Building’s $5 million donor, O. Jay Tomson, peeved
With construction on Old Science nearly complete, plans to dedicate the new building as the O. Jay Tomson Center in honor of the building’s major donor have hit a snag. Due to an unfortunate typo in the signage papers, the Old Science Center will forever be named the O.J. Simpson Center.
In Stav Hall students have adopted the mentality that the dessert area is a great place to stand, waiting for friends before heading to a table. On April 28, witnesses claim that there were 39 Oles, probably first years, clogging the “desired flow” of the Caf by waiting for the 40th person in their group.
Readers were spooked upon discovering that Dean Greg Kneser’s bestselling memoir Don’t Be A Fool Around Ghouls: Embracing Diverse Shades of White, was actually ghostwritten. Rumors began to swirl shortly after a book signing during which Kneser lamented that the writing in certain sections seemed “lifeless.”
When satisfied or dismayed with a meal in the Caf, students have the opportunity to provide feedback and tell “the man” how they really feel about the food. However, this is all about to change. Randy Clay, Board Manager for Bon Appetit, announced last week, in a comment card, that he will now be providing feedback to students.
Last Thursday, KSTO closed its rock-poster-covered doors for the last time, after celebrating its 45 year run with one final day of static, dead air and Of Montreal. The space, once occupied by amateur student DJs and school custodians on a break, will now be used to house overflow supplies from the college’s 24 music ensembles.
Senior couple neither breaks up nor gets engaged by graduation Anna Anderson ’10 and Olaf Olafson ’10 revealed this past Monday that, despite the fact that they’ve been dating since October of their junior year, they will neither be breaking up nor getting engaged after graduation.
Early Wednesday afternoon Erick Havenoson ‘11 stumbled across a room in Buntrock he had never seen before...What Havenoson discovered was another world of activity that he never knew existed.
Originally designed to be a senior dorm consisting solely of singles, Kildahl has been serving as one of the first-year Great Conversation dorms, made up of doubles, for a few years now. As of the 2010-2011 school year, its rooms will be converted to triples.
Alyssa Lynne
St. Olaf students united in mid-April to sign a petition requesting training for first-time census-takers on campus in 2020.
Last week, IIT announced that all printers will be replaced by Gutenberg-style printing presses next year. The presses, similar to Gutenberg’s original 1440 version, require students to set their own letters to print each page of their document.
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