St. Olaf audiences tend to be very generous with their applause. On Sunday, a packed-to-the-rafters crowd in Boe Chapel gave the Rev. Jesse Jackson a standing ovation before he even stepped up to the podium.
By the time this article is read, hundreds of St. Olaf students will have affixed their signatures to that letter, and it will be delivered. My signature, however, will not be among them.
Im beginning to feel like a broken record. Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the American southeast and blew the lid off President Bushs insulated inner circle, the White House has not gotten a single thing right.