Depending upon what time you pick up this issue, this year's final edition of the Manitou Messenger, you will have no more than five class periods left in any given St. Olaf course until nothing but a few pesky finals stand between you and summer. The majority of you will return to St.
On Friday, April 15, the St. Olaf Conservatives hosted an event called the "GPA Redistribution Petition." Citing only outside factors, such as income disparity, race and gender as detrimental to students' GPAs, the Conservatives satirically represented their views of the much-distorted taxing habits of liberals.
When I tuned in to the live coverage on Sunday night after President Obama's speech, I was struck by the revelry of the people gathered around the White House celebrating the 9/11 mastermind's demise. Commentators compared it to VJ day at the end of World War II. The sight of people cheering at the death of a man, even an evil man, tugged at something in me.
On April 20, 2010, the BP-owned oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, and hundreds of gallons of unrefined oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico every minute. BP, working with engineers across the world, tried everything to cap the gushing well.
Jogging in the bright sunshine, chatting on our cell phones and texting our friends, we pass right by the neighborhood nursing home. We don't really think about what goes on behind those doors, but the image that comes to my mind isn't pleasant.
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