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Escaping Santa Cruz
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After 36 hours of sitting in airports, on three flights (MSP to Chicago, to Sao Paolo, to Santa Cruz, Bolivia), and a chartered bus, we arrived in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to start our course on the impacts of climate change in Bolivia. While we were traveling I learned that the demonstrations that had…
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2022 Year in Review
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The 2022 calendar year was actually a tale of two years. The first part was the second semester of a 2021-22 school year that saw the long-awaited emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and its many aftereffects. The second was the just-concluded fall semester, a return to a relative “normal” the College hadn’t experienced since 2019,…
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Movies from Swank: A Love Song
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Will Sorg – Entertainment Columnist Gustavus’ streaming service Swank has a genuinely impressive library of 2022 movies. There’s a ton of big releases on there right now, from Jurassic World to Nope, but equally impressive is its selection of smaller films from this year. A Love Song premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year…
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Men’s Tennis Boasts Numerous Nationally, Regionally Ranked Singles and Doubles
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The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recently released its Division III Men’s ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings and a number of Gustavus student-athletes were recognized as both regionally and nationally ranked in singles and doubles.
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Department Majors Present Their Senior Theses
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On Tuesday, December 13, three Religion Department majors presented their theses at an evening event attended by faculty and students. Seniors Drew Elofson, Jaret Glander, and Sophie Martinez gave short presentations highlighting their motivating questions, key arguments, findings, and conclusions. Writing on three vastly different subjects, these theses highlighted the diverse subject and methodological range…
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Ronard Pabi ‘25 Receives Award for His Project Noise Reduction in Ultrasonic Measurements Using Deep Learning
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Freshman Physics major Ronard Pabi received the 2022 Chance to Change Lives (CCL) Award for Outstanding STEM Research this Fall. Chance to Change Lives is a non-profit organization with a vision of empowering future STEM leaders through innovative experiential learning. The Chance to Change Lives foundation is a non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, PA, and…
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Terena Wilkens
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“I couldn’t have envisioned a more exciting opportunity: to create a new state-of-the-art theatre from floor to ceiling.” In the decision to build a tech-laden “laboratory” theatre between Anderson Theatre and the Nobel Hall of Science, including supporting spaces for costumes, scene building, and storage, Wilkens found herself at that nexus too. As the Gustavus…
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Megan “MJ” Johnson ’18
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“In rejecting the ‘have to’ script, I have become the change I wished to see in myself.” The first year was a bit of a rough start for this first-generation college student. “I came to Gustavus feeling like an incredibly serious student. I felt like there were things I had to do, like study communications…
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Fine Arts Preview December 12 – 18
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This week features the closing of the Indigenous Relations Group Salon at the Schaefer Art Gallery, as well as the continuation of the Hillstrom Museum Making your mark exhibit. Indigenous Relations Group Salon Schaefer Art Gallery Closes Wednesday December 14th – This week! 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Wednesday A variety of visual art and…
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Research Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium for Physical Sciences, Math, and Computer Science
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This November, a group of Gustavus students presented their research at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Sciences. The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium focused on Physical Sciences, Math, and Computer Science and was hosted by Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1988, the Midstates Consortium for Mathematics and Science was created by the…
