The Campus Activities Board is known for bringing entertaining performers, hypnotists, and comedians to campus. It is planning to bring comedian, Andrew Sleighter, when students get back from Spring Break. Sleighter has appeared on the prank show, Money From Strangers, on MTV, wrote comedy sketches for Comedy Central and premiered his late night stand up comedy routine on Conan. Sleighter is a renowned comedian and … Continue reading CAB plans to have comedian, Andrew Sleighter, in Courtyard Cafe

In an uncontested Student Senate Co-Presidential election, Juniors Ehsan Asghar and Kylie Lamberty won with 89 percent of the votes. 20 percent of the student body voted in the election. Asghar is currently serving as this years 2019 Class Representative. Asghar was not surprised by the low voter turnout due to the major snowstorm that happened on Election Day and understood why turnout was so … Continue reading New Student Senate Co-Presidents announced: Kylie Lamberty and Ehsan Ali Asghar elected as new Co-Presidents

Gustavus was recently invaded by a troupe of St. Olaf students. Not just any troupe, but a comedy troupe. And one comprised of 15 Classics student at that. Led by Anne Groton, a Classics professor at St. Olaf, the St. Olaf Comedy Troupe has spent the last 35 years touring. The Troupe and its tour was sponsored by the St. Olaf Department of Classics. The … Continue reading St. Olaf Comedy Troupe performs for Gustavus classics students

Last Thursday evening, the Courtyard Cafe consisted of student artists, writers, and poets hard at work, all preparing to submit pieces of art and writing to the celebrated Firethorne, Gustavus’ annual literary magazine. Planned and hosted by this year’s Firethorne staff — made up entirely of students in Professor Baker Lawley’s Editing and Publishing class — the event was held from 7 to 8:30 pm … Continue reading Firethorne staff hosts Creative Works Night: Students were encouraged to work on literary and visual art in Courtyard Cafe to submit to Firethorne Literary Magazine

Are you dreaming of spending next January somewhere other than the sunny beaches of Saint Peter, Minnesota? You may be in luck. On Monday, March 12 from 3-5:30, the Center for International and Cultural Education is hosting a J-Term Study Away Fair outside of the cafeteria. Students will have the opportunity to learn about all twelve of Gustavus’ faculty lead J-term study away trips with … Continue reading CICE plans to host 2019 J-term Study away fair: Students will have the chance to learn about twelve new programs

On Friday, March 2, Building Bridges put on the annual talent show titled “GAC’s Got Talent.” Building Bridges hosts this event in order to promote their annual conference. This year, that conference was on Saturday, March 3 and surrounded the topic of mental health. The talent show was one of numerous events during last week before the conference. “We had an event each day of … Continue reading Building Bridges hosts annual GAC’s Got Talent

One aspect of a liberal arts education is to attend inspirational talks given by successful individuals. This past Tuesday, the Gustavus Women in Leadership, commonly known as GWIL, had the privilege of hosting Nancy Dahl, author of the book, Grounded: Leading Your Life With Intention. “It’s a book all about living your life with intention, and we just figured it was a really cool opportunity … Continue reading Gustavus Women in Leadership hosts Nancy Dahl

Next week, the Gustavus Pan-Afrikan Student Organization, or PASO, will kick off its annual Africa Week — a series of unique, innovative events and activities that aims to celebrate African culture and heritage. This year, PASO has scheduled a number of exciting events on campus that center on the theme “Represent Your Roots: Celebrating Pan-Africanism.” “Africa Week is a week when PASO hosts several small … Continue reading PASO plans exciting events for Africa Week