Student Senate has recently undertaken discussion on new policies and projects affecting Gustavus students. Among the topics are the routes and routines of the “Gus Bus”, the free weekend shuttle service, and the possibility of new outdoor recreational renovations. The Gus Bus, a St. Peter transit bus that offers free rides to students from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, has been … Continue reading Student Senate plans
On Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m., James Carl Nelson, the author of The Remains of Company D will be talking about his book at the Treaty Site History Center. The program, sponsored by the Book Mark, and is a chance to meet Nelson and hear about history that was previously lost and forgotten. Nelson was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of … Continue reading Author James Carl Nelson to visit Saint Peter
In light of recent events nationwide and during Coming Out Week at Gustavus, the theatre and dance department and the student social justice theatre troupe I Am We Are have planned a candlelight vigil for October 28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Shakespeare Pit. Henry MacCarthy, professor of theatre and dance, said that the idea was brought up in a theatre and dance department meeting … Continue reading Candlelight vigil to honor victims of harrassment
Friday, October 29, Joel Carlin’s Conservation Biology class is holding a lecture, open to the public, entitled “The Tragedies of Bush Meat” in Nobel Hall at 10:30 a.m.. Carlin, a professor for four years at Gustavus in the biology department, is the professor of the BIO-245 class, Conservation Biology. Carlin’s education background focuses on fisheries: the study of aquatic organisms, how people use them and … Continue reading Professor Joel Carlin to hold public lecture
As part of Coming Out Week at Gustavus, the Queers & Allies painted the infamous rock on the hill in rainbow stripes on Sunday evening. By Monday morning, the rock had been repainted completely black with an anti-homosexuality Bible verse referenced in red. Q&A sprang into action, repainting the rock to its original rainbow theme Monday afternoon. The perpetrators of the repainting have not been … Continue reading Q&A paints the rock twice
Gusties generate hundreds of tons of garbage and recyclable material each year. Students may wonder where their discarded pop cans, paper towels and lab reports go. About half of the material that is discarded at Gustavus is placed in commingle (plastic/metal/glass) or paper recycling bins. But, that is just half of the story. Much of the other half, which is placed in garbage cans, is … Continue reading Gustavus’s trash travels
This past Saturday, Oct. 9 in Alumni Hall, nine individuals were honored by being inducted into the Gustavus Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1978, 19 founding “Charter Members” were inducted as coaches or as athletes into the Gustavus Adolphus College Hall of Fame. The Gustavus Hall of Fame room is located on the second floor of Lund Center. The room was originally partially endowed by … Continue reading Nine inducted in to athletic hall of fame
All Gusties are familiar with Gustavus’s “five pillars”: service, community, justice, excellence and faith. The Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations (GACAC), awards distinctive Gustavus students who have contributed by strengthening the partnership with the congregations of the association. The award concentrates on the commitment to serve others though volunteer work, involvement in the church and astonishing professional accomplishments. Only Gustavus alumni or former students … Continue reading Hands for Harvest to receive Service Award
Do you ever feel like your life has been passing you by? Like you don’t even have any time for yourself anymore? Is your schedule so jam-packed that your planner is scribbled out with indecipherable and obscure dates? Stop and take a breath of fresh air. Don’t forget that you’re not the only one who needs some time to think and reflect. Here at Gustavus, … Continue reading Sacred Space offers reflection and relaxtion
The leaves have started changing on the Gustavus campus and the temperature has been dropping, which means it’s time for the Linneaus Arboretum’s annual Fall Fest. The festival has been growing and improving each year, and this year is no exception. The Lind Interpretive Center scheduled the event over family weekend, on Saturday Oct. 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. “We’d like to encourage … Continue reading Enjoy autumn with Fall Fest
