A young woman only wearing underwear, tape over her breasts and a veil hiding her face, protested in front of the recently censored artwork in an act of civil disobedience Wednesday. She was part of the recent controversy surrounding an art exhibit that sought to celebrate womens bodies. more...
With a week full of midterms, papers and projects, Spring Break beginning on Friday, and the end of the school year just around the corner, the last thing most students are thinking about is becoming an alum and giving money to St. Olaf. Alumni Giving and Senior Giving, however, allow students and alumni to continue making an impact on St. Olaf long after graduation, and their giving affects all students, past, present and future.more...
The interdisciplinary fine arts major (IDFA) has been part of St. Olaf for 23 years. The program integrates music, dance, theatre and art into one course of study and seeks to collaborate between these four disciplines. Over the next three years, however, this collaboration will end as the major is phased out.
On March 19, 2003 at 8:36 p.m. Central time, two U.S. F-117A warplanes dropped a payload of bunker buster bombs on a building in Baghdad in a failed decapitation attack on Saddam Hussein, beginning our second war against Iraq in slightly more than a decade.more...
Nearly 500 people filled the Pause Saturday night to experience the artistry and quirkiness of Michael Gulezian. Not only did Gulezian perform his traditional concert, he also offered a guitar workshop on Thursday night and brought yet another gift to St. Olaf this year: a multimedia CD that he recorded live at last year's concert, complete with video footage.more...
There was no Pete Carril on the sideline; there were few, if any back-door cuts occurring on offense, but former Princeton basketball standout and current St. Olaf President Chris Thomforde proved to the fans last Friday that hes still got game in the second annual Faculty Staff Charity Basketball game.more...
One year ago, the walls of Buntrock Commons were plastered with posters reminding the St. Olaf community to "Support our troops" or to "Say no to the war in Iraq." There were tables outside of Stav Hall where students could grab red, white and blue ribbon pins to show their patriotism or Day-Glo arm bands to support peace -- that is, if they could even make it up to the third floor of the Commons. Over the lunch hours on many Thursdays during February and March, war protesters blocked the stairway leading to the cafeteria.more...
