Since the start of the USA Today College Readership Program a week ago, newspapers have been seen everywhere on campus students are often spotted carrying around copies of USA Today, the Star Tribune or The New York Times. more...
The St. Olaf Environmental Coalition is an awareness group that includes the political St. Olaf Green Party and the volunteer St. Olaf Environmental Program. Recently, the Environmental Coalition came up with new ideas for ways to make St. Olaf greener.
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This week St. Olaf joined the international "V-day" campaign to end violence against women and girls by celebrating with a host of events. The main part of the celebration will be the third annual staging of "The Vagina Monologues," a play by Eve Ensler, which will be performed this weekend, February 25-27, under the sponsorship of the Sexual Assault Resource Network (SARN) and the V-Day Committee. V-week includes presentations, discussions, films and performances dealing with womens issues, as well as an art show that is on display in the Crossroads of Buntrock Commons.more...
On Friday, the student body will elect the officers for the 2005-2006 student government. Of the nine possible positions, five are contested and four are unopposed.
On Feb. 17-19, St. Olaf hosted its fifth annual Globalization Conference to conclude Globalization Week. The conference, organized under the theme "Consequences of the New Economy," featured speaker Raymond C. Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America and St. Olafs 2005 Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow.
The St. Olaf Wellness Center is actively taking part in a five-day celebration of increased awareness during Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW), which takes place Monday Feb. 28 through Friday Mar. 4.
Public Safety is a necessity. Local law enforcement cannot deal with the ins and outs of daily campus life, and St. Olaf wouldnt want them to try. more...
St. Olafs presentation of Nickel and Dimed Joan Holdens stage adaptation of Barbara Ehrenreichs book Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America capably showcased some of the hardships faced by blue-collar America in the workplace.
Unfortunately the production, constrained by Holdens unsteady adaptation, too often downplayed the serious message of mistreated, hardworking and underpaid workers by emphasizing the comic moments in Holdens script.more...
It was a weekend to remember for the St. Olaf mens and womens swimming and diving teams, who finished up their conference season at the MIAC Championships Feb. 19 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. After three days of heated and intense competition, the Ole women cruised to a first place finish over Carleton, and the men finished only 56 points behind Gustavus to take second place.more...
