Gustavus students have the opportunity to experience an unusual cultural event this Saturday, March 5. The Festival du Voyageur will give students the chance to learn about French fur traders who influenced French culture in western Canada. The event is sponsored by the Cultural Celebrations and Education Committee (CCEC) of Crossroads, and will feature a snow sculpture contest, judged by a professional snow sculptor. The … Continue reading Festival du Voyageur
As you walk throughout the Gustavus campus, a series of security cameras are watching and recording many of the steps you take. Yet, many students are unaware that this silent neighbor is watching them. “I think the only one I have seen is in the [Market Place],” First-year Amber Sanoski said. The purpose of most of the cameras at Gustavus is to record areas where … Continue reading Campus utilizes security cameras in crime
Gustavus students are part of a trend that is appearing in colleges across the nation—students are using alcohol, legally or illegally, and some are consuming dangerous amounts. The campus has been subject to recent changes in class size, residential housing and other factors that may affect the student body’s individual choices to drink or not. While some may perceive that alcohol-involved incidents are getting worse, … Continue reading Alcohol on campus
Since this last summer the committee in charge of finding a new academic provost has been busy narrowing the search from a pool of 80 candidates. The search committee is made up of 15 people, including professors, faculty members, two students and two members of the Board of Trustees, making it a campus-wide committee. The committee was also aided in the search by a consulting … Continue reading Search for new Provost narrowing
Gustavus will be the host of three different speakers next week, centralized on the topics of the regulation of food, the importance of nutrition and consumerism. Beginning on Feb. 28 through to Mar. 3, speakers will be presenting on multiple aspects of self-regulation in healthy eating (as well as buying) habits and food perspectives. On Feb. 28, Dr. Kathleen Vohs ’96, Land O’ Lakes Professor … Continue reading Campus hosting three speakers
Student Senate is looking for new Co-Presidents, so be on the lookout for elections soon. Posters are all around campus, and buzz about the candidates for the new Co-Presidents of Student Senate for 2011-2012 has been circulating as well. Blake Gust and Kate Redden are in the running, as are Nick Prince and Jennifer Fox. Through their Gustavus e-mails, students will receive a ballot and … Continue reading Student Senate Co-Presidential election underway
People across the United States have been actively fighting to find a cure for cancer for the past three decades. Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) is an organization that has been helping students everywhere in this fight, and the Gustavus campus is no exception. Fortunately, Gusties are fighting for a brighter future. This Sunday night, Feb. 20, marks the beginning of “Paint it Purple” week, hosted … Continue reading Gusties prepare to fight cancer with annual Relay for Life
For many years now, Gustavus students have enjoyed the comfort and security of a Campus Safety Escort simply by calling the hotline. Recent changes, however, have enabled Campus Safety vehicles to circuit a route around Gustavus. The biggest change, though, is that there will be no more calling for escorts. Campus Safety has created a Campus Safety Mobile Escort route that a Campus Safety employee … Continue reading Campus Safety changes escort policy
Since the beginning of Spring Semester, Gustavus students attending the Dive dances on Friday nights have been required to present their Gustavus IDs to the staff. There is no admittance to students who cannot provide their IDs from now on. “It was putting too much stress on people checking in guests and people who aren’t from Gustavus,” Campus Safety Officer Heather Wilmes said. “There’s only … Continue reading Student IDs required for Dive admission
Gustavus’s plan to renovate the area to the west of the Chapel into a new “West Mall” has made significant progress over the past few months. The project, which has been in conceptual discussion for the past five to six years, has begun to solidify with the creation of a design for construction. The group of Gustavus representatives planning the project, made up of various … Continue reading Board approves plan for West Mall renovation
