Once upon a time, there was a girl we will call… Scarf Girl. Scarf Girl was a freshman at Concordia College and was unsure about how safe an environment it would be. Her high school did not have many great people, there were not many resources for her and the…
There are only a select few people on this campus who knew Scarf Boy in his pre-scarf days. There is a faint and distant memory in the minds of some Brainerd folk about the young man who used to roam the halls of Brainerd High School, neck exposed for the world to see. He was…
Scarf Boy was involved in many things on campus during his first year of school. He did choir and vocal jazz, he attended the occasional Straight and Gay Alliance meeting — but did not think it was for him — and he hung out with friends. There were many things Scarf Boy was not involved…
Everyone has their subtle addictions: Cookie Monster has cookies, Dexter has his lab and murdering people — depending on which Dexter you prefer — Tiger Woods has women who are not his wife and Scarf Boy had choral music. And scarves, obviously, but choral music was his passion, his career, his destiny. He loved it…
During the second semester of his freshman year, Scarf Boy was tasked with doing a service project along with his IOC class. Nokomis Child Care was the service organization assigned to his group. Hmm…. Donate an hour per week to play with perfectly adorable, underprivileged kids? Anyone who knew Scarf Boy knew that his invisible…
A different message on how to approach homecoming week Year One: Scarf Boy was, no surprise, absolutely jazzed about everything related to homecoming. He cheered for Erik George to win Homecoming King because he thought Erik was the president of the Straight Gay Alliance. Oops. He cheered super loud for White Horse at Frosh Frolics…