It’s that time of year again, Gusties. The season has arrived when people begin to think about getting gifts for their loved ones, delicately placing snowmen and other winter-themed decor on their mantles and cozying up with a sweater and a good book for the winter. The temperatures are dropping and with them drop many peoples’ opposition to Christmas and other holiday music. However, some … Continue reading It’s never too early for Christmas music
The Gustavus Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive season is underway, as they hosted their home opener on Nov. 2 and their first MIAC dual meet on Nov. 9. On Nov. 2, the Gustie men welcomed UW-Stevens Point while the women hosted UW-Stevens Point and Minnesota State-Mankato. Both teams produced strong results in a number of events. The women had numerous top three finishers and … Continue reading Swimming and Diving defeats St. Olaf: Both men’s and women’s team have strong starts to season
The Gustavus football team succumbed to rival, St. Thomas, this past weekend after a valiant effort in what was potentially the last Gustie-Tommie matchup. With the loss, Gustavus moves to 4-3 in the MIAC, tied for fourth place, and the 19th ranked Tommies move to 6-1, tied for second place. The first quarter saw both teams trading punches in a back-and-forth battle. The Tommies struck … Continue reading Football falls to St. Thomas: Gusties prepare for their last game of the season
The Gustavus Women’s Hockey team won both of their games this weekend as a result of explosive offense and stingy defense. On Friday, the Gusties hosted Concordia-Wisconsin for their first home game of the season. As a result of a fantastic offensive showing, they beat the Falcons by a score of 5-0. This marked the Gusties’ second win of the season, while the Falcons fell … Continue reading Women’s Hockey starts the season 3-0: Gusties open MIAC play against St. Catherine this weekend
The conversation surrounding diversity at Gustavus has continued this week after anonymous students from an English class on Queer Theory hung posters around campus questioning the way that the Gustavus administration handles diversity. It should be known that I am a student in the Queer Theory class, but was not involved with the creation or posting of the posters in question. One of the poster … Continue reading Gustavus voices contribute to on-going conversation: Community insight adds clarity to campus diversity concerns
According to the Center for Inclusive Excellence, Gustavus has anywhere from 275 to 300 first-generation students on campus at any given time. Given this high percentage of students who have no familial background in higher education, it makes sense that Gustavus strives to offer educational resources for these students. The resources for these students come from the First Forward Network, an initiative started under the … Continue reading First Forward Network offers resources to first-generation students
Hosted in the Courtyard Cafe, this is past Friday, Nov. 1 the Gustavus campus held two joint events by the Organization for Latinx American Students (OLAS), and the Hmong American Cultural Outreach (HACO) student organizations. The first celebration, named “Rejoining our Loved Ones”, was aimed to tie together the Hmong New Year celebrations with Day of the Dead. The event included traditional food, folklore, etc. … Continue reading Gustavus celebrates Día de los Muertos and Hmong New Year
While October 31 is considered by most to be a day filled with tricks and treats, for our Gustavus community, it is also a day of heritage, service and recognition. Commemorating the dedication of Old Main in 1876 and the college’s relocation to Saint Peter, Founder’s Day not only pays tribute to the longevity of the institution, but also to the dedicated staff that have … Continue reading Faculty achievements celebrated on Founder’s Day
This week’s Gustie of the Week is Gustavus’ Mental Health Therapist, Aaron Geringer. Geringer, originally from Wheatland, Wyoming, interned at Gustavus from Fall of 2016 to Spring of 2017 while in graduate school, and eventually made his way back to campus for a permanent position. “I graduated and ended up moving to Lincoln, [Nebraska] to practice at a community mental health center. There [opened] a … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Aaron Geringer
This week’s Gustie of the Week is Junior Weston Lombard, an Accounting major from Stillwater, MN and co-founder of School Shark LLC. School Shark is a business founded by Lombard and his baseball teammates, Juniors John Campisi and Christian Johnson, with the mission of providing college students with a better option for buying and selling textbooks. “What we are is a peer-to-peer textbook sales platform … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Weston Lombard
