Archive for March, 2024Page 2
Women’s Tennis wins two matches
Kieran Ripken- The Gustavus Women’s Tennis team hosted Grinnell and Luther at the Swanson Tennis Center this past Saturday, winning both matches 6-3. With a pair of wins on the day, the Gusties improved their record to 4-2 on the season. Gustavus began the day with a strong opponent in Grinnell, who came into the […]
38th annual President’s Ball comes back to raise the roof on GAC campus
Grace LaTourelle- The 38th annual President’s Ball will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and close at 5:45 p.m., with the event lasting until 10:00 p.m. The theme of this year’s event is Secret Garden. “We want it […]
Center for Career Development hosts DEIB panel on mentoring
Katie Samek- The Center for Career Development will be hosting a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Mentoring Panel on Tuesday, March 19th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the St. Peter Room, located on the main floor of the Jackson Campus Center. This panel will be focusing on the topic “Mentoring’s Positive Impact”, […]
Student senate welcomes new co-presidents for 2025
Elliot Steeves- Juniors Chance Korpela and Robby Swenson are now your new Student Senate co-presidents. They won the election as the only tickets running for the office on the ballot. Both Korpela and Swenson wanted to run together after Swenson approached Korpela about the idea of serving as co-presidents. They have worked together previously as […]
Visiting artist Vick Quezada
Taylor Storlien- This Tuesday, March 19, Visiting Artist Vick Quezada will be giving their artist talk at 5:15 p.m. during the public reception of their work from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The entire exhibition runs from Monday, February 26th to Sunday, April 7th. Vick Quezada (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, who specializes in the […]
Gustie of the Week: Elizabeth Kubek
Amelia Dewberry- This week’s Gustie of the Week is Professor in English, Elizabeth Kubek. She also serves as Director of Summer Term and Faculty Director of Student Academic Success in the Provost’s Office. Kubek first came to Gustavus as an academic administrator but came back to full-time teaching two years ago. “I love working so […]
Vox Lucia vocal festival comes to GAC
Colleen Coleman- On March 15th, the music department will host the Vox Lucia Vocal Festival for Leadership & Singing as a part of the Bjorling Music Festival series, an all-day experience for high school soprano and alto students to hone their musical talents and leadership skills through work with nationally renowned composer Jocelyn Hagen and […]
Columnist’s thoughts on Deadpool 3
Sophia White- In my top 5 movies are both Deadpool films, with Deadpool 2 in second place and Deadpool in 4th. Ryan Reynolds has always been one of my favorite actors and I am sure that statement is the same for many people. Even if he plays very similar characters in his films, with all […]
The remake and its consequences
Houston McLaury- In February, a new series was released on Netflix that I’ve had no interest in seeing. It holds all the promises of a show from my childhood; a show my sibling and I would gather around the TV after elementary school to watch the newest episode or even a rerun from the past. […]
The thirteenth public holiday
Jonas Doerr- The collective population of the United States of America just lost one hour of sleep. That, by the most recent count, comes out to 331.9 million hours. While that is about 0.1 million hours less than the amount of sleep Gusties lose studying for finals, it is still significant. But is there any […]