Water: a cool beverage, a great source of fun and a high-priced commodity? Though the third characteristic may sound absurd to some, many experts believe that this is the direction in which water is heading. The topic of the twenty-eighth annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference, which takes place on Monday, April 28, is the issue of “Troubled Water” and its social-justice implications. The conference is named … Continue reading “Troubled Water” plunges into the water debate

On April 1, 2008, an e-mail announcing the end of Adjunct Instructor Warren Friesen’s time at Gustavus went out to his students in the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra (GSO). For a moment, some hoped it was simply another April fool’s jokes that the orchestra is known for, but they soon discovered that they were indeed losing their conductor. Friesen, who is in his eighth year at … Continue reading Students react to terminal contract decision

While most Gustavus students find the campus to be generally free of intolerance, an undercurrent of bias has recently drawn the community’s attention. On March 6, 2008, President Jim Peterson sent an e-mail informing the campus that at 12:30 a.m. that morning, a group of men shouted homophobic remarks outside of the Adolphson House, a campus-owned Intentional Learning and Service (ILS) residence occupied by five … Continue reading Gustavus students face bias on campus

A new academic building is coming to Gustavus. The college has hired BWBR Architects in Saint Paul to design a new building to house the History, Economics and Management, Sociology and Anthropology, Psychology and Communication Studies departments. BWBR has been involved in the design of a number of buildings on campus, including Olin and the renovation of Nobel. “When Old Main was completed a couple … Continue reading Introducing the new academic building

Several students have been subpoenaed for downloading illegal music on college’s network Gustavus students now have a new reason to be cautious on the internet. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently obtained a subpoena from a state court requesting that the college supply the names of several students using illegal file sharing programs to download music. “What happened in this case is that … Continue reading Students discover the steep cost of free music

Whether you chug 24 cold ones with your pals on Case Day, enjoy a bottle of wine with the girls or walk through The Dive on a Friday night, you have probably caught a whiff of the alcohol culture at Gustavus. From the administration to students who party three nights a week, members of the Gustavus community have a wide variety of opinions regarding the … Continue reading The Hard (Liquor) Truth

Gustavus reflects back on the 1998 tornado and how far we have come since the disaster Ten years ago, students packed up their things and left for Spring Break. Little did they know, the Gustavus they left wouldn’t be the one they would return to weeks later. An F-3 tornado, 1.5 miles wide, tore through the campus on Sunday, March 29, 1998, dismantling nearly everything … Continue reading Devastation and Renewal

Man claims some of the Auguste Rodin sculptures coming to the Hillstrom Art Museum are fakes On March 8, Gustavus’ Hillstrom Museum will unveil the new exhibit “Rodin: In His Own Words,” featuring a collection of bronzes by Auguste Rodin from the Gerald Cantor Foundation. Self-proclaimed Scholar, Artist and Author Gary Arseneau claims, however, that 29 of the works in the collection are non-disclosed fakes. … Continue reading Is The Hillstrom full of fakes?