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  • Old Music is Better

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    Lexi Louis – Opinion Columnist I think that old music is better than modern music. It combines instruments that are nice together, and it isn’t very technological sounding. There is a nostalgic, happy feeling associated with listening to old music we haven’t heard in a while. Older music displays nostalgia, tangible instruments, appropriately accompanied lyrics and a…

  • Vaccine Passports: What Are They?

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    Grace Worwa  – Opinion Columnist We are now over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and according to the World Health Organization, more than 335 million doses of vaccine have been administered worldwide. With that in mind, governments and companies alike are racing to develop what news outlets are calling the pandemic’s next big thing: vaccine…

  • Picking Up Where They Left Off – Men’s baseball dominates in first series of season.

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    Autumn Zierman – Staff Writer As the Spring weather makes its return to the Hill this year, spring sports are back in full swing. The Gustavus Men’s Baseball team opened this season in a sweeping double-header victory against Crown College Friday March 12. Both games ended in a landslide Gustavus victory, the first finishing 8-1 and the…

  • No Holds Barred – Gymnastics Finishes 2021 Season with Senior Night vs. Hamline

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    Eamonn McCullough – Staff Writer The electric crackle of excitement in the Sponberg Gymnastics Studio on Saturday, March 12 was almost palpable as four Gustie senior gymnasts stepped out onto the floor for their last-ever home meet against a strong Hamline squad. “Throughout the whole meet the energy was amazing. We were dancing, laughing and just…

  • Softball Returns to Action

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    Jack Wiessenberger – Staff Writer The Gustavus Softball team got their season underway with a double header versus St. Benedict last Sunday. The Gusties lost the first game with a score of 4 to 0 and the second by a margin of 11 to 0. After a full year without competition and many new additions to…

  • Gustavus welcomes new Campus Safety Director

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    Emily VanGorder – Staff Writer The Department of Campus Safety at Gustavus welcomed a new Director, Frederick Smith, in late January. Smith was born and raised in New York City and first began his career in law enforcement as a member of the NYPD. He then moved on to hold a number of law enforcement jobs…

  • Campus Safety Report (3/5/2021)

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    Thursday, February 25, 2021 Campus Safety assisted the SPPD with a student in the Southwest parking lot. Campus Safety responded to North Hall in response to a suspicious circumstance. Friday, February 26, 2021 Campus Safety received a call for a medical assist at Arbor View East. Campus Safety responded to a fire alarm in Southwest…

  • COVID-19 Report (3/5/2021)

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    Gustavus On-Campus Update As of March 1, 2021: Total Positive Cases (since August 15, 2020): 257 Current Positive Student Cases: 2 Current Positive Employee Cases: 0 Total Students in Isolation/Quarantine: 22 Students in Isolation/Quarantine On Campus: 4 Employees in Isolation/Quarantine: 2 This data set is meant to encompass the on-campus impact of COVID-19 by counting…

  • “From These Hands” exhibit provides insight into Dakota culture and history

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    Tori Smith – Staff Writer It’s getting to be that time of year again. The air is warmer, the sun is staying out longer, but for many Gusties this means the workload is about to get much heavier. As midterms approach, many students are finding school to be much more stressful than before. There are more…

  • GUSTIE of the WEEK: Aimen Zara

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    Emma Lohman – Staff Writer A senior international student from Islamabad, Pakistan, Aimen Zara is a long way from home, and that’s just what she wanted when she applied to Gustavus. “I wanted to go and learn on my own how to be independent. I applied to the places that were literally the furthest away from…