The Gustavus track and athletics facilities will host an annual event this weekend that has the attention of many families in the southern Minnesota area. Sunday May 1 will mark the sixth annual Spring Games for Area 9 of Special Olympics Minnesota. Athletes from Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet and other southern Minnesota counties will gather to compete in track and field events, followed by … Continue reading Gustavus hosting Special Olympics
Relay for Life is coming to Lund Arena this Saturday night, in which participants from across the Gustavus community will unite to support people touched by cancer, raise money for the American Cancer Society and have fun. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and conclude at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Anyone is welcome to attend. “You don’t have to be registered. You can show … Continue reading Gusties on track to fight cancer
CAB Coffeehouse hosted a Style Your Sole party with TOMS shoes. For every pair of the blank canvas shoes students bought to personalize, another pair was donated to children in Africa, South America and Haiti. 198 pairs were purchased by students and customized at the event. Continue reading Soles styled, shoes donated
Many of us remember reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet in our high school English classes. The frantic skimming over of footnotes and listening to our classmates stumble over iambic pentameter left many of us with a vague understanding of the text. This year’s spring theater production, under the direction of Professor of Theater and Dance Amy Seham, will give us a second chance to understand Hamlet on … Continue reading Hamlet – The play’s the thing…
Senior Psychology Major Josh Plattner is, in a word, funny. Talk to anyone who knows him and that is one of the first things they will tell you about him. “Josh can always make you laugh, no matter the situation. He has a biting sense of humor that sneaks up on you when you need it the most,” Senior Honors Geography Major Whitney Westley said. … Continue reading Josh Plattner – A silly character with a big heart
As the semester winds down and work class ramps up, if you are anything like me, you may begin to teeter on the brink of a stress-induced psychosis. If you feel that a meltdown is imminent, detach yourself from your studies for a couple hours this weekend and check out Black Swan. It will give you a true appreciation of your sanity, while hopefully leaving … Continue reading On-campus movie: Black Swan questions reality
When: Sunday, May 1, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Where: Courtyard Cafe What: The Campus Activity Board will host this event, an opportunity for Gustavus students to sample an eclectic range of ethnic dishes, from Egypt, India, Turkey, Mexico and Traditional Jewish cultures. The dishes are appetizers, entrees, desserts and drinks. During the “meal” students will also recieve cultural context from a CAB member of … Continue reading International Food Sampling in the Courtyard Cafe
Starting on Monday, the Gustavus community has the opportunity to work with Habitat for Humanity to build a shed that will be donated to a family in St. Peter. This is all part of the Act, Speak, Build Week held every year to promote the St. Peter chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The shed build will take place on Eckman Mall and will be running … Continue reading Act, Speak, Build (a shed) Week at Gustavus
On April 29, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., the Gustavus Dance department will be performing an improvisational dance piece. The dance is set by Jeffery Peterson and Melisa Rolnick in the Linnaeus Arboretum and will feature dancers from all levels of technique classes. The performance is part of the department’s annual celebration of World Dance Day. This year it will also coincide with Arbor Day. … Continue reading World Dance Day performance
Let me begin this little escapade in the defense of smoking by saying I don’t smoke. I don’t like cigarettes and think they’re disgusting. But I am the only one in my immediate family, who doesn’t smoke. I think that it’s a poor decision for individuals to make in general. Smoking itself has proven to have negative effects, and second-hand smoke can be harmful. That … Continue reading Smoking mad
