U.S. Representative Keith Ellison of the 5th District of Minnesota delivered a speech called "Vision for America: An Ever-Expanding Embrace" at St. Olaf College on Tuesday, April 19. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to serve in the United States Congress, spoke to a packed audience on his experiences with religion and politics in America.
On Friday, April 15, the St. Olaf campus bustled with an unusually high number of people dressed in business clothes for St. Olaf's 2011 Economic Summit. It wasn't a day for idle water-cooler gossip, but a day that brought together business leaders and economists from across the nation to discuss the 2008 financial crisis.
On Saturday, April 9, the flag outside of the St. Olaf Queer Support and Outreach House was stolen for the second time this year. People in the house heard shouting in the streets and loud laughing outside that night, but ignored the noise as normal Saturday-night Ole wanderings.
Palestine Awareness Week at St. Olaf aims to combat the lack of knowledge Oles may have of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
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