Gustavus Blogs

Month: April 2023

  • Looking for New Books?

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    ahulsebe

    Looking for our New Title Shelf? It’s moved around the corner to a bigger and better space  in the Library’s Hasselquist room! Need a pause in your busy day? Take a break and browse through the Library’s newest acquisitions. Book displays currently on view in the Hasselquist room: Arab American Heritage Month (April 2023) MayDay!…

  • Hanson Collects 200th Hit, Baseball Sweeps Carleton

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    siewert

    The Gustavus baseball team picked up its fifth conference sweep of the season Wednesday, beating Carleton 6-0 and 8-3.

  • Track & Field Closes Home Schedule with Gustie Twilight

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    siewert

    Gustavus track & field hosted the Gustie Twilight on Wednesday and collected a number of event winners.

  • Gusties break records in bad weather

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    deide2

    Emma Esteb – Staff Writer The Gustavus men’s and women’s track and field teams faced the cold at the Bethel Invitational where the Gusties broke one school record and had six individual event winners. This was the team’s first outdoor meet in Minnesota and unfortunately, the weather was not on their side. Nonetheless, the weather…

  • Women’s golf starts hot

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    deide2

    Nyden Hill – Staff Writer This past weekend, on Saturday, April 15, the Gustavus women’s golf team traveled to Hastings, MN to host the Gustie Spring Invite. The event took place at the Emerald Greens golf course and featured teams from the MIAC, including Carleton College, Bethel University, Wartburg College, and St. Benedict. Going into…

  • Baseball takes down Central Iowa

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    deide2

    Kieran Ripken – Staff Writer The Gustavus baseball team hosted Central Iowa for a doubleheader last Saturday and continued their recent dominance, sweeping their non-conference opponent with scores of 13-6 and 10-0. Coming into the game, the Gusties were 10-1 in their last eleven games. With the pair of wins, the Gusties improved to 11-0…

  • Renfield: Nicolas Cage vs. Nicholas

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    deide2

    Will Sorg – Movies Guy This last weekend saw the theatrical opening of Renfield. The horror action-comedy takes the characters of Dracula and his servant R.M. Renfield and recontextualizes them in the modern day as a toxic, codependent relationship. The film is a flop; it is being absolutely ripped to pieces at the box office.…

  • The tyranny of hard beds, and the joys of a soft bed

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    deide2

    Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist Throughout my life, I have always been blessed with a soft bed and warm, soft covers to come home to. Yet, over the weekend, I have seen and experienced the influence of the devil. Over the weekend, I traveled to Wisconsin with my friends to celebrate a birthday, and when…

  • The dangers of the digital age

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    deide2

    David Eide – Opinion Columnist Last Thursday saw the arrest of Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard who had leaked a large amount of classified military documents to his Discord server for internet clout. I had been following the story of the Discord document leaks for a while and the fact that…

  • Stop talking about feet

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    deide2

    Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist The Gustavus Chemistry Club is hosting their Science on Saturday event on Saturday, April 22nd in Nobel Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. They are collaborating with the chemistry, biology, geology, and physics departments to demonstrate and teach science experiments to elementary students in the Saint Peter area.  …