Houston McLaury- Well Gusties, we’re in March now. The rest of the school year is upon us, with mountains of work, events, and things to see. Something that we will no doubt face as the year moves onward is the birthday. An annual celebration (one I sadly have to celebrate a few weeks after the new year has been bought in), I don’t spend my … Continue reading The best gift of all: experiences
Colleen Coleman- On Saturday, March 9th, at 1:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, Gustavus Wind Symphony, and Chamber Winds will be presenting their Early Spring Band Concert. The performance will feature many types of music, with film score features from How to Train Your Dragon as well as Far and Away, a piece based on a Thai lullaby, a driving tuba concerto, … Continue reading Gustavus bands’ early spring concert
Taylor Storlien- This year’s International Festival, sponsored by the International Cultures Club (ICC), will be taking place this Saturday, March 9th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall. It will be open to both the Gustavus Community and the public. Not only will there be student performances, but also professional entertainment. Previous years have included an international fashion show with traditional wear from … Continue reading Gustavus International Festival
Grace LaTourelle- The 4Word event, presented by the Friends of the Library- Gustavus Library Associates (GLA), will be taking place at the Southdale Library from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 6th. According to the Gustavus website, the GLA promotes learning, literature, and the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus. The 4Word event will benefit the library at Gustavus despite taking place … Continue reading 4Word event to host authors for writing workshops and Q&A
Elliot Steeves- The Gustavus Career Center has transferred to the new UConnect platform [linked here] to host many of its functions found on both Handshake and PeopleGrove. The move involves the shift of many features, such as the time and location of networking events which required a login to access. The website is also designed to look substantially more modern than the previous website. Based … Continue reading Career Development Center launches new website using uConnect
Jonas Doerr- I was discovering my number. Click. Click. Click. Truity.com was guiding me through it, asking personal question after personal question. This wasn’t a phone number, although one might still ask for this number at a bar. This was my Enneagram number; a personality archetype somewhere between one and nine that could reveal hidden insights about anyone’s personality. I was supposed to rate each … Continue reading Could an online test understand me?
Raquel Vaughn- For a really long time, I was lucky enough to have a mother who didn’t know anything about social media. Terms and phrases such as “sliding into DMs,” “follow for follow,” “saved the chat,” and “for you page” might as well have been an alien language to my mom because the only social media she’s ever had has been Facebook. I never had … Continue reading The reality of moms and social media
Sophia White- I have been living in Minnesota for about 9 months now, and have noticed a few things in terms of personal preference and pronunciation from Minnesotans that differ from my experiences living in Nebraska for 18 years. This is not an anthropological study where I have lived in another place for several years, looked at one specific thing, and reported my findings. I … Continue reading Cultural differences among Midwesterners
Elliot Steeves- For this year’s International Women’s Day, Gustavus Adolphus College will host Cindra Kamphoff, a renowned mental performance coach, for a talk from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8th in the Wallenberg Auditorium. Kamphoff’s talk will center around her focus on passion and purpose when going after your goals. “The definition of grit is just that: passion, perseverance, and purpose through … Continue reading Women in Leadership hosts Cindra Kamphoff for “Beyond Grit” talk
Katie Samek- The Gustavus President’s Council for Indigenous Relations (PCIR) is pleased to announce that Dakota Elder Joe Whitehawk will be returning as the PCIR’s 2024 Elder in Residence, and will be hosting informal talks with several classes from various academic disciplines about the Indigenous history of the Saint Peter area and ways that students can participate in Indigenous advocacy, both here on campus as … Continue reading Elder Whitehawk comes back to campus to visit classes
