After almost a month of talks between St. Olaf and Carleton representatives, the decision to disband Spring Concert as an intercampus event was made official this Monday.more...
Last Thursday night, the members of Felland House, as well as a few other students, participated in a homeless sleep-out on Mellby lawn. They braved the cold and rain in sleeping bags and cardboard boxes in order to both raise money for People Serving People (PSP), a shelter in Minneapolis, and bring the issue of homelessness to the attention of students at St. Olaf. more...
The scent of coffee might soon be wafting amidst the bookshelves in Rolvaag Memorial Library, as St. Olaf is currently considering adding a coffee shop to the library.
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Instead of worrying about experiencing culture shock when they travel to Mexico during Interim 2004, the members of the St. Olaf Band will be immersing themselves into the lifestyles of the Mexican people by donating over two dozen instruments to the impoverished city of San Miguel Tzinacapan.
College students often have a reputation of embracing causes, but sometimes the path one takes to champion a concern can move all too quickly from influential to immature. From Feb. 7 to Sept. 14 of this year, Nathaniel Heatwole, a 20-year-old college student at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., smuggled box cutters, bleach, clay (simulating plastic explosives), and matches past security on six different occasions at Raleigh-Durham and Baltimore-Washington airports.more...
Last Tuesday, the St. Olaf Cantorei became the first choral group ever to record in an anechoic chamber. They sang for a small group of onlooking scientists from 3M and the Wenger Company, who recorded the choir for the purpose of furthering acoustical studies. more...
After dropping four straight conference contests, the Ole football team won its first game in over a month by dismantling Hamline 43-13 on Oct. 18. The team hoped to build on that momentum as they welcomed Macalester to Manitou Field for the final home game of the season. The Oles had plenty of reasons to be confident heading into the showdown with the Scots, not the least of which was having MIAC Players of the Week Brian Senske 04 and Nate Johnson 05 on the field. more...
In this modern era, everyone would like to think that age does not matter, especially when it comes to dating. But somehow a relationship seems that much more intriguing when a fossil like J. Howard Marshall II takes up with a young thing like Anna Nicole Smith. It has long been common for older men to date younger women. And while those relationships always capture the publics, even more intriguing, and becoming increasingly common, iswhen a relationship exists between an older woman and a younger man.more...
