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Student senate welcomes new co-presidents for 2025

Elliot Steeves- Juniors Chance Korpela and Robby Swenson are now your new Student Senate co-presidents. They won the election as the only tickets running for the office on the ballot. Both Korpela and Swenson wanted to run together after Swenson approached Korpela about the idea of serving as co-presidents. They have worked together previously as representatives for the Class of 2025. “It was something that … Continue reading Student senate welcomes new co-presidents for 2025

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Variety

Visiting artist Vick Quezada

Taylor Storlien- This Tuesday, March 19, Visiting Artist Vick Quezada will be giving their artist talk at 5:15 p.m. during the public reception of their work from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The entire exhibition runs from Monday, February 26th to Sunday, April 7th. Vick Quezada (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, who specializes in the exploration of hybrid art forms in Indigenous-Latinx history and how … Continue reading Visiting artist Vick Quezada

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Gustie of the Week, Variety

Gustie of the Week: Elizabeth Kubek

Amelia Dewberry- This week’s Gustie of the Week is Professor in English, Elizabeth Kubek. She also serves as Director of Summer Term and Faculty Director of Student Academic Success in the Provost’s Office. Kubek first came to Gustavus as an academic administrator but came back to full-time teaching two years ago. “I love working so closely with students again. Although I still do admin work, … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Elizabeth Kubek

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Variety

Vox Lucia vocal festival comes to GAC

Colleen Coleman- On March 15th, the music department will host the Vox Lucia Vocal Festival for Leadership & Singing as a part of the Bjorling Music Festival series, an all-day experience for high school soprano and alto students to hone their musical talents and leadership skills through work with nationally renowned composer Jocelyn Hagen and Gustavus’ Vice President in Mission, Strategy, and Innovation, Dr. Kathi … Continue reading Vox Lucia vocal festival comes to GAC

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Opinion

The thirteenth public holiday

Jonas Doerr- The collective population of the United States of America just lost one hour of sleep. That, by the most recent count, comes out to 331.9 million hours. While that is about 0.1 million hours less than the amount of sleep Gusties lose studying for finals, it is still significant. But is there any acknowledgment of this profound disruption to our sleep schedules? Any … Continue reading The thirteenth public holiday

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Entertainment

The 2024 Academy Awards

Will Sorg- On Sunday, Cord Jefferson, a first-time film director, won Best Adapted Screenplay for his film American Fiction. Jefferson’s win was accompanied by a fantastic speech where he passionately argued for movie executives to take chances on newer filmmakers and smaller-scale movies. He outlined his struggle to get his award-winning film made and said of his speech: “It’s more a plea to acknowledge and … Continue reading The 2024 Academy Awards

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Sports & Fitness

MIAC Champs!

Parker Burman- This past weekend, the Gustavus Women’s hockey team hosted conference rival No. 14 Saint Mary’s at Don Roberts Arena, with the MIAC Title on the line. For the fourth straight season, the Gusties reigned supreme as Playoff Champions of the MIAC, just the second team in conference history to win four straight. In a hard-fought defensive game, the Gusties fought in all three … Continue reading MIAC Champs!

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Sports & Fitness

Men’s Tennis rolls on

Teddy Kaste- Gustavus Men’s Tennis played a couple of regular-season matches this past weekend against Luther and St. Olaf. The Gusties handled both matches, easily defeating St. Olaf 9-0 and Luther 8-1. The Gusties are currently ranked #12 in the nation, following a season in which they made the final eight. Now, the title aspirations are real for the men’s tennis team. The win against … Continue reading Men’s Tennis rolls on

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