Gustavus Blogs

Month: October 2022

  • Faculty Spotlight: Melissa Rolnick

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    Melissa Rolnick (Theatre and Dance) performed “Archive,” choreographed by her colleague Jill Patterson, at the 2022 Women in Dance Leadership Conference. The solo was performed at the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago on October 15.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody

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    Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) was invited to serve a three-year term on the National Screening Committee for the Fulbright IIE program for Sweden, beginning this academic year. This past June she attended the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, Vermont. She was one of eight selected participants for the…

  • Gusties celebrate Title IX anniversary

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    Emma Esteb – Staff Writer This past Saturday, Oct. 8, Gustavus celebrated the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The Athletics department hosted an anniversary event in the Lund Center, where both current and former female athletes were able to socialize, celebrate, and admire the newly renovated Lund Center. Attendees were able to watch a slideshow…

  • Gustie Golf wraps up season

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    Parker Bergman – Staff Writer This past week both the Gustavus Men’s and Women’s golf teams competed at the MIAC Championships. Playing at Bunker Hills Golf Club the men finished third out of nine teams competing, while the women finished sixth out of the ten who competed.  On the men’s side the Gusties were led…

  • Gustie Football slams St. Scholastica

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    Matthew Olson – Staff Writer Homecoming football has once again befallen Hollingsworth Field and the Gusties presented their fans with a resounding 77-7 win over St. Scholastica. The Gusties exceeded the Saints 667-201 in total yards, moving up to 3-2 overall, 2-1 in the MIAC, and 1-0 in the Northwoods Division, all while setting a…

  • Movies From The Library: Ringu

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    Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist The Ring, directed by Gore Verbinksi, is one of the most successful horror movies ever made. The film dominated the box office and became a cultural landmark, with countless references and parodies of haunting, long haired girls climbing out of televisions invading every moment of the 2000s. However this film…

  • Batman 66

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    Jacob Engdahl – Opinions Columnist Batman is perhaps one of the most influential characters to come out of comic books. His long history in comics stretches back almost as far as Superman’s and extends longer than Captain America’s. His affiliated comic series are some of DC Comics’ most consistently selling titles, and the publisher knows…

  • Falling in love with fall

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    David Eide – Opinions Columnist It appears that fall is finally in the air. There is a chill in the wind, trees are beginning to adopt shades of yellow and red, and I’m seeing more and more pumpkins.   Naturally, this has me very excited since fall is probably my favorite season, which is saying…

  • What to do when you are lost in a corn maze

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    Kaylene Kerber – Opinions Columnist What do you do when you find yourself lost in the great American Midwest in the middle of a corn maze with nothing but your heart and love of corn mazes to guide you? Many state that putting your right hand on the corn maze wall is an effective way…

  • Not stepping on cracks is holding you back

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    Jonas Doerr – Opinions Columnist Life could be better if we stepped on sidewalk cracks. It’s a common superstition that if a person steps on the crack between two sidewalk slabs, something bad will happen. Many people don’t even believe the superstition, but still avoid stepping on the cracks anyways. Yet they are missing out…