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Students in the Homelessness in America FTS class spend three days living homeless in cardboard boxes and in Christ Chapel. Sarah Cartwright.

Out in the cold

First-Term Seminar creates homelessness awareness through demonstration on campus
For three nights every year, a group of first-year students spend three days and nights homeless. The students are part of Associate Professor of Political Science Richard Leitch’s First-Term Seminar (FTS) on homelessness. The students spend the three days living as if they were homeless.
The students sleep ...

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News

An expression of culture and diversity

Friday, Nov. 20 the International Cultures Club (ICC) will host its largest annual event, the International Festival. The event will take place in Alumni Hall from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Student groups, as well as members of the faculty, will exhibit informative cultural displays and take part in music and dance performances, followed by ...

Highway 169 was opened Monday, Nov. 16 after a five month, $16 million construction project. Sarah Cartwright.St. Peter holds celebration for reopening of 169

The long awaited reopening of Highway 169 was celebrated this past Saturday, Nov. 14 by the City of St. Peter, local residents and businesses that have been affected by the construction. The project, which began July 9, 2009 and detoured traffic off Minnesota Avenue from Highway 22 through Jefferson Street, was officially reopened last Tuesday, ...

Commission Gustavus 150 releases recommendations

Gustavus’ framework for the next 10 years delivered to Student Senate co-presidents, campus
Commission Gustavus 150 may seem overwhelming to some at first. After all it is made up of 385 recommendations put together by students, alumni, faculty, staff, members of the Board of Trustees and friends of the college that are categorized in several ways ...

Variety

First-year swimmer Anna Eames has had the experience of a lifetime. Competing in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, Anna earned a gold medal in the 100 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle. Alex Messenger.Anna Eames: Making a splash in the athletic world

For most college athletes, competing in a prestigious international competition is merely a dream. Winning is an even bigger challenge. For First-year Anna Eames, this dream has become a reality.
Anna began her swimming career at the age of five and initially picked the sport to copy her older brother. Although she tried out several other ...

The Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting the Choreographer’s Gallery: New Horizons from Nov. 19 through Nov. 22. This show will showcase student choreographed dances, each of which correspond to a specific theme within the show. Submitted.Gustavus dance concert showcases student work

The culmination of dance, choreography, design, lighting and sound will all come together this weekend as the Department of Theatre and Dance presents the Choreographer’s Gallery: New Horizons. The dance concert will be held Nov. 19, 20 and 21 at 8:00 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Anderson Theatre.
This concert highlights the ...

Wolfmother brings world peace

When Led Zeppelin debuted in 1969 with their venerable Led Zeppelin I, they were accused of unabashedly stealing music from the likes of Willie Dixon and Howlin’ Wolf. Essentially, they were a British rock band plagiarizing the music of poor American blues musicians and in doing so became international superstars.
So when Wolfmother released its eponymous ...

Features

Party like its 1999

Remember when? Way back then? Back in the ‘90s? Grade school. Trading class pictures, Jello pudding packs and morning recess. Nap time. Good God, bring back nap time. We used to be young and wild and free, and now we’ve got jobs and debts and awkward social situations.
But let’s forget all that and for a ...

Sports

Senior forward Julia Schultz looks to pass the ball at a home game last season.  Sports Information.Gustie Women ready for tip-off

Achange in the season means the return of Gustavus Women’s Basketball.
Their last season ended abruptly in the quarterfinals of the MIAC Championship to Bethel. The women ended their season with a record of 16-10. In their final game against the Bethel Royals, both teams battled closely for a victory until the Royals began to outscore ...

Senior David Martinson celebrates one of his four goals in the Gusties victory over St. Olaf at home on Saturday, Nov. 14.  Sports Information.Skating with purpose

After placing second in the National Tournament last year, the Gustavus Men’s Hockey team is back for more this season. So far, the Gusties have started off their season 3-2-1, defeating St. Olaf last Saturday 5-4.
Junior forward Brad Wieck feels the team has been doing well so far. “The season is still early, but so ...

Commentary

Taking a break

Ever thought about how you take a break? How to maximize the relaxation and pleasure of having some time off? Or maybe just think that with all your free time, you could be more productive (well, someone around here must have a little extra time on their hands)?
If you’re like me, you don’t have a ...

Change is like a naked ape

After slightly threatening encouragements at the top of my web browser, I finally switched over my Yahoo page from the older version to the new format. The sad part is I’m pretty sure they made this replacement sometime last spring. But the time had come where I would be forced to automatically convert to New ...

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