Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2022

  • You don’t know how to decorate your room

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    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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    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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    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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    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…

  • “Teachers Talk” about mental health for Nobel

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    Leah Thompson – Staff Writer The Nobel Conference is returning to Gustavus for Nobel Conference 58: Mental Health (In)Equity and Young People. This year’s conference starts on Wednesday, September 28, and continues through Thursday, September 29 at the Lund Arena. Tickets are available to students free of charge and can be purchased at the student’s…

  • Men’s Golf Places Fifth, Seventh at Minnesota Classic

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    The Gustavus men’s golf team Sunday once again fielded two teams at Minnesota Classic, played at Pioneer Creek Golf Course, and finished in fifth and seventh place.

  • Flurry of Late Goals Leads Men’s Soccer Over Loras 3-1

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    The Gustavus men’s soccer team trailed for more than 76 minutes Sunday, but was knocking on the doorstep for much of the second half. The offensive pressure finally paid off with under eight minutes remaining as the Gusties scored three goals in a 101-second span to defeat Loras 3-1.

  • Women’s Golf Takes 12th at Wartburg Fall Invite

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    The Gustavus women’s golf team Sunday placed 12th out of 22 teams at the Wartburg Fall Invite, hosted at Prairie Links Golf Course. The Gusties had a 35-stroke improvement from the first round to the second, finishing with a total of 347-312-659 (+83).

  • Gusties Suffer First Loss of the Year, 1-0

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    Jordan Modjeski

    The Gustavus women’s soccer team entered Sunday’s non-conference competition against UW-Eau Claire still undefeated on the 2022 season, with two of three wins coming in comeback fashion. Unfortunately, that comeback streak had to end at some point, as the Blugolds dealt the Gusties their first loss of the season, 1-0.