A year-and-a-half ago, the International and Domestic Programs Committee (IDPC) assembled with one goal: to find a way to interweave awareness of various global issues across all the departments at Gustavus. Soon the Gustavus Global Insight program was conceived. This program encourages students, faculty, staff and community members to increase their focus on global issues. The Global Insight program is currently administered under a four-year … Continue reading Global Gusties… First Stop: China

Summer is a relatively quiet time for the Gustavus campus. However, this August, only weeks before students returned and the familiar buzz of activity resumed, the uneventful exterior was misleading: big things were developing amidst the calm. A small group of students chatted in the Liedholm room when Vice President of Marketing and Communication Gwen Freed entered, accompanied by another woman. Every inch a self-assured … Continue reading Louder and prouder

The Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation allows Gustavus to take a new approach to making the campus more environmentally sustainable. Most Gusties are familiar with “the arb,” and now is the time when most of the first-years begin to discover its gravel trails and remote study spots. The Melva Lind Interpretive Center is a place somewhat less well known to the student body. By junior … Continue reading Gustavus Turns Over a New Leaf

Fetishism comes in all shapes and sizes I love my Crocs. I wear them several times a week. They are bright orange and so flamboyantly colored that they rarely match other people’s aesthetic criteria for any item of clothing. I have conveniently adopted the philosophy that because they go with nothing, they go with everything. I did not purchase them for the color, nor did … Continue reading Collegiate Tales from a Consumer Culture

With the recent conclusion of both the Republican and the Democratic National Conventions, the election season is in full swing. While a storm of politics rages across the country, what will be the political climate on the Gustavus campus? Within a crowd of 10,000 people, a single flag-draped coffin came down the road, accompanied by a slow and deliberate drumbeat. The Veterans for Peace joined … Continue reading A Season of Change

Some Gustavus students will soon tie the knot and say, “I Do” while others say “I Don’t” to the idea of marriage for now. I’ve always been told that college is a time when you grow, hopefully in the right direction. The tricky part is that whatever growing, evolving or maturing we college students do, we all seem to move at a different pace. At … Continue reading Graduating & Getting Hitched

Gustavus is quickly approaching its 150th anniversary, and like most institutions this old, we’ve got a few skeletons hanging around in our closet. But this isn’t an exposé of the greatest Gustavus scandals; it’s a collection of a few of the ghost stories that have been passed down through the Gustavus community over the years. You’ve probably heard of a few campus ghosts before, like … Continue reading Ghostly Gustavus: A look at the ghastly, ghoulish, and grisly history of ghosts at Gustavus Adolphus College

Media on the Gustavus campus has come a long way. Simply by holding this newspaper in your hands, you have joined a Gustavus tradition that stretches back decades to the first college publication, printed in the spring of 1891. Admittedly, a few things have changed since then. For starters, the dorms are now co-ed, the college isn’t solely run out of Old Main and THE … Continue reading Then And Now: Media At Gustavus Adolphus College

If you’re a senior at Gustavus, graduation is approaching. In 37 days, the class of 2008 will walk across Hollingsworth Field and into the real world of debt, car payments and health insurance. Chances are most seniors don’t need to be reminded of this fact; if the steady stream of mailings hasn’t served as an adequate reminder, then parents have likely finished the job. “Contemplating … Continue reading Cleaning house in your head

Habitat for Humanity Presents: Act! Speak! Build! Week If you’re planning on attending the Ben Folds concert on Saturday you might want to consider finishing your homework the next day and fitting in a good night’s sleep. According to the Gustavus Habitat for Humanity executive board, it’s going to be a big week. From Monday, April 21 to Sunday, April 27, Gustavus will join other … Continue reading Making a Statement: Raising Awareness About Homelessness