Gustavus reflects back on the 1998 tornado and how far we have come since the disaster Ten years ago, students packed up their things and left for Spring Break. Little did they know, the Gustavus they left wouldn’t be the one they would return to weeks later. An F-3 tornado, 1.5 miles wide, tore through the campus on Sunday, March 29, 1998, dismantling nearly everything … Continue reading Devastation and Renewal
It’s never too early to plan for life after college, and Gustavus’ Career Center offers students a useful tool to help them find post-graduate employment. G-Net connects Gustavus students with employers, allowing them to set up interviews and find potential jobs. G-Net is an online resume bank, much like Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com, that allows employers to search for potential employees. However, Director of Career Management … Continue reading G-Net connects students with potential employers
Meet Your Fellow Gustie: Christian DeMarais Christian DeMarais can easily describe himself in one word: “gangster.” “Pimpin’ ain’t easy, but it’s necessary,” said Christian, quoting his favorite line from Ice Cube’s hit song “Down For Whatever.” A first-year student from Shoreview, MN, Christian has already made a lasting impression on the Gustavus community through his great sense of humor and addictive personality. Perhaps one of … Continue reading “A man among penguins”
Day-Lewis’ performance in this crime drama is proof he is a “great actor.” There Will Be Blood is one of those rare movie-going experiences in which I walked away in a shell-shocked trance. I remember driving home afterward with my girlfriend, neither of us saying a single word. When we got home she was the first to break the ice, asking me what I thought … Continue reading When ambition meets faith, There Will Be Blood
Riding it out on campus: Professor Philip Bryant English Professor Philip Bryant will be discussing his experiences in chapel on Monday, March 17. He weathered the storm in Confer-Vickner with an exchange professor from China who was also in the building. When she told him her plans to walk home, he encouraged her to waituntil the storm had passed. Because of her limited English skills … Continue reading In Their Own Words: 10 years later Gusties share their stories…
This Saturday, the Gustavus Women’s Hockey team will make their fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. The first round of the tournament will be held at Don Roberts Rink as the Gusties face UW-Superior. The winner of this game will fly out to New York and participate in the Frozen Four at Plattsburgh State. The Gusties have played Superior in one previous game this … Continue reading Gustie Hockey heads to Nationals as #1 seed in West
After a successful regular season, the Gusties are set to compete in Ohio For decades, the Gustavus Swimming and Diving program has been synonymous with winning. The 2007-2008 swimming and diving season has been no different. Both the Men’s and Women’s squads brought home Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships from the conference meet which was held on February 14-16 at the University of Minnesota Aquatics … Continue reading Gustavus Swimming and Diving prepare themselves for National meet
In 1919, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the political revolutionary known as the “Father of Modern China,” envisioned a massive hydroelectric dam spanning the Yangtze River. After several attempts at construction throughout the twentieth century, all of which were halted for political or economic reasons, construction on the dam began in earnest in 1994 and was projected to be completed by 2009. Today, setbacks and additions have … Continue reading Three Gorges Dam: worth the costs?
Sitting in the cafeteria with my banana, granola and yogurt concoction in hand, I can’t help but gaze across the throng of students stuffing their faces in glee, contemplating their second trips through the line for dessert. My eyes fall on a couple sharing a table near the windows. The guy is busily shuffling through his newspaper, tapping his foot, taking swigs of water and … Continue reading Mysterious Moves
