Gustavus Student Senate News

Here is a great alternative to downloading your music from file-sharing programs such as KaZaa and LimeWire. In light of recent fines issued to several students from the RIAA relating to downloads from programs like these it was made clear that an alternative method getting music would be great for the Gustavus community. Ruckus is one such program that is available to all college students. Visit Ruckus.com today, download the player, and set up an account (use email@gustavus.edu, not email@gac.edu to register) to start downloading music, the only catch is you can’t put the music on your Apple products (sorry Mac people, and iPod fans). Other mp3 players that aren’t iTunes based may support the songs you download for Ruckus however. Questions? Visit Ruckus.com or e-mail us at webmaster@gacspot.com

Yesterday, April 26, 2008, the Board of Trustees officially announced the appointment of Gustavus Adolphus College’s next President. Jack Ohle, now former president from Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa, has accepted the position and will start July 1, 2008. This is an exciting time for the entire campus, we can expect great things from Dr. Ohle so make sure you welcome him as this transition period for Gustavus unfolds.

This year for Relay For Life we raised just over $52,000!!! Congratulations!! We had a great turn out, good performances, and fun activities! For those who pushed it 7pm-7am congrats to you and congrats to all the hard work the Relay For Life Committee put in to have such a great event!

The annual Relay For Life is scheduled for Friday April 18th 2008 with the opening ceremony at 6pm. There are currently 43 teams and so far $14,395.74 have been raised! It is still not too late to register for the event! The final registration of teams and check in will be at 5pm tomorrow! Relay For Life is an event where people come to celebrate those who have survived cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against a disease that touches too many lives. It will go from 7pm to 7am and will have bands, food and fun activities. The Gustavus Choir will also be preforming at 8:30. Last year we raised over $50,000 which was the second highest in the nation and first in the Midwest. We look forward to another great Relay For Life and hope to see everyone there!

Ever wonder who exactly is on Senate? Here is a list of current Senators and Cabinet members with their titles. Contact your representative and discuss with them what you want to see done at Gustavus!
Co President-Kim Braun
Co-President-Lucas Neher
Vice President of Administration-Shawn Grygo
Director of Communications-Jon Kidd
Vice President of Finance-Ashley Melville
Controller-Maari Hanson
Floor Leader/Parliamentarian-Scott Broady
Co-Webmaster-Derek Holm
Co-Webmaster-Matt Olson
Class of 2008- Holly Bernstetter
Class of 2008- Zach Walgenbach
Class of 2009- Ryan Dobbs
Class of 2009- Charles Norgaard
Class of 2010- Jordan Klitzke
Class of 2010- Andrew Nelson
Class of 2011- James Ebeling
Class of 2011- Anne Raetz
Class of 2011-Rachel Schmitt
International Students Rep- Chenyu Yang
Co-Ed Rep- Anna Druzik
Co-Ed Rep- Colleen Ganser
Co-Ed Rep- Michelle Tanner
Pittman Rep- Claire Melendez
Pittman Rep- Emily Thayer
Sorenson Rep- Alison Utke
North Rep-Amber Hanson
Gibbs Rep- Jennifer Lee
Sohre Rep-Jericho Westendorf
Uhler Rep-Nick Harper
Uhler Rep-Christine Caldwell
IC Rep-Jake Patridge
Rundstrom Rep-Steve Palmer
Southwest Rep-Chris Ditlevson
Southwest Rep- Bill Tonolli
Arbor View Rep-Joel Beachey
Prairie View Rep-Sean Maertens
College View Rep- Connor Bennett
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Tony Spain
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Nick Zorn
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Harry Youngvorst

Now that we have all settled back in from spring break, readjusted to the homework load, and for most of us, have really started to enjoy the nice sunny 80 degree weather!……or not so much. Right now its cold and rainy and the forecast doesn’t look to have a promising weekend outlook with snow very possible…….good old Minnesota weather!…..Hey but next week calls for high 50’s and low 60’s with sun!!! On a different note we thought you may be interested in knowing how to post events to the GACspot calendar. If you and/or your organization wants to put something on the GACspot calendar there is a very easy way to do so. Just click on the Student Senate link at the top (between the resources and Events links) and scroll down to GACspot and over to Submit an Event. Fill out all the information and hit the submit event button and we will put the event on the GACspot calendar, easy as that!