This recurring segment will highlight a senior Gustavus athlete each week. Q: What are your expectations for the upcoming season? A: Our expectation this year is to have a great season. To accomplish this we have set goals for ourselves and our team. We are very goal oriented and we broke the season up into quarters to help us stay focused and engaged throughout the … Continue reading Senior Spotlight: Keri Pickel
The Athletic Training Program at Gustavus is established for students who want to prepare for a career as an athletic trainer and is endorsed by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Athletic trainers are medical professionals who work with other healthcare providers to prevent, diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate injuries. The Gustavus athletic trainers and the athletic training students provide emergency care at … Continue reading Athletic Training major provides a classroom without walls
This Saturday, Nov. 22, the Gustavus Women’s Swimming and Diving Team will be hosting the first Grace Goblirsch Invitational in memory of Grace Goblirsch who was a member of the swim team during the 2011-12 and 12-13 season. Goblirsch passed away from leukemia in 2013 before her junior year. Goblirsh swam the breast stroke and was a strong distance swimmer and loved Gustavus and being … Continue reading Race for Grace: a race to remember
This week Kim Kardashian bore all for Paper magazine in a photo shoot with the goal to “break the internet.” Kim is most known for her rear end, as well as having celebrity status largely attained from her family’s fortune. Kim, by exposing her rear, is playing into the current obsession with booty that is also notable in other aspects of pop culture such as … Continue reading Beauty, Body, and Contemporary Lies
Similar to that over-used Game of Thrones meme, finals are coming. It’s that magical time of the semester when no one gets a break, and all that studying and homework just seems to pile up like an academic tsunami waiting to swallow you whole. It’s a time when people’s bodies and minds are pushed to the limit. A friend of mine has a … Continue reading Fighting through Finals
We tend to make things into idols. An example that comes to mind is the Egyptian Empire. Their gods were manifested into enormous stone carvings, draped in gold and jewels, and placed atop enormous marble pedestals. From this location they could observe their kingdom and the people below could stare and praise with wonder and awe in all that they were. Statues, that’s what they … Continue reading Pedestals
In the United States, we have a clear problem with how uninvolved our nation’s youth is in politics and civic activities. At Gustavus we may have a higher rate of civic engagement than other areas of the United States, but we can always do better. There are great opportunities out there for someone that wants to volunteer or get more involved. One of the best … Continue reading Get out and get involved
You may have heard a lot about the recent accomplishment from the European Space Agency (ESA): they managed to land a mobile laboratory on a comet in order to learn about its composition and date the contents of the comet. However, many people are unaware of the actual process of the mission and what it’s really for. Here’s the first mind-blowing fact: this project was … Continue reading Rosetta Has Landed!
A small corner of campus will be host to a wide variety of global perspectives, as the International Cultures Club will sponsore the annual International Festival on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The event will include an opportunity to view display boards representing a variety of different cultures, as well as a chance to see a slide show featuring … Continue reading International Festival provides global experience
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Senior Music Major Daniel Felton appeared with his family on “Family Feud,” a popular American game show where families compete against one another in a contest. When the Felton family made their appearance on the CW, Felton and his family received a lot of support. For the first episode, Gusties gathered in the Caf to watch it with Felton. “I think … Continue reading Gustie appears on “Family Feud”
