On Friday, Pete Sandberg, director of facilities, announced remodeling and redesign plans for Boe Chapel, as well as other facility improvements around campus. For Boe, the most prominent changes will be the addition of a new organ and the redesign of the choir loft.more...
A St. Paul Saints game, prom and a Sammenkomst are among the events planned for this years Senior week, May 23-28. During this week, underclass students will have left campus for the summer, and the activities planned for seniors will help them enjoy their last week with their graduating class.more...
Northfield's Relay for Life, the annual event whose proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society, was held at Skoglund Field last Friday night in beautiful weather. This was the second year the event was held on the St. Olaf campus.more...
As of Wednesday, 750 students have committed to attending St. Olaf next year as part of the class of 2009. The 3,000 applicants drew from 40 states, with 57 percent hailing from Minnesota, the same percentage as the class of 08.
On April 27, the House of Representatives passed a bill which would make it a federal crime for any adult to take a girl 17-years-old or younger across state lines without parental consent to have an abortion.more...
Last weekend St. Olafs modern dance group, Companydance, put on an hour and a half program in Kelsey Theater. The annual spring concert featured diversely themed works by students, faculty and outside contributors.more...
Over the past three and a half months, the St. Olaf baseball team has played 38 games, accumulated nearly 4000 miles in traveling distance, and logged well over 200 hours of practice time. Yet in the end, the previous 100 days have been little more than a prelude for the next two.more...
As the semester winds down, each student begins to contemplate the great art of procrastination. We all think about how to waste time. Its not that we dont love writing 15-30 page papers about the politics of East Asia or providing in-depth analyses of the marriage groups in Chaucers Canterbury Tales. Its just that Spring finally came out of the closet after four months of darkness, and by gum, we need to celebrate in a way that doesnt involve studying. more...
