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Library at Gustavus (Part 7 of 10)
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ANNEX IN UHLER HALL (1931-1948) A storage room in the basement of Uhler Hall was used as extra storage for the library. This area was known as the Library Annex. Please send us your library memories: https://gustavus.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eP4PoCsANFwEPTo
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Save the Date: MUGS, April 23, 2022 – Hosted by the Geography Department at Gustavus Adolphus College
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The Geography Department at Gustavus Adolphus College welcomes students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the college to attend the 2022 Minnesota Undergraduate Geography Symposium (MUGS) on Saturday, April 23 at the renovated Nobel Hall of Science. This great event seeks to celebrate the creative work of geography students across the region. Papers, posters, and…
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Movies from the Swank: Pixels
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Will Sorg Before Sony Pictures studio decided to make Pixels into an underwhelming, soulless, comedy about Adam Sandler shooting aliens that look like 80’s video game mascots, there was actually a very interesting origin story to the film. In 2010, Patrick Jean made a 3 minute short film entitled Pixels. It was very simplistic: a…
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Harmful Language Statement
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Language matters. Words matter. How people are described matters. Words or terms that were prevalent decades ago may have fallen out of favor. Some terms may have been applied by those in power to a marginalized group, without ever taking into account how the group described itself. Other terms – once deemed offensive – have…
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Sustainability Interns Return From Sweden
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Written by Kendra Held For the month of January 2022, sustainability interns Aviva Meyerhoff and Kendra Held lived and worked with Magnus Fredricson, a Sustainability Strategist at the Skaraborg Association of Municipalities in Sweden. Their goal was to learn more about how innovation systems can drive sustainable development and share their insight with Gustavus, including…
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Movies from Swank: Where the Wild Things Are
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Will Sorg Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where The Wild Things Are has been a central book in the lives of American children since its release in 1963. It is a simple, yet deeply engaging picture book about a rowdy young boy named Max who travels to an island filled with monsters, known as Wild…
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Movies from Swank: The Matrix
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Will Sorg The Matrix is arguably one of the most culturally influential films of the 90s. From the often-parodied bullet dodging sequence to the right-wing appropriation of the symbolism of red and blue pills that give the choice of staying in the Matrix or waking up, this is a film that has created innumerable discussions…
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First Round Voting is Open!
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It’s time to vote for our first round of Books vs. Movies! This tournament is split between your choice of what you believe is better: the book or the movie. As YOU vote for your favorite book OR movie; each week, half of the titles/formats will be eliminated based on top votes. All voting will be…
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Movies from the Library: Her
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Will Sorg Her is my favorite movie and it’s not even close. The distance between my second favorite movie and Her might as well be infinite because my love for this film transcends my appreciation for film itself. If I had to create a list of my favorite films in regards to various aspects of…
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Library at Gustavus (Part 6 of 10)
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LIBRARY BUILDING (1920-1948) The library moved to the top floor of Commerce Hall during summer 1920. Within two years, the School of Commerce had closed, and what was Commerce Hall, became known as the Library Building. The Library Building housed the library upstairs and classrooms downstairs. By 1926, the library consisted of approximately 16,500 volumes…
