Last Friday, the Center for Vocational Reflection (CVR) enlisted 33 Gustavus students to hang nine-inch wall clocks around their necks that said, “Is it weighing on you? Take back your time.” The students wore the wall clocks in observance of national Take Back Your Time Day, which, according to the official website, is a “major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and … Continue reading Gustavus students take back their time with help from the CVR

Some people believe that the world we live in is not perfect. While this idea may lend itself to caffeine-fueled political debates in coffee shops and on college campuses all over the country, few people actually take their concern a step further and devote their lives to work as a force for good in the world. Mary Duvall is a Gustavus grad who has taken … Continue reading Gustie Grad Mary Duvall Helps change the world through Lutheran World Relief

Gustavus is well known for its Department of Physics and the professors who create the strong base for the program. Professor of Physics Chuck Niederriter, or “Chuck” to students and fellow professors, is among the group that has worked to get the physics program to the level it is today. In addition to teaching responsibilities and performing research, Niederriter has recently been named the new … Continue reading Chuck Niederriter: physicist, family man and jack-of-all trades

What if, when you set foot in the Market Place this afternoon or opened your fridge, there wasn’t any food to be found? What would that feel like? What does hunger feel like? According to Kids Against Hunger, a nonprofit organization with a mission to significantly reduce the number of hungry children in the U.S. and to feed starving children throughout the world, 17,000 children … Continue reading Gustavus Greeks work to fight global hunger

For Gustavus Director of Safety and Security Ray Thrower, the college environment has been a part of life ever since he was a boy growing up in North Carolina, visiting his grandfather, the chief of police at Davison University. Now in his 30th year of working with law enforcement, Thrower has spent all but two of those years at liberal arts colleges. Thrower was the … Continue reading Ray Thrower serves through thick & thin

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest natural disasters to ever hit America, struck the Gulf coast states. Sophomore Communications Studies Major Wes Jones and his family were among the people present in New Orleans during the disaster. Jones, like thousands of others, was instantly forced to evacuate and take cover. “I lived in the dead center of [New Orleans] in Algiers … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Wes Jones makes the military a way of life

A long with most students who had the opportunity to see Sigur Rós  (pronounced “si-ur rose”) this past Thursday, Sept. 25, I am still trying to process what I experienced. The concert, which was held in downtown Minneapolis at the Orpheum, was performed to a sold out crowd and exceeded any and every expectation that I could have ever had. On the way to the … Continue reading Sigur Ros’ted: a show to end all shows

According to First-year wide receiver Elliot Herdina, the Gustavus Gusties’ 27-19 football win against Coe College on Sep. 13 can be attributed to the Gusties’ great defensive performance-but he’s just being modest. If you asked any of the people in the audience at that game, they’d probably give most of the credit to Herdina. In his first collegiate game, he scored two of Gustavus’ three … Continue reading First-year Elliot Herdina proves his worth as Gustavus’s wide receiver

Meet a group of guys who play for the sake of music, who are dedicated and make every practice their best performance, who are serious about their music, but have fun with it as well. Meet a local St. Peter band named Late Night Rising. The group, who describes its sound as “driving power-pop/indie but with something different added in,” consists of Nate Smith on … Continue reading Local band: Late Night Rising

It is not often that a college can find a professor who perfectly matches the institution, but Gustavus has found this in Richard Leitch, this issue’s Gustie of the Week. As an Associate Professor of Political Science, Leitch has become a visible fixture in the campus community. An educator at Gustavus since 1996, Leitch teaches courses such as International Relations, Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, Environmental … Continue reading Professor Richard Leitch receives award