This recurring segment will highlight a senior Gustavus athlete each week. Q: What are your expectations for the season? A: Going into this season my expectations, as well as the expectations of the other two seniors (Emily Gilman and Paige Breneman), were that we as a team would play this season with no regret. So far, being two-thirds done with the season it is easy … Continue reading Senior Spotlight: Kendra Weege
The Gustavus Adolphus Women’s Soccer team hosted the third annual ‘Kicking For A Cause’ match on Saturday, Oct. 4. The women hosted St. Olaf College for a MIAC match benefitting Yuwa, a Minnesota non-profit organization. “This is the third year we have done the fundraiser and I know the team will continue to do it in the future because it means a lot to us.”—Valerie … Continue reading Women’s Soccer is “Kicking For a Cause”
Imagine being able to play golf all year round, even with the long, harsh Minnesota winter approaching. The Drenttel Golf Facility was built for this reason. This golf facility is 2,650 square feet and includes three heated stalls, an indoor putting green, simulators, new video analysis equipment, and a team lounge. Each hitting stall will have state of the art technology for analyzing swings. The … Continue reading New facility to improve Golf program
The Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams have completed their captain’s practices and officially started practicing on Oct. 1. The focus has shifted from team chemistry during captain’s practice to serious training in the pool. The men and women also had a team retreat where the swimmers were able to reconnect with teammates, meet the new first year members, and set goals for the … Continue reading Swim and Dive hopes to build on last year’s momentum
Previously known as the Gustavus Triathlon Club, the GAC Running Club has been making its mark across campus. The runners vary in experience and level, but share the same passion for exercise. Senior McCartney Renn is a founder and co-president of the club, along with Senior Courtney Tusler. Renn wanted to create a team atmosphere to an individual sport. “Workouts are so hard to be … Continue reading Running Club to take part in Mankato Marathon
Following World War Two the world entered the Atomic Age. With this huge leap forward in technology, the writers of the era imagined a glorious utopian future where everything was powered by nuclear energy. In reality, this was never truly possible, but unfortunately as a nation, we have allowed ourselves to be controlled by our largely irrational fears that the incidents of Three-Mile Island and … Continue reading Nuclear Energy: The Change We Need
In the early 1800’s Europeans introduced purple loosestrife to North America. Using it primarily as an exotic plant along roadsides because it could grow to be very tall and thick and were very well served as lawn ornaments. We have since discovered that purple loosestrife is an invasive species, or a species that evolved in one ecosystem, and was then artificially implanted into another in … Continue reading Why Invasive Species Matter
Society may be pushing inclusion too far. As social justice grows in popularity, conversation often brings up words and concepts centered on diversity, inclusion, and justice. These concepts are great, and most the time are employed in an effort to make the world a better place, but what are the limits to the employment of these ideas? Is it possible to be too inclusive? It’s … Continue reading Being too Inclusive
It is easy to forget all the work that our brain does for us. It does it all. It is able to manage the physiological and philosophical demands of each person. Not to mention, your brain is the creator of everything that makes up your “Self.” It is a well-oiled machine and a part of your body. But like parts of your body, it needs … Continue reading Me, Myself, and I
The campus community will have the opportunity to listen to master storyteller, nature advocate, and self-proclaimed River Rat Kenny Salwey on Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room at the Jackson Campus Center. Those who attend will have the chance to hear Salwey speak about his thirty years living off the land as a rugged woodsman along the Mississippi River and his love … Continue reading Kenny Salwey: Tales of the last River Rat
