Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2023

  • Aney and Fouchier to Compete at NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships

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    Jordan Modjeski

    Gustavus men’s tennis student-athletes Nick Aney and Daniel Fouchier will compete at the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship on May 18-22 at USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. The duo will compete together in the doubles draw, with Aney also competing in singles.

  • Gustie tennis upsets Chicago

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    Nyden “Best of Luck” Hill – Staff Writer This past weekend, on Sunday, May 7, the Gustavus men’s tennis team hosted the NCAA regional third round of the NCAA outdoor championships. This third round match was critical for the Gusties to keep the momentum of their national championship dreams alive, as a win would send…

  • Splashing outside of the pool

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    Kieran Ripkan – Staff Writer The Gustavus Men’s Swim & Dive team is nearly three months removed from winning their fourth straight MIAC Swimming & Diving Championship and some of the team’s athletes have already started training for next season. However, with a demanding schedule spanning from the end of September through February, burnout from…

  • Baseball takes MIAC Crown

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    Emma Esteb – Staff Writer The Gustavus Baseball team clinched the MIAC Championship on Sunday, May 7, as they faced the St. Olaf Oles where they split in a doubleheader. The Gusties started their road to victory on Tuesday, May 2 where they beat the number one seeded Bethel Royals in a doubleheader with scores…

  • Movies from Swank: Cocaine Bear

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    Will Sorg – Movies Guy Perhaps the best compliment that I could give the film Cocaine Bear is that it was watchable enough that I could finish it. In fairness, that is not a high bar as pretty much the only movie I’ve seen that was so bad that I couldn’t finish it is 50…

  • The loss of physical media

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    Houston McLaury – Opinion Columnist In my childhood home, back in the early 2000s, my family and I had a VHS and DVD player. From as early as I can remember, I remember that gray box that could play any multitude of movies: Aladdin, Barbie: Fairytopia -that movie introduced me to Bibble- and when I…

  • Writers on strike!

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    David Eide – Opinion Columnist If you like to follow Film and Television news as I sometimes do, you’ve probably heard about the writer’s strike that is still ongoing as of the writing of this column. This strike is incredibly important, and it has affected the productions of some of the most popular TV shows…

  • Modern-day Robin Hood is a failure

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    Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist I’m not particularly nostalgic about the Gustavus Adolphus College sign that sits at the entrance to the school. I do have some good memories of sitting on it on Saturday mornings, waving to cars driving up the hill, but I haven’t been there for a while.  Even so, the recent…

  • Studying abroad with Mel Pardock

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    Mel Pardock – Staff Writer Hey there Gusties! I’m sure our dedicated readers have been saddened by my incredibly noticeable absence here at the Weekly, but despair no more! I have returned. Well, not physically… but your favorite news-writer-turned-world-traveler is here to share some notes on my study away adventures! I am a double major…

  • Gustie of the Week: Jenna Wyum

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    Emma Kelsey – Staff Writer This week’s Gustie of the Week, Jenna Wyum is a Senior Public Accounting major with a Political Science minor. She is the Finance Director in the Student Senate, a member of the Chapel Choir, and holds several leadership positions in the Theta Xi Gamma sorority. She works as an accounting…