The Gustavus Volleyball team will wrap up their season on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the Gustavus Triangular Tournament, where they will host Buena Vista University and University of Wisconsin-Superior. As of Oct. 26, the team has a record of 9-19 overall and a record of 3-7 in the MIAC. Suffering a loss to Bethel on Oct. 23, the team did not qualify to play in … Continue reading Volleyball has high hopes for next season
There are five core values at Gustavus. They include: community, excellence, faith, justice, and service. Student athletes are expected to represent the college on and off campus by exemplifying these values. According to D. Stanley Eitzen author of Sports in Contemporary Society: An Anthology, college sports tend to be “ultraelitist,” meaning that money and facilities go disproportionately to athletes in revenue-producing sports rather than to … Continue reading Editorial: Unequal representation of sports at Gustavus
As Senior Scandinavian Studies and Political Science major Annalise Dobbelstein prepared to leave her home of 11 months in Göteborg, Sweden, she reflected on taking a gap year before coming to Gustavus. During those months, she had grown accustomed to the language, immersed herself in the culture, and made countless friends and connections. Although she was nervous to transition into a new way of life … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Annalise Dobbelstein
I always thought that if I went to Africa, that I would be riding an elephant. But riding a camel twice in one day comes in at a close second. I had the privilege to take a weekend trip to the beautiful country of Morocco while studying abroad in Spain. Our group went to four cities: Chefchaouen, Tangier, Tetouan, and Asilah. Each city was very unique, … Continue reading Tales fromAbroad (11/1/2013)
With some funny trailers and an interesting concept, We’re the Millers, became the highest grossing comedy of 2013, surpassing films like The Heat and This is the End. This is in part due to its director, Rawson Marshall Thunder, best known for directing the well-received sports-comedy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. But does this drug-smuggling fake family bring the goods? Jason Sudeikis portrays David, a … Continue reading We’re the Millers gets raunchy for cheap laughs
Music, dancing, tradition, culture. All this and more was presented at the exotic Zorongo Flamenco event on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Alumni Hall. Attendees were treated to an exciting experience and a chance to see first-hand the sultry traditional Spanish flamenco dancing. The event is a recreation of the ambience of Café Cantante of the 1900s in Spain, when flamenco dancers, singers, and musicians would … Continue reading GAC experiences culture of Spain through Flamenco
Applying to graduate and professional school takes many months of hard work, but Gustavus students find support from faculty, staff, and peers to help them through the process of furthering their education. While many seniors at Gustavus are busy donning professional outfits for job interviews and diligently updating their LinkedIn accounts, a smaller number of juniors and seniors are in the middle of the nearly … Continue reading Stepping Stones to Success: Students Work Towards Graduate and Professional School
I think about disposability a lot, about how we use a thing for a single purpose, for a moment in time, and then it is no longer any good to us. Plastic water bottles, grocery bags, a cardboard to-go container in the Caf. Every second, the United States throws away 1,500 plastic water bottles. Every minute, that is 90,000 bottles. In a hour, we throw away … Continue reading Reduce, reuse, then what?
Fifteen years ago this October, a man riding his bike outside of Laramie, Wyoming noticed a scarecrow tied to a fence. Upon closer inspection, he saw it was man laying on his side, hands bound behind his back and brutally beaten. It was the unconscious Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming. The night before, the 21-year-old had accepted a ride … Continue reading The meaning of Matthew: fifteen years later
You’re in the middle of finishing some reading for tomorrow’s class when you get a call from your friend, Ashley. She has been crying and tells you that she needs someone to talk to. Without a second thought, you stop everything that you are doing, pack up your things, and head over to comfort her. The two of you talk for an hour, she is … Continue reading Playing the blame game
