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ISSUE 118 VOL 19 PUBLISHED 5/6/2005

News

Choir concert to be aired

On May 30, three St. Olaf College music ensembles will embark on the largest music tour in the college’s history. The St. Olaf Band, St. Olaf Choir and St. Olaf Orchestra will tour Norway for 21 days as they take part in the country’s centennial celebration of its peaceful separation from Sweden.

Leadership honored

Students, faculty and guests gathered Tuesday in Trollhaugen dining room to celebrate St. Olaf leaders and honor those who have shown themselves as emerging and established leaders on campus.

Science center design stalled

St. Olaf’s new science center, although on no specified timeline, is slowly working its way through the design stage towards becoming a reality.

Day of service unites community

At 12:09 p.m. Saturday at Central Park in Northfield, the sun started to shine and the birds began to chirp. Only minutes before it had been snowing.

Raza shows other side of culture: Festival celebrates Latino heritage with speakers, events

This week marks the end of Viva La Raza, a two-week celebration of Latino culture sponsored by Presente and the Diversity Celebrations Committee (DCC).

Bookstore pleases

The St. Olaf Bookstore recently released statistics from a 2004 survey completed by over 1,000 students. While the survey shows that students and faculty are pleased with the current bookstore, the results also pointed out areas of improvement, which will be addressed in the future.

Fulbright recipients teach, study abroad

Three St. Olaf students have won Fulbright grants to research to and assist in teaching English abroad.

Conference gives insight on Islam

On Saturday, St. Olaf’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Carleton Islamic Association (CIA) hosted the first annual Islamic Conference at St. Olaf.

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