Dr. Ronald Takaki, professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and author of "A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America," lectured, informed, and entertained St. Olaf students and faculty on Mar. 14.
About 20 faculty and students attended the 3:00 p.m. workshop in the Heritage Room. His 8:00 p.m. lecture in the Science Center drew over 150 people. more...
In the northeast corner of the second floor of Buntrock Commons, in the Heritage Room, rests a display on the old Ladies Hall commemorating the history of womens living quarters at St. Olaf.
"The Ladies Hall is very emblematic of how [St. Olaf] was coeducational from the very beginning," said Assistant Archivist Jeff Sauve.
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Pastor Mark Peters, executive director of the Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota (LCPPM), addressed world, national, state, and local problems when he spoke at chapel on Tuesday.
Sixty-eight days to graduation. I’m terrified.
I imagine this is pretty universal. No one knows quite what the real world is going to be like, right? We’re all equally clueless.
Well, maybe. But it seems to me like I ought to be channeling all this fear into some constructive action, like making concrete plans for the future. Only problem is, I have no idea how to go about this.
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I dont care for the cities out west that much, but theres definitely something magic about the country out there I tried to put some of that into my music right here.more...
It had been two years since the St. Olaf Mens Alpine Ski team had gained national status for their success on the slopes. Last week, two years of preparation and hard worked finally paid off. more...
