After an increase in complaints from Northfield residents about the behavior of St. Olaf and Carleton students who live off campus, Northfield citizens started a petition, asking that they be able to see rental ordinances of Northfield rental property.more...
The Save Seafood Tour rolled into town Wednesday night. Instead of bringing loud music, flashing lights and screaming girls, this tour brought facts about the state of the world's fish populations to a handful of quiet students. more...
The national college craze "Facebook," a website that allows students to network within their own college and among other colleges, has received much acclaim from students who have used the website to find long-lost friends or gather information about classmates.more...
In the spirit of this year's theme of sustainability, St. Olaf food waste products from the cafeteria are no longer simply being added to the landfill. Instead, the college now possesses an operating composter, the end of the line for products from Bon Appétit.
Something disturbing is going on beneath the campus' tranquil surface: A melodious voice has been forever silenced. This year the administration decided to ban animals from buildings. Why now? Have professors pets suddenly become dangerous? Or is there something more insidious going on?more...
The St. Olaf dance department hosted dancers from the Seattle-based company Lingo dancetheater last week. The dancers guest-instructed advanced dance classes during their residency. They also rehearsed their own pieces, finishing the week with two performances of their traveling show, Relatively Real: What do you think you are?more...
The St. Olaf College football team improved their record to 4-0 with a 53-27 victory against University of St. Thomas last Saturday at Manitou Field. The victory marked St. Olaf's first win against the St. Thomas since 2000 and their first 4-0 start since 1978.more...
It seemed to me, as I toured Northfield's used bookstores, that a little piece of the city is indelibly imprinted into each shop - - that perhaps some of the town's personality is stored between the yellowed pages and quiet aisles. Maybe it was because of the table dedicated to Jesse James that I found in As Time Goes By, the first of two stops on my walking circuit of Northfields downtown.more...
