Author: Matt Thomas ’00

Approximately 29 hours after boarding a bus near the Schaefer Fine Arts Center, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra (GSO) arrived in South Africa in the evening on Sunday, Jan. 22. The GSO is in South Africa for a 13-day tour where they will play a total of six concerts in the cities of Cape Town and…

Gustavus students build close relationships with their professors during their four years on the hill and those relationships often lead to students and faculty members collaborating on cutting-edge research and scholarly work. The Gustavus Physics Department is one of the leaders in this area thanks in part to state-of-the-art equipment and research laboratories.

The Gustavus Adolphus College forensics team made a 20-hour bus ride from St. Peter to Austin, Texas pay off as they finished in third place in the team standings at the prestigious Hell Froze Over (HFO) Swing at the University of Texas at Austin Jan. 14-15.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at Gustavus Adolphus College will sponsor a free screening of the award-winning documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author who will deliver the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College on Monday, Jan. 16, will appear on two Twin Cities radio stations in the next several days.

Gustavus Adolphus College Assistant Professor of Geography Anna Versluis was featured in a front page story in the Mankato Free Press on Tuesday, Jan. 10 regarding Haiti.

Gustavus Adolphus College Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Peg O’Connor is featured in the Monday, Jan. 9 edition of The New York Times. O’Connor’s article titled “In the Cave: Philosophy and Addiction,” is part of a Times series called The Stone, which regularly features the writing of contemporary philosophers on issues…

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Ruth Lin, will embark on a 13-day, six-concert tour of South Africa Jan. 21-Feb. 2. The ensemble will perform four concerts in Cape Town and two concerts in Johannesburg on the tour.

At least 25 radio stations across Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa plan to air portions of this year’s Christmas in Christ Chapel service during the holiday season. This year’s services took place Dec. 2-4 and were themed Julljus: Light from the Old World, Light to the New.