Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Gusties take political action on Super Tuesday: Gustavus students encourage each other to vote in Democratic primaries

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    llind

    This past week, many Americans had the opportunity to voice their opinions in the primary elections. Super Tuesday, the day on which 14 states including Minnesota held their primaries, took place on Tuesday, March 3. Masses of Gusties took an active role in the voting process by checking into the St. Peter polling stations. At…

  • Catching up with My Sister’s Boyfriend

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    llind

    Junior Carrie Bather and Senior Bradley VanTatenhove have joined together with two alumni, Avery Bather ‘18 and Garrett Meier ‘19, to make one well-known band both on and off campus. The band was formed about a year and a half ago, when Carrie had heard that her sister, Avery, had started performing with Meier. “Avery…

  • Gustie of the Week: Pa Ying Lor

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    llind

    This week’s Gustie of the Week is Junior Pa Ying Lor, an Elementary Education major from St. Paul, MN. Coming from a large, diverse city such as St. Paul, Lor appreciated how Gustavus’ welcoming community eased her transition into St. Peter’s small-town setting. “The scenery is very welcoming, and the people who work here are…

  • Gustie of the Week: Amelia Vosen

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    llind

    As Captain of Gustavus Women’s Hockey Team, Senior Amelia Vosen is ready for the final moments in her last semester at Gustavus. She is a Management major from Newton, Minnesota. One of the main reasons why chose to attend college at Gustavus was because of the strong athletics program. She looked forward attending a school…

  • Building Bridges Over the Years

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    llind

    Building Bridges is a student-led organization that aims to educate the Gustavus and the larger Saint Peter community on topics relating to social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. This conference encourages the community to open themselves up to the many injustices that plague our world and fight to make a change; it challenges the individual…

  • MCS Seminar on 3/16 – UPDATE: CANCELLED

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    mklynn

    UPDATE: EVENT CANCELLED. Unfortunately, due to changes in travel circumstances, this event is cancelled. We will try to reschedule Jed’s talk for a future date, most likely in the Fall.   On Monday, March 16th, Jed Yang from Bethel University will be giving a seminar talk entitled “Counting tilings with computers”, which should be of…

  • The hierarchy of poetry

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    llind

    For as long as the arts have existed people have divided them among the classes. Literature, opera, and ballet for the high class and folktales, young adult novels and folk music for the lower classes. With all the different social media sites, this division is more prominent than ever. We can see this division in…

  • Redefining success in college

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    llind

    In my senior year of high school, I submitted college applications to a handful of schools I was interested in. I filled out many forms with my name, birthdate and GPA. I wrote pages about the things I was involved in and how they had changed me, my aspirations for the future and a 500-600…

  • Critiquing self-criticism

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    llind

    If there were a major in self-criticism, I can guarantee that every college student would be straight A students. The inspiration for this article stemmed from my one and only class this semester which is “The Psychology of Self-Compassion.” I have to say, I don’t think I have ever been this excited to go to…

  • Men’s Tennis defeats Grinnell and Augustana: Gusties move up to No. 15 in the nation

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    llind

    The Gustavus Men’s Tennis team had a quick turnaround following the ITA Indoor Championships, facing off against two non-conference opponents the following weekend. At the ITA Indoor Championships, hosted by Gustavus, the team faced off against some of the top-ranked teams in the country. The Gusties came into the tournament ranked No. 20 in the…