Student Senate is drafting a letter of apology to Carleton College and the Northfield community in response to the offensive behavior of several Oles at Carletons homecoming football game Oct. 8.
This years Kleber-Gery Lectures featured Dr. Colin W. Clark of the University of British Columbia speaking on the economics of renewable resources. Clark was the first of four nationally acclaimed speakers St. Olaf is hosting this year to address topics related to sustainability.
Up til Dawn hosted its annual letter-writing team meeting and final party in the Pause Tuesday. The organization is made up of St. Olaf students dedicated to raising money for the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
An audience filled Viking Theater on Thursday to hear Steve Reece, associate professor of classics, give his Mellby Lecture talk, "Homer, Jesus and Bass Fishing in Minnesota."
The St. Olaf administration recently brought to public attention the results of the 2004 National College Health Assessment (NCHA), an American College Health Association (ACHA) study. The assessment, which consisted of questions designed to reveal the level of health among college students, reflected a healthy student body at St. Olaf.
As news headlines stress the growing fears of a deadly flu epidemic, students may doubt the readiness of St. Olaf to respond to such a disaster. However, with a closer look at the history and the character of the St. Olaf community, such doubts are replaced with examples of how the college has and will continue to respond bravely to even the most tragic circumstances.
