Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Get your flu shot, folks

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    llind

    I could’ve sworn the air was fizzing as it’s that time of year again, Gusties. Flu season is right around the corner, and I’m here to encourage anyone and everyone to please, if you haven’t already, stop by Health Service’s handy dandy flu shot clinic to get vaccinated. Now, given that I’m requesting you get…

  • Did I make the right decision?

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    llind

    After three weeks of crying and cursing the school for delaying my move-in, I am finally back on campus; what a relief. Now all is well, and I am as happy as can be. Except that’s not true at all. Somehow, I’ve found myself unhappier than before. When the school first announced they would be…

  • The myth of in-person classes

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    llind

    As the second week of “on-caus” class begins for many Gusties, many of us are starting to realize that Zoom university from our dorm rooms is not much different than Zoom university from our houses. The sudden change that many students were faced with just days before move-in weekend took many students off-guard, including myself.…

  • Why it’s okay to be less social than usual

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    llind

    If you read nothing but the first sentence of this article, I want you to know that being less social and taking time for yourself is completely respectable and a positive thing to do. If you know me, you probably recognize me as a very extroverted person who loves everything to be happening all the…

  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Katie Ashpole

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    llind

    Our fall sports Senior Spotlight this week is Senior Women’s Soccer Foward Katie Ashpole. The crisp fall weather, colorful leaves and pervasive busy feeling as classes and organizations become more intense comes with a variety of nostalgic memories for many Gusties. For fall sport student-athletes, walking across an orange-bathed campus in the afternoon might conjure…

  • Swim & Dive team works to stay afloat: Gusties remain optimistic through uncertain times

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    llind

    Swim teams across the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) are expecting yet another disruption to their season. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is nearing a decision that would delay the Division III Swimming & Diving National Championship until March 2021. While the announcement has not yet been made, the Gustavus Swim & Dive team…

  • Google Meet New Features — FINALLY!! ((Crowd goes wild))

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    mdunning

    Google Meet recently launched 7 FABULOUS new feature to Google Meet! These new features are being rolled out by Google in a staggered format so it may can take up to 2 weeks for these features to show up, but they are certainly worth the wait! Digital Whiteboard with Jamboard – host can open a…

  • S.4 E.8: Making Connections as a Classicist and Activist

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Greek, Latin, and classical studies professor Yurie Hong.

  • Avoid macOS Big Sur Upgrade

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    vogel

    Technology Services is strongly recommending that Gustavus Mac users avoid installing the upcoming Mac operating system release, macOS 11 (Big Sur).  The exact timing for this release is currently unknown, but it is expected to be available in the coming weeks. We already know that this new version will initially be incompatible with our cloud…

  • 1976-77 Gustavus Men’s Hockey: The Forgotten Team

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    siewert

    A game that would “be a culmination of over 11 years of excellence and accomplishment for the Gustavus hockey program,” writes Chris Middlebrook ’79 in his newly published booklet, Gustavus Men’s Hockey, 1976-77: The Forgotten Team. For anyone unfamiliar with the outcome of the 1977 NAIA National Championship, common adjectives used by the Gustie faithful…