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Author: llind

  • Get your flu shot, folks

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    llind

    I could’ve sworn the air was fizzing as it’s that time of year again, Gusties. Flu season is right around the corner, and I’m here to encourage anyone and everyone to please, if you haven’t already, stop by Health Service’s handy dandy flu shot clinic to get vaccinated. Now, given that I’m requesting you get…

  • Did I make the right decision?

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    After three weeks of crying and cursing the school for delaying my move-in, I am finally back on campus; what a relief. Now all is well, and I am as happy as can be. Except that’s not true at all. Somehow, I’ve found myself unhappier than before. When the school first announced they would be…

  • The myth of in-person classes

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    As the second week of “on-caus” class begins for many Gusties, many of us are starting to realize that Zoom university from our dorm rooms is not much different than Zoom university from our houses. The sudden change that many students were faced with just days before move-in weekend took many students off-guard, including myself.…

  • Why it’s okay to be less social than usual

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    llind

    If you read nothing but the first sentence of this article, I want you to know that being less social and taking time for yourself is completely respectable and a positive thing to do. If you know me, you probably recognize me as a very extroverted person who loves everything to be happening all the…

  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Katie Ashpole

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    Our fall sports Senior Spotlight this week is Senior Women’s Soccer Foward Katie Ashpole. The crisp fall weather, colorful leaves and pervasive busy feeling as classes and organizations become more intense comes with a variety of nostalgic memories for many Gusties. For fall sport student-athletes, walking across an orange-bathed campus in the afternoon might conjure…

  • Swim & Dive team works to stay afloat: Gusties remain optimistic through uncertain times

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    Swim teams across the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) are expecting yet another disruption to their season. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is nearing a decision that would delay the Division III Swimming & Diving National Championship until March 2021. While the announcement has not yet been made, the Gustavus Swim & Dive team…

  • 56th annual Noble Conference preview: Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology

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    llind

    The 56th Nobel Conference will take place virtually on October 6 and 7, and will be available to livestream through the Gustavus website. Planning for the 56th Nobel Conference began in 2018, when Professor and Conference co-chair Dwight Stoll emailed Professor and Conference Director Lisa Heldke about the idea of a conference focused on biotherapeutics…

  • Campus Safety Report (10/2/2020)

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    Monday, September 21st Campus Safety responded to a Medical Assist near Three Flags. Student was taken by ambulance to Rivers Edge Hospital. A CF went and checked on a resident in Sorensen Hall, per the Director of Residential Life, and found that wooden incense sticks were burning. The CF confiscated the incense sticks. Tuesday, September…

  • Upperclassmen move back into campus: Students finally return to campus on Sept. 25th

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    Last weekend, between Sept. 25 and Sept. 27, Gustavus’ upperclassmen returned to campus as they trickled in nearly one month after the arrival of the freshmen. Approximately 870 students moved in this past weekend, raising the population of students present on campus to 1,830. Director of Residential Life Anthony Bettendorf provided this approximation. “We will…

  • Gusties Vote 2020 encourages students to vote on Nov. 3rd

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    llind

    A s the November election approaches, the Gustavus community is mobilizing towards campus-wide voter engagement. Gustavus has a history of encouraging voting as a civic duty, and that effort has paid off. In 2018, the College won the State of Minnesota Ballot Bowl with 55 percent of the student body voting. As students navigate through…