Gustavus Blogs

Month: September 2022

  • Sundberg Named MIAC Volleyball Player of the Week

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    Jordan Modjeski

    Maren Sundberg was crucial in the Gustavus volleyball team’s success this weekend, with a season and career-high 33 digs against #5 UW-Eau Claire, earning her MIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week honors.

  • Fine Arts Weekly Preview: September 12 to September 18

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    msousa

    This week features the opening of an exhibition based on mental health and other social issues titled, Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok., at the Schaefer Art Gallery. Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok. Schaefer Art Gallery Wednesday to Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. –…

  • Movies From The Library: Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2

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    deide2

    Will Sorg – Entertainment Writer One of the greatest challenges modern science fiction has had to face is the deluge of mediocrity that plagues the genre. There are hundreds of sci-fi films that offer nothing beyond sterile visuals and flat characters, plopped into whatever formulaic situation the filmmakers came up with seemingly on a weekend,…

  • “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a joke

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    deide2

    Kaylene Kerber – Opinion Columnist To complain about a song that was released 33 years ago seems irrelevant, but when one of your favorite artists is recognized for some of their less interesting works, you can’t sit back in silence. Additionally I wasn’t an opinion writer 33 years ago, but I am given the opportunity…

  • The best spots in St. Peter

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    deide2

    David Eide – Opinion Columnist As the semester gets rolling, I’ve found myself thinking about all of the fun places that I could potentially visit when I want to get off campus for a change.  Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the neat places on campus to spend time, but the campus isn’t very…

  • You don’t know how to decorate your room

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    deide2

    Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist ‘Tis the season when Gusties start to wonder, “how can I cover these naked walls?” The unclad white plaster starts to create anxiety in the Caf-filled stomachs of some students, while other students think “why bother?” Hamlet asked, “to be or not to be?” but far more important than the…

  • Tragedy: Holding Auditions

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    deide2

    Emma – Staff Writer This Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, auditions for TRAGEDY: A Tragedy will take place in the Rob and Judy Gardner Theater here on campus. Students who are interested in auditioning must sign up and prepare a 45-50 second monologue to perform for the play’s director, Professor Henry MacCarthy. “Everybody’s…

  • Summer Research in Ecuador

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    deide2

    Taite Stevens Aldrich – Staff Writer Seniors Cora Hentges and Maddie Banks traveled to Ecuador over the summer alongside Associate Professor in Geology and Program Director in Environmental Studies Jeff La Frenierre and University of Minnesota faculty and students to study the effects of climate change on glaciers. The group arrived in Quito at the…

  • Gustie of the Week: Abbie Doran

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    Michaela Woodward – Staff Writer It took Senior Abbie Doran awhile to figure out her college path, but the patience and self-reflection paid off in the end.  “I love the quote ‘we rise by lifting others’ and I think that was something I saw Gustavus doing. Students uplifting other students, that was really important to…

  • Involvement fair returns to campus

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    deide2

    Mel Pardock – Staff Writer With the first week of classes drawing to a close, Gusties all across campus are gearing up for the 2022 Involvement Fair. The fair provides students to advertise their orgs and showcase their values, their goals, and what they do around campus to their peers. It also provides those not…