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Author: llind

  • Gustie of the Week: Amelia Vosen

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    As Captain of Gustavus Women’s Hockey Team, Senior Amelia Vosen is ready for the final moments in her last semester at Gustavus. She is a Management major from Newton, Minnesota. One of the main reasons why chose to attend college at Gustavus was because of the strong athletics program. She looked forward attending a school…

  • Building Bridges Over the Years

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    Building Bridges is a student-led organization that aims to educate the Gustavus and the larger Saint Peter community on topics relating to social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. This conference encourages the community to open themselves up to the many injustices that plague our world and fight to make a change; it challenges the individual…

  • The hierarchy of poetry

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    For as long as the arts have existed people have divided them among the classes. Literature, opera, and ballet for the high class and folktales, young adult novels and folk music for the lower classes. With all the different social media sites, this division is more prominent than ever. We can see this division in…

  • Redefining success in college

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    In my senior year of high school, I submitted college applications to a handful of schools I was interested in. I filled out many forms with my name, birthdate and GPA. I wrote pages about the things I was involved in and how they had changed me, my aspirations for the future and a 500-600…

  • Critiquing self-criticism

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    If there were a major in self-criticism, I can guarantee that every college student would be straight A students. The inspiration for this article stemmed from my one and only class this semester which is “The Psychology of Self-Compassion.” I have to say, I don’t think I have ever been this excited to go to…

  • Men’s Tennis defeats Grinnell and Augustana: Gusties move up to No. 15 in the nation

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    The Gustavus Men’s Tennis team had a quick turnaround following the ITA Indoor Championships, facing off against two non-conference opponents the following weekend. At the ITA Indoor Championships, hosted by Gustavus, the team faced off against some of the top-ranked teams in the country. The Gusties came into the tournament ranked No. 20 in the…

  • Softball travels to Rochester: Gusties split games 2-2 during first weekend of competition

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    The Gustavus softball team finished last season at 17-19 and 8-14 in the MIAC, good for eighth place. This season, a veteran returning core and a strong crop of younger players hopes to better both of those marks and reach the conference playoffs. Head Coach Britt Stewart is in her fourth year at the helm…

  • Women’s Hockey moves on to MIAC finals: No. 4 Gusties set to faceoff against Augsburg

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    After sweeping Bethel in two straight shutout performances, the No. 4 ranked Gustavus Women’s Hockey team advanced to the MIAC Playoffs as the top seed. Their last series of the regular season featured a matchup with Bethel that held important implications for playoff seeding. In the first game, the Gusties got onto the board just…

  • Women’s Tennis moves to 3-0 in the MIAC: Gusties sweep Hamline and Concordia

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    After facing difficult competition early in the year, the Gustavus Women’s Tennis Team got back on track last weekend with two convincing MIAC wins at the Swanson Tennis Center. The Gusties opened their spring season with a routine 9-0 victory over St. Mary’s in Winona before taking off on trips to Iowa and Washington on…

  • Campus tastes and celebrates different cultures at Fast-a-Thon event

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    Gustavus held its Fast-a-Thon on Thursday, Feb. 20, an event that has been happening since 2013. The Multifaith Leadership Council (MLC) and Muslim Students Association (MSA). “[We] decided to work on this program together. Both groups belong to the Diversity Leadership Council (DLC), which encourages partnering with other student organizations,” Interfaith Program Coordinator and Professor…