Ellie Heyerdahl- This past Saturday our well-loved Gustie swimmers faced off in a triple dual against UW-Stevens Point and MSU Mankato. The women beat Stevens Point 185-133 yet lost against the Mavericks 240-78. The Men put up a great fight but ended up falling to Stevens Point 189-130. Coach Jon Carlson was pleased with what he saw from his swimmers. He stated, “Overall, we took … Continue reading Swimmers participate in triple dual
Teddy Kaste- Gustavus football triumphed over Carleton this past weekend in a comfortable 38-20 victory, securing their place in the MIAC championship where they will take on the Bethel Royals. Gustavus football has had quite the amazing run as they go into the MIAC championship riding a 5 game win streak, including thrillers over #7 St. Johns, and an OT win over St. Olaf. This … Continue reading Football set to play MIAC championship
Teddy Kaste & Julia Klein- Gustavus Women’s Volleyball team played their second-to-last regular season game on Oct. 28th, winning 57-43 against Bethel. This win has once again earned them the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) title. This is the third year in a row that they have won it, and Saturday’s match was also their 34th consecutive win against conference opponents. Gustavus Women’s Volleyball also … Continue reading Volleyball claims MIAC championship
Parker Burman- This past weekend, the Gustavus Football team traveled to St. Paul to square off with conference rival St. Olaf in a huge late-season matchup for playoff positioning. In a thrilling 41-40 overtime win the Gusties pulled to 5-3 on the season with a nonconference record of 4-2, positioning themselves well in the race for a conference title. St. Olaf kicked the scoring off, … Continue reading Gustie football wins thriller
Teddy Kaste- The temperature is dropping, late October snow is softly brushing the southern Minnesota landscape and winter is coming. With winter in Minnesota comes hockey season for Gustavus’ Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams. The women started their season with a 5-1 beatdown of Augsburg. The men started with back-to-back home games against Dubuque on Friday and Saturday. On Friday Gustavus triumphed over Dubuque 3-2 … Continue reading Men’s and Women’s hockey start strong
Will Sorg- Far too often in movies, Indigenous stories are made that use the Indigenous characters as set dressing for a story about white people. It has happened for almost as long as film has been a medium and carries with it a history of settler colonialism, oppression, and genocide. Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of The Flower Moon (KoTFM), reckons with both film history’s … Continue reading Killers of the Flower Moon
Raquel Vaughn- Dystopian is making a comeback! With the new Hunger Games movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, hitting theaters on Nov. 17th, the dystopian genre is resurging. We’re taking it back to middle school where we spent a religious amount of time defining our personalities based on which district we were from, what faction we were in (Divergent), and whether or not we’d … Continue reading If Gustavus sports were in The Hunger Games
Sophia White- Never let go of your ability to imagine and create worlds. That is something I was told by many adults as a child. But, I don’t think I ever took that advice seriously. I remember being able to daydream up worlds and writing new stories every day in a little mustache journal. I conjured up drama between people who wore the same scarves … Continue reading The importance of daydreaming
Houston McLaury- With the chill set deep into the air, the leaves all but changed to wonderful shades of yellow, orange and red, sweater weather is in full effect as we march onward to inevitable snows of November and December. But, before we hit such a cold and dark time of the year, we are graced with one of the best holidays of the year: … Continue reading The best holiday: Halloween
Jay Erickson- Many people nowadays have some understanding of what a vampire is. Many English-language movies and shows depict ravenous monsters in their own way, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, and Interview with a Vampire. Many other cultures also love to depict these creatures through film. On Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, Gustavus welcomed Dr. Thomas Garza, a Slavic and Eurasian Studies Professor from … Continue reading Men with Teeth: Portraits of Vampires and Masculinity in Mexican and Russian Film
