Leonardo DiCaprio has come to St. Olaf. While dwelling on the movie stars visit, I cant help but conclude that his stay was both contemptible and refreshing.
Some of them feel homesick, lonely or confused. Others are somewhat comfortable, perhaps just happy to be in a new environment. But all of them have something in common they are all fish out of water.
We are a nation obsessed with competition. A few days after one neighbor mows his lawn, everyone else on the block proceeds to do the same. This desire for competition - the drive to be "better than the next guy," manifests itself in a number of ways.
Indecisiveness is in the air this season, and not only when it comes to picking political leaders. Here at St. Olaf our own student government representatives cant make up their minds. After having debated, discussed and argued amongst themselves for over a month,
