Finally. A season without a 163rd game in the American League (AL) Central is indeed possible. With a win on Wednesday night, coupled with a Chicago White Sox loss in Oakland, the Minnesota Twins became the first team in Major League Baseball to clinch a division. Considering that the past two seasons required a one-game playoff in order to determine the AL Central Champion, the … Continue reading No need for extra games for the Twins this year
Tuesday, September 14 A faculty member reported money stolen from his office in Vickner Hall. Friday, September 17 A Gustavus student was cited in the Sorensen Hall parking lot by Campus Safety and SPPD for underage consumption. The student was transferred to Detox. Saturday, September 18 A Campus Safety officer responded to the Student Union for an alcohol violation. Sunday, September 19 A Gustavus student … Continue reading Sept. 14 – Sept 19 Safety Report
Gustavus Homecoming Week begins Monday, Sept. 20 with a full five days of events, leading up to the football game against St. Olaf. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) has planned a full week of events, including a Tyrone Wells concert, dodgeball and the crowning of the Homecoming Court. Homecoming Week will feature a variety of entertainment events and competitions between Gustavus’s student organizations. All student … Continue reading Homecoming week: Football and fun
Minnesota’s climate is about as far as you can get from the Caribbean’s. However, on Sept. 20, Gustavus’s windy campus will welcome a Caribbean native and Nobel Prize-winning author, Derek Walcott. Walcott will participate in a three week residency program at the school, with the intention of connecting students to a person of great stature in the academic world. Gustavus’s Rydell Distinguised Professor program was … Continue reading Nobel Laureate to begin three week residency
On Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, the Hillstrom Museum of Art had an opening reception for its three new exhibitions: Voices: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden, ENNESBO (multi-media installation by artist Sandra Binion), and FOCUS IN/ON: Henry Varnum Poor’s Autumn Still Life. For those of you who don’t know, the Hillstrom Museum can be found in the Jackson Campus Center (down the hall from the Book … Continue reading Hillstrom Museum opening three new exhibitions
The end is nearing for Senior Geology Major, Jonathan Monk (more commonly known as Monk) here at Gustavus. Also a Music and Philosophy minor, Monk is involved in the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, is founder/co-president of Musical B.A.R. and is a member of Epsilon Pi Alpha (Eppies) and GEO club. When he is not busy with these student organizations, he likes to spend time with … Continue reading It’s Time to Get Monked UP!
The theatre department of Gustavus Adolphus College will be making its mark in the Twin Cities theatre community this weekend with their production of Thrill Me, performed at the Lowry Lab Theatre in St. Paul, Minn. from Sept. 16-19. “Thrill Me is funded through the Gustavus Faculty-Student Collaboration grant. Our director, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Henry MacCarthy, is the one who is responsible … Continue reading A Thrilling Performance
