The Holiday Angel Tree can be found outside the Community Engagement Center office.
News

Holiday Angel Tree invites Gusties to give back: Community Engagement Center holiday tradition helps St. Peter families

The annual Holiday Angel Tree has been set up outside the Community Engagement Center office as part of a holiday tradition which has lasted over a decade. “The Angel Tree Program is a partnership with the Head Start Program in St. Peter… [that] promotes the school readiness of young children from income eligible families in Nicollet county… It has become a great tradition here at … Continue reading Holiday Angel Tree invites Gusties to give back: Community Engagement Center holiday tradition helps St. Peter families

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Gustavus students are encouraged to be aware of the warning signs and what do in case of emengency.
News

Campus car combusts in Olin parking lot: Two cars damaged after car starts on fire Friday afternoon

Numerous calls were made to Campus Safety and 911 last Friday, Nov. 15 after a campus car parked in the Lot G Olin Hall parking lot started on fire. According to Carol Brewer, Director of Campus Safety, a call came into her office at 1:27 p.m. by a student who noticed the car and called first 911 and then Campus Safety. Campus Safety Officer Scott … Continue reading Campus car combusts in Olin parking lot: Two cars damaged after car starts on fire Friday afternoon

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Lowe (left) and Yee (right) rehearse for their recital.
Variety

Senior recital celebrates friendship and music

Seniors Katelyn Yee and Lauren Lowe started their musical journeys at Gustavus with each other, so to them, it only seems fitting to end it that way. The two hosted their senior cello and viola recital together on Nov. 17th at 7:30 p.m in Bjorling Music Hall, hoping to express their love for music and each other through their performance. As for planning their recital … Continue reading Senior recital celebrates friendship and music

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Gustie of the Week, Variety

Gustie of the Week: Rachel Belvedere

This week’s Gustie of the Week is an involved student on campus, a friendly face and ambitious senior Rachel Belvedere. Gustavus has been a family school for Belvedere and she wasn’t sure if she would have her own narrative with such a family legacy, but all of this changed once she visited campus. “​I wanted to have college be an experience I defined, and I … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Rachel Belvedere

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Students involved in the conducting program can gain experience by becoming a Vocal Music Assistant or VMA.
Variety

Spotlight on: choral conducting program

In the spirit of Christmas in Christ Chapel, which happens in the weekend following Thanksgiving Break, Variety brings the spotlight to the choral conducting program—an academic area of focus under the Music/Music Education Major umbrella. “Within the music major, people can designate different areas of study, for example, a vocal performance major, a bassoon performance major, or a composition major. Each of them is a … Continue reading Spotlight on: choral conducting program

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Sophomore Jonas Habben constructing an art project.
Opinion

Standing up for accessibility to the arts

Music and the arts are a big part of Gustavus. Our programs draw  in students from all over the state and even all over the country. Students proudly wear Gustavus Music shirts, showing that Gusties care about athletics and the arts. But it’s not just music either. With multiple galleries and studios scattered around campus, physical art is also cherished. But if the pursuit of … Continue reading Standing up for accessibility to the arts

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Opinion

The perks of shopping on Cyber Monday

It may seem as if we are just skipping over Thanksgiving this year due to Starbucks across the nation already decking the halls and Christmas trees starting to go up, but there is one occasion that no one will skip over–the shopping frenzies we all know as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While both are the beginning of the season of Santas, cookies, peppermint and … Continue reading The perks of shopping on Cyber Monday

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Opinion

Getting to the heart of polite speech

Imposter syndrome has been a recent hot topic on campus, which refers to the internalized fear that one will be exposed as a fraud. What kinds of things perpetuate it, does it truly affect us? How deeply in our subconscious does it lie? This dialogue has gotten me thinking about a common interaction that each of us goes through a multitude of times on any … Continue reading Getting to the heart of polite speech

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Opinion

Debating the importance of debate

We’ve all had that boring, two hour long lecture class where you sit and stare at the clock, only half-comprehending the words coming out of the professor’s mouth. Don’t get me wrong, lectures have a role in getting information out in the open, but they certainly leave something to be desired when it comes to student engagement in the classroom. So how do we change … Continue reading Debating the importance of debate

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