This opinion piece solely represents the views of the writer. As fall registration week comes to a close at Gustavus, I again noticed something that baffled my body, bewildered my brain, and stumped my soul. A varsity sport is worth thirteen-hundredths of a Personal Fitness requirement.So what is that you ask? Allow me to explain. A Personal Fitness requirement, or (FIT) makes up half of … Continue reading Four years to get FIT?: The dilemma of the Lifelong Fitness credit

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To put things simply, this week for the Gustavus Softball team will be extremely busy. With conference play now in full swing, the team’s schedule is jam-packed with double headers against MIAC opponents. Two double headers from two weeks ago were postponed to this week due to weather implications, meaning the Gusties will have five conference double headers in one single week. On Tuesday, April … Continue reading Softball staying busy to win MIAC

I write this not as a golf fan, but rather as a vocal adversary of the world’s most frustrating sport. I don’t dislike it because I have an unwavering moral opposition to any sport that the likes of Jon Daly can excel at or even because golf courses have generally been found more devastating to the environment than all of America’s vaping Hummer drivers put together, … Continue reading Why I hate Golf but love the Masters

The Gustavus Baseball team kicked off the Tucson Invitational with a doubleheader against DePauw University, but suffered a pair of losses, 6-0 and 5-4. The Tigers led 3-0 after three innings and added three more insurance runs in the sixth to cruise to a 6-0 shutout behind a complete game by Wyatt Spector. Jacob Volness started on the hill for the Gusties and suffered the … Continue reading Bringing the heat: Baseball’s spring break at theTuscon Invite

Members of the Gustavus Adolphus College Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams competed in the Point Loma Collegiate Invitational on Saturday at Point Loma Nazarene University, located in San Diego California. More than 20 total teams competed in the meet, which included heightened competition from both Division I and II institutions,  among which were Yale and California State-San Francisco. Continuing their successful careers, and … Continue reading Highpoints in Point Loma: Track and Field teams compete in San Diego

March Madness has arrived, and as most of the nation scrambles to fill out their perfect bracket, a certain group of people has to exercise caution while doing so, NCAA student-athletes. Anytime a student-athlete, competing in any division of the NCAA, is at risk to lose anything for a chance to win money off of a sport competition, collegiate or professional, they are in violation … Continue reading Don’t bet on it. Student-athletes and sports wagering

Since this time last year, the Gustavus Baseball program has gone through some major changes. Multiple new coaches, including a new head coach, Brad Baker ‘80. With these changes comes a hope to build the Gustavus Baseball team into a successful and competitive program. “I feel blessed to be back on campus and hopefully the guys are as excited about the experience as I am. … Continue reading Batter up! New Baseball coaching staff creates a buzz.

The Gustavus Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams recently concluded their indoor winter seasons. Though they did not claim a conference title (which was awarded to St. Thomas), they sent two throwers to the NCAA tournament. One of whom was Senior Sarah Swanson, who also took home the MIAC Women’s Indoor Field athlete of the year award. To start out the season, the Gusties … Continue reading Track and Field moves outdoors: But not before some historic individual performances

Few things are more Minnesotan than the High School Hockey Tournament. It’s special. A crowd of 23,000 is rarely present for an NHL team, but that’s the record-breaking crowd that came out to watch two boy’s high school semi-final games on March 4 at the Xcel Energy Center. The atmosphere isn’t the only renowned aspect of the tournament; the player’s hair at the tourney has … Continue reading Intro to the Tourney: Gusties from out-of-state experience Minnesota’s biggest event