Gustavus Blogs

Month: February 2024

  • Internship and job fair is back to seek out Gusties for jobs

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    Katie Samek- The Minnesota Private Colleges’ Job & Internship Fair has come back for the spring semester, and the Career Development Center (CDC) once again invites all current Gustavus undergraduate students to attend. This event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The college…

  • PCDEI opens up new form for feedback

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    Elliot Steeves- A brand new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging questionnaire allows anyone on Gustavus Adolphus’s campus to directly contact the President’s Council for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging with any questions that they have about Gustavus’s DEIB policies, events, and other initiatives. The idea for the questionnaire started in a very unorthodox place. Over…

  • Feelings surrounding getting older

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    Sophia White- By the time this article reaches the rest of campus, my 19th birthday will be in two days. The last year in my teens. Yet 19 just feels like a number that means nothing in terms of age. It feels awkward to be placed between 18 and 20. At 18 you become an…

  • The final farewell to J-Term

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    Houston McLaury- Well Gusties, welcome back to Gustavus! It’s been too long, about a month and two weeks since we’ve all been on campus together, and boy is it interesting! We’ve come through the new year, a snowless one, into a mostly snow-free January. This weather continues to bleed into February. We’ve continued to be…

  • The Super Bowl vs supper bowls

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    Jonas Doerr- Allegedly, there was a Super Bowl last Sunday. Although the commercials and halftime show were arguably subpar, the game did have an exciting finish, so it might be worthy of being called Super. But where was the bowl? How could there be a Super Bowl without a bowl? The first assumption might be…

  • Gustavus gymnastics shatters records

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    Teddy Kaste- Gustavus gymnastics shattered multiple program records this past Saturday; the women set not one, not two, but three new Gustavus program records in their dual against UW-Oshkosh. They set the record for team score, (188.550), vault (47.500), and beam (48.050). Sophomore Maddox Lee tied the individual school record for the beam with a…

  • Gusties beat Bennies, fall to Johnnies

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    Zachary Tlusty- This past weekend, there was a doubleheader on the Gus Young Court as the Women were matched up against Saint Benedict winning convincingly with a final score of 96-66. The Men played regular season champions Saint John’s, losing a game that came down to the final possession with the final score being 64-66.…

  • Gustie Hockey Sweeps Concordia

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    Parker Burman- This past weekend, both the Gustavus Men’s and Women’s hockey teams were in action against conference rival Concordia. The men had the opportunity to host the Cobbers at the Don Roberts Arena while the Women made the trek up to Moorhead and looked to close out yet another MIAC regular season title. The…

  • La Quatuor International de Saxophones come to Gustavus

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    Colleen Coleman- On February 20th at 7:00 p.m., Le Quatuor International de Saxophones, an international contemporary saxophone quartet, will be performing a recital in Christ Chapel. As a part of their Minnesota tour during February, the performance will include original works for saxophone quartet and organ, quartet and piano, and just saxophone quartet; as well…

  • Gustie of the Week: Rachel Trebesch

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    Amelia Dewberry- This week’s Gustie of the Week is Junior Rachel Trebesch. Trebesch is a Biochemistry major with a chemistry emphasis. She has enjoyed the opportunity to focus on the analytical side of chemistry with classes like Quantitative Analysis and Instrumental Methods. “I also get to take some really difficult capstone courses including Molecular Biology…