The Gustavian Weekly

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Sexual Assault Response Team:

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Meet the Members One in four college-aged women report experiences that meet the legal definitions of rape or attempted rape. With some of the highest statistics for sexual assault, college campuses around the country are working harder to provide safe ...

Women leaders still on the rise

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The number of women in leadership positions and their strength in aspects of both local and national organizations have not gone unnoticed—people around the country are finding out how important their voices are and how they can be a strong ...

Israel and Palestine…

Citizens take to the streets to voice their pleas for freedom.

…a struggle for peace after a century of conflict For nearly a century, the violence between Israel and the Palestinian territories has made the people of differing beliefs question their own ability to maintain peace. The conflict’s starting point is ...

Hurricane Sandy

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Impact felt near and far On October 22, what started out as a tropical wave formed into the largest recorded Atlantic hurricane in a matter of days. Affecting almost half of the United States, Hurricane Sandy hit the country with ...

#Gustietweets

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If you’re one of the 500 million people who use Twitter on a regular basis, then you know that this rapidly growing blogging service is now used not only for social networking, but for business and academic uses as well. ...

Politics on the hill

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The political beliefs and behaviors of Gustavus students: this was the topic given to students in the fall 2012 Analyzing Politics class, a research methodology course required of all political science majors.  Students picked research questions of interest to them ...

8 fun October outings

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With the incoming cold fronts and fall colors appearing on trees, it’s safe to assume that the fall season has arrived — along with many fun-filled activities. Things like pumpkin carving, apple picking and haunted houses are being brought back to ...

The making of the Sesquicentennial Plaza

This blueprint is an earlier design of the plaza, showing the placement of the sculpture and timeline. Perkins and Will

Among the many new landscapes and features the campus has taken on in the time following thesesquicentennial celebrations, one particular change has sparked controversy within the student population: the Sesquicentennial Sculpture. The sculpture is an element of the new West ...

Royal protocol

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Campus prepares for royal visit Organizing the arrival of a King and Queen is no small feat, but to Barb Larson Taylor, the Assistant to the President for Special Projects, it’s just another day in the office. “I’m a big ...

Semester in Malaysia: Living Diversity

Faculty members Steve Mellema, Pamela Kittelson, Thia Cooper, Lynnea Myers and David Obermiller traveled to Malaysia along with Steve’s wife Shirley during the summer of 2012 in preparation for the program.

With a forty year history of providing students with options to travel abroad, The Gustavus Center for International and Cultural Education is now introducing the program “Semester in Malaysia: Living Diversity.” Students who sign up for this program will leave ...