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University of Minnesota Professor gives Inka Empire lecture: Professor Kosiba brings enlightening cultural context Gustavus

On Monday, Oct. 14, Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota Steve Kosiba visited campus to present a lecture titled “The Weight of a Mountain: The Politics of Landscape and History in the Inka Empire.” This event was sponsored by the Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi, the LALACS department and the department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MLC). The … Continue reading University of Minnesota Professor gives Inka Empire lecture: Professor Kosiba brings enlightening cultural context Gustavus

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Give to Gustavus Day starts Oct. 24.
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Give to Gustavus Day kicks off next week: Annual event Give to Gustavus Day helps entire campus

Next Thursday, Oct. 24, the annual fundraising event known as Give to Gustavus Day will take place. Historically, this day has been marked as the single most important day in contributing to the Gustavus Fund. Donations received during the fundraiser go towards financing all areas of the school. The money raised on this day will have an effect on every Gustavus student. “Give to Gustavus … Continue reading Give to Gustavus Day kicks off next week: Annual event Give to Gustavus Day helps entire campus

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The marquee display for the “Mean Girls” play at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis.
Variety

Review: Mean Girls at the Orpheum

On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) sponsored an event where students were able to see the Mean Girls musical at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. CAB co-Presidents Senior Emily Scroggins and Junior Aly Granholm planned and coordinated the event, which was attended by many Gusties. CAB has had a tradition of taking students to musicals or plays in the fall semesters, offering … Continue reading Review: Mean Girls at the Orpheum

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Banks is a member of the track and field team where she partici- pates in long-jump and sprinting events.
Gustie of the Week, Variety

Gustie of the Week: Tyra Banks

Junior Tyra Banks is a well-known student who has made a profound impact at Gustavus. “If you see [Banks] out and about, there’s a one hundred percent guarantee that she will be a light brightening other people’s day. Her ability to serve her community and build connections is admirable to say the least. I wouldn’t say she embodies the Gustie spirit as much as I … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Tyra Banks

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Three Crowns students on a visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Opinion

Three Crowns, five stars

Nearly every incoming first-year shares a simultaneous heart-drop during the last month of their high school senior year when Gustavus mails one more envelope requesting yet another seemingly life-changing decision to be made: Three Crowns program or Liberal Arts curriculum? For many admitted first-years, the choice is not crystal clear. There are undefined benefits and restrictions to each program, which future Gusties have no knowledge … Continue reading Three Crowns, five stars

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Light therapy boxes to help with SAD can be found in the library.
Opinion

To those who suffer in silence

After the coldest week of the year so far, I’m sure that we’re all looking forward to the rest of fall and eventually the holiday season. But for many students on campus, including myself, the colder season and overcast skies bring back unwanted feelings of overwhelm and depression. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD is seasonal depression that can come in many forms. Most often SAD … Continue reading To those who suffer in silence

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Health Services gives out some free hygiene products.
Opinion

The period problem

Saturday, Oct. 19 is National Period Day and in heart of this, there will be a rally in Minneapolis along with several other cities around the nation. National Period Day and the rallies associated with it work for three main goals: to destigmatize periods, to educate citizens on menstrual health in a non-cisgender, normative way and end period poverty and period tax. Periods have been … Continue reading The period problem

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor (10/18/19)

Parking on college campuses can be a huge issue, and here at Gustavus it has been an ongoing issue that needs to be solved. Personally, the parking situation at Gustavus has been anything but great from the four years I have been attending. Struggling to find parking each year has become the big trend and challenge on campus. It is almost like a mini celebration … Continue reading Letter to the Editor (10/18/19)

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor (10/18/19)

With the evolution of social media and access to creative outlets such as YouTube, there’s no doubt the makeup industry is booming with eager young adults looking for ways to express themselves or recommendations for quality products. Because of the global efforts surrounding recent brands who have taken a stand against animal testing the question of why some brands are continuing to harm innocent animals … Continue reading Letter to the Editor (10/18/19)

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