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Africa Night theme promotes Pan African unity

Africa Night 2012 gets personal. Focused on a more holistic representation of what it means to be African, students of the Pan African Student Organization (PASO), who organize the annual celebration, have focused the evening around countries that more accurately represent the vast array of cultural backgrounds within their own organization. Calling their concept “expanding borders,” students who led the campaign hope that Africa Night … Continue reading Africa Night theme promotes Pan African unity

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Gustie of the Week, Variety

Gustie of the Week: Ally Voss

Ally stays involved on campus as a member of the Sigmas, the track team and her passion for working with people Junior Ally Voss has been, and continues to be, a very important part of the Gustavus community. She is a double major in sociology/anthropology and Spanish, and as proud a Gustie as they come. “Ally has one of the most positive attitudes toward Gustavus,” … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Ally Voss

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Gustavus graduate Kurt Elling up for another Grammy

Elling’s latest album, The Gate, is his 11th Grammy nomination When the annual Grammy Awards are held on Sunday, February 12, Gustavus Alumnus Kurt Elling ’89 will be among the nominees for Best Jazz Vocal Album for his latest jazz album entitled The Gate. For Elling, this is his eleventh Grammy nomination. Elling received his first nomination in 1995 in the Best Jazz Vocal Performance … Continue reading Gustavus graduate Kurt Elling up for another Grammy

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Variety

Musical, Assassins — their targets, their stories

With a cast and crew approaching 50 people, Assassins aims to tell the story of both the assassins and their targets, giving the audience a look at both perspectives. Henry MacCarthy, assistant professor Theatre and Dance and Latin American, Latino, and Carribean Studies (LALACS), is the director of this spring’s musical. Over this past January Interim Experience, the cast and crew worked the entire month, … Continue reading Musical, Assassins — their targets, their stories

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Calling all talent, GAC Idol wants you

Coming Friday, March 9, 2012 at 7:00p.m. to our very own cafeteria is the one and only GAC Idol. Sponsored by Building Bridges, GAC Idol is a talent contest open to anyone with any kind of talent imaginable. This year’s GAC Idol is being put on to create excitement for the Building Bridges Conference, “Unresolved Conflict: Remembering Our Forgotten History.” The focus of this student-lead … Continue reading Calling all talent, GAC Idol wants you

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 sparkles in Wallenburg

2011 was a year of weddings. Will and Kate’s royal wedding, Kris and Kim’s commercial wedding and … Bella and Edward’s fairytale wedding? Whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob, this fourth installment of the Twilight Saga is sure to define TwiHards from the rest of us. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past four years, the Twilight Saga is pretty … Continue reading Breaking Dawn Part 1 sparkles in Wallenburg

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Gustie of the Week

Gustie of the Week: Claudia Martinez

Teaching awareness with a laugh and a smile Claudia Martinez is a Secondary English Education Major with incredible leadership skills. She is co-president of the Women’s Awareness Center (WAC), Collegiate Fellow for the Seventh Street Houses, a member of the Diversity Leadership Council,  Zeta Chi Phi Sorority and Study Buddies. “Claudia is a quality leader.  She leads by example and takes the opinions, needs and … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Claudia Martinez

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Symphony Orchestra on route to South Africa

During the upcoming January Interim  Experience of 2012, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra will be studying and traveling in South Africa on a musical tour. Led by Professors Ruth Lin, Lois Peterson and Ester Wand, the orchestra will be performing, touring and delivering goods to children in need. Every four years, the Symphony Orchestra partakes in an international tour. This year’s tour to South Africa will … Continue reading Symphony Orchestra on route to South Africa

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Variety

Listen to that Christmas spirit ringing

I’m always astounded at the fresh crop of Christmas albums released each year. How many different versions of “Jingle Bells” can the Christmas economy handle? Although I love Christmas just as much as anybody, my Christmas album collection ended in the 1960s and consists of Nat King Cole, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Bing Crosby. Looking at hundreds of new Christmas albums is intimidating. I … Continue reading Listen to that Christmas spirit ringing

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