A new Bush legislation hit closer to home than usual on Sunday, as the President decided to no longer allow groups of American citizens to take educational trips to Cuba. For current St. Olaf students wondering if they will still be able to travel...more...
St. Olaf met science last week when professors from colleges around the United States visisted the college to take part in open discussions about current and future global issues.more...
According to a press release from Carleton College, a student who returned from a trip to China on April 29 has showed symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The student woke up on May 1 with a temperature above 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit and was subsequently transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center.more...
President Christopher Thomforde started the last full week of classes at St. Olaf Monday with a chapel speech about adversity, friends who show the voice of God, and the casting out of idols and images. He began his talk by reading from the book of Isaiah.
There are a good many people who feel left out because America and her allies ousted the Hussein regime without U.N. consent. Chief among them are U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and German Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder.more...
The St. Olaf Dance Department presented the Companydance 2003 Spring Concert on May 1 through May 3 in Kelsey Theater. The performances featured choreography by guest artists, faculty and students.more...
St. Olaf will remember the [Dallas] Cowboys with fondness and while the Northfield Oles will have a certain kinship with the Minnesota Vikings, their team will really be their friends from deep in the heart of Texas."more...
Remember those days when summer offered three months of pure bliss? The local swimming pool was the place where everybody knew your name, including the pink-nosed, bronzed lifeguards twice your age. Your young heart skipped a beat when they blew their little whistles, looked at you and yelled, No running! Long days spent poolside were rounded out with watermelon seed spitting contests and chaotic rounds of cops and robbers. Each weekend could be wasted away at the park.more...
