By: Monica Southworth

Last week, the Haiti Justice Alliance of Northfield put on a musical event raising approximately $4,000 for Haiti. The event featured groups from Northfield High School, Carleton and St. Olaf. The headliner was The Brothers Frantzich....

By: Paula Skaggs

With the flow of news and images from earthquakes that have recently destroyed parts of Haiti and Chile, some St. Olaf students have found the disasters have hit close to regions they have studied abroad in, notably near Valparaiso....

By: Madeline Salmon

If you are wondering why your food has been on a white plate that you have only before seen at Christmas Festival, you are not the only one. The cafeteria has been short on plates and cups since the beginning of the semester....

By: Karen Hopper

Through the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), St. Olaf provides resources to help its students develop the necessary professional skills to be successful in applying and interviewing for jobs. However, one of the keys to being successful in today&rs...

By: Olivia Koester

In an unanimous vote by the Student Senate on Tuesday, the Student Government Association officially proposed that St. Olaf have its own way of rating professors and courses called the Course and Teaching Evaluation (CATE). This idea is generating a copio...

By: Olivia Schares

Student groups rang in the Year of the Tiger Saturday with great festivity featuring food, fashion and entertainment to a nearly full house of students, professors and families. Many students found the the event, featuring Chinese, Tibetan and Vietnamese ...

By: Monica Southworth

Diversity and buildings are on the mind of St. Olaf students, at least according to the recent strategic planning survey sent out by the office of President David Anderson ‘74....

By: Paula Skaggs

While many Oles spent their Interims gallivanting around the globe, on campus in a classroom, or just doing nothing, 80 St. Olaf students took the opportunity to complete an internship during the month....

By: David James Peterjohn

During November, Skoglund Athletic Center welcomed several high-tech additions to the facility. Three Toshiba LCD televisions now hang in the lobby of Skoglund. Two are above the doors to the gymnasium and auditorium, and one hangs above a Macintosh compu...

By: Lucy Casale

If you could not recognize the start of the holiday season on the Hill from the debut of Norwegian sweaters, lutefisk in the Caf and the four days of Christmas Fest, then the decorations in the crossroads of Buntrock Commons probably clued you in....

By: Paula Skaggs

St. Olaf students have demonstrated a new approach to campus sustainability through two Clean Energy Revolving Fund (CERF) projects – the Leave Your Mark challenge, a campaign for students to come up with their own green ideas, and the Penny Wars, a...

By: Ally Lynne

Mohn’s Yule Ball is now closed to everyone except for Mohn Hall residents and their guests. This decision came after the event had already been publized as an all-campus dance. This conclusion by the Mohn Hall Council has left many students wonderin...

By: Rachel Torgerson

As the semester comes to a close, some students are wishing that they still had the extra cushion day before finals begin, or “reading day.” However, unlike the years before, this year reading day was not scheduled because of calendar quirks....

By: Monica Southworth

Last year, Partners in Annual Giving raised $3.7 million dollars through fundraising. While the fundraised amount was slightly lower than previous years, the loss is not as great as the numbers many other private liberal arts intuitions are are currently ...

By: Paula Skaggs

Posters reading “Never leave an Ole Behind” and “Take care of a fellow Ole!” have been popping up all over campus, advertising St. Olaf’s policy of medical amnesty....

By: Olivia Koester

The Political Awareness Committee, a branch of the Student Government Association, has launched a series of dinner debates aiming to educate students with passion – but respect – on a variety of political issues relevant in the United States a...

By: Rachel Torgerson

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, but the emotions evoked during that time period are still felt today. Last Thursday, three very different – but connected – people came together as a panel to share stories about the emotional subject of ...

By: Thomas Fristad

Ever since F. Melius Christiansen led the St. Olaf Band on its first tour in 1904, the Band, St. Olaf Choir and the St. Olaf Orchestra have been embarking on treks throughout the United States and internationally, sharing the music and message of the coll...

By: Rachel Torgerson

As registration for interim and second semester is underway, students have different methods to create and plan their schedules. ...

By: Paula Skaggs

Dream Box, one of St. Olaf’s newest organizations, might be the place for you if you have ever wanted to learn the banjo, knitting, acting, or one of 51 other skills....