Jacob Hendrickson 04 was arrested Nov. 27 and charged with criminal damage to property. The maximum penalty facing Hendrickson is five years, $10,000 or both. Several witnesses observed Hendrickson vandalizing an art display and stone wall in Buntrock Commons at 3:20p.m. more...
Two St. Olaf students, Loring Harkness IV 03 and Dan Marx 06, were detained on Nov. 17 at a Georgia prison facility for trespassing on federal property during a protest on the Fort Benning Army Base. Though the students were released two days later on a $500 bail, both must return to Georgia on Jan. 27 for trial, where they face a maximum of six months in prison and $5,000 fine.more...
On Jan. 27, St. Olaf students Loring Harkness IV 03 and Dan Marx 06 appeared in a federal court in Columbus, Ga. to plead their case regarding acts of civil disobedience performed at the annual School of the Americas (SOA) protest. Harkness and Marx were among 83 arrested during the Nov. 17 protest at the Fort Benning Army Base and charged with trespassing on federal property. Both students pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year of probation, a $500 fine and 250 hours of community service.
You won't find many signs of resistance against the actions of Bush's war-mongering, oil-thirsty Administration in mainstream US media sources. That's because the corporate media, which benefits financially when instep with blind patriotic fervor, doesn't want the US public to know about the large-scale opposition the Bush Administration faces when it comes to issues such as war with Iraqmore...
While many St. Olaf students spent November writing term papers or preparing for exams, students Bethany Jacobson 06, Pamela Sersen 06 and Sarah Lawver 04 each attempted to write their own 50,000-word novel as part of an event sponsored by www.NaNoWriMo.org, in commemoration of National Novel Writing Month. more...
Bursting into the shopping frenzy a mere five hours after Thanksgiving Day, holiday shoppers tried to make up for the shortened Christmas shopping season. more...
