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
Colleen Coleman- Benji Huff is a Senior Geography and Religion double major, an academic assistant for the Religion Department, President of the United Christian Ministries, Co-President of the Environmental Action Coalition, President of the Whittling Club, on the President’s Environmental Sustainability Council, a Team Development Leader for the Gustie Guides, and a Gustie Greeter. Huff is also involved with Gustavus Youth Outreach, Proclaim, has been … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Benji Huff
Amelia Dewberry- This week the Gustavus Theater & Dance Department is presenting its first show of the school year, Metamorphoses, a play based on the poem by Ovid. The play opened on Thursday and will run until Sunday, Nov. 5th. While Ovid follows the history of the world from its creation until Caesar’s deification, this version of Metamorphoses is a recent adaptation that was first … Continue reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Grace LaTourelle- Alpha Sigma Tau (AST) is hosting their annual brunch on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The theme of this year’s brunch is ‘Know Your Worth’, and will take place in Alumni Hall. The free brunch will be accompanied by a presentation with speaker and Mental Health Therapist Jessica Auel, a performance by Gustavus Women’s A Cappella, and a silent auction. AST’s mission … Continue reading Alpha Sigma Tau hosts “Know Your Worth” brunch for fundraiser
