St. Olaf students received a letter Feb. 15 announcing a tuition increase of six percent from $30,950 to $32,800 for the 2005-2006 school year. more...
Billed as potential new U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Judge Michael McConnell spoke Tuesday evening on "Politics and the Judiciary Confirmation Wars" at the Political Awareness Committee dinner in the Valhalla dining room. McConnell, a current appellate court justice, has recently been the subject of New York Times and USA Today articles speculating who President Bush could nominate to the Supreme Court bench. more...
Shakespeare, sonnets and scholasticism abounded at St. Olaf last weekend, thanks to the 4th annual Shakespeare Colloquium. Students from five different colleges gathered at St. Olaf to share academic papers, attend workshops, watch a play put on by the Smaller Shakespeare Company and talk with each other about the Bard himself.
Having recently returned from studying abroad in Lancaster, England, I came back with an alcohol-related crisis: the curse of a dry campus. When I first arrived at the University of Lancaster, I couldn't help but resort to my Olaf-induced attitude: that, despite the fact that I am of legal drinking age, if I act the slightest bit drunk, a Resident Assistant is sure to come and interrogate me about what I've been doing that evening. more...
In Dittmanns crowded Studio One, a chorus of St. Olaf women took the stage for The Vagina Monologues in celebration of all that is female. They filled the stage with hues of pink and red, wearing anything from short skirts to neckties. more...
The St.Olaf College mens hockey team advanced to the semifinals of the MIAC tournament with a 3-2 win over Gustavus Adolphus College Tuesday night at Northfield Ice Arena in front of 565 diehard hockey fans.more...
When I was a kid, my younger brother and I would play this game called Double Dare. We would find the most disgusting, most ridiculous, most despicable ingredients to combine.more...