Letters to the Editor

Re: Gustavus to add academic building, redesign Anderson

In response to Joey Taylor’s insightful article concerning the planned academic building and the redesign of the Arthur H. Anderson Social Science Center, I would like to correct a couple historical inaccuracies regarding both the center and the library. The groundbreaking ceremony for the library building occurred on April 1, 1947. When completed, the facility cost $420,000 and was dedicated on Homecoming Weekend during October … Continue reading Re: Gustavus to add academic building, redesign Anderson

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Sports & Fitness

Golfing for the greens

The Gustavus Men’s and Women’s Golf teams head into next weekend’s MIAC Championships at Bunker Hills Golf Course with two very different fall seasons behind them. The women continued their outstanding season last weekend by finishing runner-up to Nebraska-Omaha in the Southwest State Invitational. Junior Captain Katie Schenfeld and Sophomore Taylor Drenttel tied for seventh overall in the competitive tournament that featured mostly Division II … Continue reading Golfing for the greens

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Sports & Fitness

Men’s Tennis optimistic for 2009 season

With only one meet so far, the Men’s Tennis team is looking forward to the remainder of its season. Coming up for the men: the Midwest Fall Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s regional tournament right here at Gustavus. At the Drake Invitational September 18,2009 in Des Moines, IA the men played well. They went 6-5 in the doubles round and 4-7 in the singles. One doubles team … Continue reading Men’s Tennis optimistic for 2009 season

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Sports & Fitness

Volleyball prepares for Border Battle

After finishing second last year at the Border Battle Tournament, the Volleyball team returns to bring home the victory. Junior defensive specialist Jenny Ewert feels strongly about the upcoming tournament this weekend. “This tournament is a huge competition. It is basically Iowa teams versus Minnesota teams, which turns out to be a preview of what our regionals will be like,” Ewert said. Sophomore middle hitter … Continue reading Volleyball prepares for Border Battle

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Old Editor-in-Chief blog

Preview for the Oct. 2 Issue of The Gustavian Weekly

This week’s issue covers the Nobel Conference. The Nobel issue is always an important one for the Weekly, and we have a lot of exciting stories coming up. Some stories to look for: News stories on the Nobel Conference, changes in the Campus Safety Department with the new Clery Act, changes in how Homecoming Royalty are chosen and Dr. Leonard Smith’s Lecture; Variety articles about … Continue reading Preview for the Oct. 2 Issue of The Gustavian Weekly

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Announcements

New logo and E-mail subscriptions

We just made a few changes to The Weekly’s website design. The most notable change is the logo! We removed the tagline (The Gustavus Adolphus College Student Newspaper since 1891), in an attempt to create additional synergy with our print edition (we recently made this change there), and to make the site appear cleaner to the eye. We are also excited to have partnered with … Continue reading New logo and E-mail subscriptions

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News

A gusty debate

After eight years of research, fundraising and talk, Gustavus is finally prepared to start building one or two wind turbines. However, the project has been brought to a standstill by the Nicollet County Board of Commissioners, who passed an ordinance making it nearly impossible for the College to build a turbine on campus.

Because of this ordinance and a previous moratorium on approving wind-power projects, the Gustavus Board of Trustees delayed consideration of the wind turbine project until its October meeting. Continue reading A gusty debate

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Opinion

Damned Fire Drills Early In The Mornins

You’re lying in your bed at around 9:30 am in that half-waking, half-sleeping state on the morning that you don’t have class until 11:30, trying to bring back that dream you were just having in which Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes revealed Michael Jackson’s death to be a giant hoax and then joined him onstage for a rendition of The Way You Make … Continue reading Damned Fire Drills Early In The Mornins

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