Gustavus Blogs

Month: March 2021

  • Reclaim the Throne! – Swim and Dive prepares for final meet of the season.

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Jack Wiessenberger – Staff Writer After a tumultuous season, the Gustavus Swim and Dive teams are preparing to get in the water one last time this weekend. The team’s few months of competition have come with more than their fair share of challenges. COVID has provided many obstacles for the team to overcome, and the rival…

  • Nothing But Net – Men’s basketball rides Pete Lundquist’s hot hand

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Autumn Zierman – Staff Writer Though any Economics and Statistics majors will know the hot hand in Basketball—which refers to the belief that a streak of victories mean the next game will be a victory too, is a false social cognitive bias—if anyone has a hot hand outside the study rooms, it is the GAC Basketball…

  • Net Gains – Men’s Tennis Prepares for First Games of Season

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Eamonn McCullough – Staff Writer For the first time in over a year, the Gustavus Men’s Tennis team will face off against intercollegiate opponents in the Swanson Tennis Center. The Gusties are back in action this weekend, facing St. Olaf on Friday, March 5 and both Luther College and Augustana University the following afternoon on Saturday,…

  • Men’s Tennis Blanks St. Olaf in Season Opener

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    The Gustavus men’s tennis team started its 2021 season Friday with a 9-0 win over St. Olaf at the Swanson Tennis Center. It was the first match of the year for both the Gusties and Oles.

  • Women’s Tennis Wins 7-2 in Season Opener

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    sabrego

    The Gustavus women’s tennis team opened its season against UW-Whitewater. The Gusties took a 7-2 win and are now 1-0 overall. 

  • COVID-19 Weekly Update: March 5, 2021

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    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: March 5, 2021   WEEKLY TIP Each of us has been dealing with the many stresses of COVID-19 for a year now and it’s natural to be feeling “COVID fatigue” and increased mental health effects. As we continue to deal with the lack of control and negative…

  • Women’s Tennis 2021 Preview

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    sabrego

    The Gustavus women’s tennis team is set to begin its 2021 season this Friday when they travel to Winona to compete against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

  • 2021 Men’s Tennis Season Preview

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    siewert

    Nearly a full calendar year since its last competition, the Gustavus men’s tennis team opens the 2021 season Friday afternoon at home against St. Olaf.

  • S.8, E.6: “A Constant Kind of Puzzle”

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    Valerie Heider ’11 on her path from Honors History and Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus to a graduate degree and career in historic preservation, currently with the Minnesota Historical Society, where among the projects she manages is the National Historic Landmark Washburn-Crosby A Mill Complex in Minneapolis. Season 8, Episode 6: “A Constant Kind of Puzzle”…

  • Google Meets Access Issues

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    admin

    We’ve had reports from a handful of users that some Google Meets are suddenly requiring the meeting organizer to grant access to other participants. While we are not entirely sure why some meetings have been affected this way, we do believe it is the result of the “Quick Access” feature being turned off for that…