After last Saturday’s heartbreaking loss against Bethel College, the Gustavus Football team is recharged and eager to finish out the season with two big wins. The Gusties have gone through a lot of changes this year. “We have learned a lot this year. Having new coaches and new plays assigned to the offense was a struggle. However, we have done a good job at overcoming … Continue reading Gustie Football has heart
The Gustavus Women’s Hockey team looks to follow up NCAA Quarterfinal finish last season with fast beginning The Gustavus Women’s Hockey team is ready to start the 2009-10 season after a very successful season last year. Last season, the Gustie women won both the regular-season Conference title and the MIAC Playoffs. By coming in first place, the team won a bid to the NCAA Tournament … Continue reading Gusties hope to skate pass competition
The Gustavus Men’s Rugby team completed a tough fall schedule with a 2-3 record The Gustavus Men’s Rugby club team finished up an abbreviated fall season this past weekend with a tough 14-7 loss to Southwest Minnesota State University out of Marshall, MN. The game was the last of five games on the schedule for the fall season. The Gusties also had games against St. … Continue reading Rugged ruggers
Monday, Oct. 26 A Campus Safety officer responded to a medical assist at Anderson Theater. Wednesday, Oct. 28 A Sony projector was reported missing out of the Social Science building. Saturday, Oct. 31 A Gustavus student was cited in the Dive during the dance by Campus Safety and Saint Peter Police for Liquor Violation/Under Age and taken to Detox. Sunday, Nov. 1 A Pittman Hall … Continue reading Oct. 26 – Nov. 1 Safety Report
Ten years ago, a Gustavus student was dealing with breast cancer in her family and decided to make a difference. She was determined to get involved and found that her sorority, Delta Phi Omega, was a great place to start. The Deltas decided to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and each year the sorority’s involvement to raise funds for the foundation continues to increase. … Continue reading Gusties fight breast cancer
As is tradition, every fall the peace studies program hosts the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture. This year the lecture is being held Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium. Dr. Steven H. Miles of the University of Minnesota will speak regarding the title of this year’s lecture: “Oath Betrayed: America’s Torture Doctors.” The focus of Dr. Miles’ lecture is the role of … Continue reading Dr. Steven Miles headlines Wallenburg Memorial Lecture
Social media is taking over the world. Or that’s how it seems as of late. With social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Blogger and Tumblr, social media is everywhere. But if social media is all around us, what exactly is it? Social media is media for the people, by the people. It provides new opportunities to create and communicate ideas with people around the … Continue reading Communication Breakdown
His involvement on campus ranges from the Peer Assistants to the Sauna Society. He is well-versed in the customs and traditions here at Gustavus and has participated in several study abroad programs and choir trips. Adam Strand embodies the active Gustavus lifestyle. The senior biology major and music minor was born and raised in Sioux Falls, SD, along with his two brothers, one of whom … Continue reading Adam Strand: Involvement at its finest
In the most recent installment of the series of films based on the popular novels by J.K. Rowling, the kids are growing up. It’s the sixth year at Hogwarts for the trio of magicians that we all know and love. Voldemort is back and, naturally, looking to kill Harry. Malfoy is in cahoots with the Deatheaters, secretly training on his own in order to complete … Continue reading Harry Potter and the hormone-driven plot
Since Google didn’t exist back in Shakespeare’s day, where would young William turn if he didn’t know something? I mean, what did he do when he was reading Ovid and didn’t know the definition of a word? He didn’t have Microsoft’s right-click option when he needed a synonym to make his word-choice interesting, and there were no electronic library archives to find articles written by … Continue reading Are we smarter than Shakespeare?
