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  • Sound your barbaric yawp! GAC Dead Poets Society

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    Taylor Storlien- One of the newer clubs here on campus that has piqued the interest of several is the Dead Poets Society. It came about in the fall of 2021 after Senior Alexandra Combs and Junior Elise Gotthardt watched the film Dead Poets Society, starring Robin Williams. After that, “… the idea of starting a…

  • Gustie of the Week: Jack Meyer Garvey

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    Amelia Dewberry- This week’s Gustie of the Week is Jack Meyer Garvey. Meyer Garvey is a Senior pursuing a Math and Physics double major. On campus, he has been leading the Math, Computer Science, and Statistics (MCS) club since his first year at Gustavus. The group meets weekly to work on math puzzles designed by…

  • Walk spirit, talk spirit

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    Colleen Coleman- Interested in hearing and learning about the connection between spirituality and Black American music? At 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the Björling Recital Hall, Carolyn Wilkins will be performing a solo jazz recital titled “Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit”. This recital relates to the conversation hosted under the same title with Gustavus…

  • GAC prepares to welcome prospective students for fall visit days

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    Grace LaTourelle- At a certain point, all Gustavus students were a prospect, a budding Gustie, yearning for the “Perfect College Fit” and wondering if Gustavus would be just that. Oct. 19 through 20, 2023, high school Juniors and Seniors -our potential future Gusties- will be flooding campus for Fall Visit Days. “Fall Visit Days [are]…

  • Academic curriculum changes after vote passes at faculty meeting

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    Elliot Steeves- Major changes are coming to the Gustavus Academic Calendar in 2024. The January term is going away, Fall Break will extend to one week in duration, Saturday finals have been eliminated, and the Spring semester will start the second week of January and will now end in late April, with commencement being in…

  • Rugby on a roll!

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    Teddy Kaste- The women’s rugby team is a club sport here at Gustavus. Rugby is a very popular sport globally, however, it is not as popular in the United States. To provide a little background on the game itself, Rugby is played between two teams, where the objective is to get more points than the…

  • Gustavus volleyball dominates Macalester

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    Parker Burman- This past week, ranking at No.16 in the AVCA Volleyball’s national ranking, the Gustavus Volleyball team faced off against fellow MIAC school Macalester at Gustavus for a single match. Gustavus, who has been dominant all year, dominated Macalester on the way to a 3-0 sweep for their fourth victory in a row. In…

  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind

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    Will Sorg- In movies, cheating on one’s partner is often shown as the final straw that ends a relationship. This is justifiably so; cheating is a horrible betrayal of trust and can be the cause of lifelong trauma or anxiety. However, it is rare that cheating in films sets off a series of events that…

  • Girl dinner! Girl dinner! Girl dinner! Girl dinner!

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    Raquel Vaughn- As the infamous TikTok sound goes, “This is my meal. I call this girl dinner.” And then we all sing “Girl dinner! Girl dinner!” as if it’s a praise to every woman who’s ever had a meal before us. “Girl dinner” is a phenomenon most famous on the social media app TikTok, and…

  • How to navigate the feeling of displacement

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    Sophia White- What is displacement? It can mean a lot of different things through the lens of science, psychology, and linguistics, but they all boil down to one big idea: being moved from a particular position where something else existed previously. At times, displacement can be intentional, at others, it occurs from natural change. College,…