Our bustling, college-on-a-hill sustains many different types of energy: extra-curricular (I'm writing this article, aren't I?) and your basic anxiety (was that a Caf date?!).
In six months, I will graduate from St. Olaf College without ever having attended Christmas Fest. Will my diploma even count? At our 10 year reunion, after weve exhausted discussing how we were cheated out of the new science center, what will I talk about with other alumni?
It's not every week that a major media organization calls a liberal arts college a "colossus." But then again, most liberal arts colleges don't produce two Rhodes Scholars in the same year.
Anyone who listens to the news is aware that a military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States is becoming more and more likely.