Homosexuality panel aims to open dialogue

Ashley Belisle, News Editor
May 14, 2013
Filed under News

On Sunday, May 5, the St. Olaf Christian Activities Network (CAN) hosted a student panel to discuss homosexuality and Christianity. Last November, when the Minnesota marriage amendment was a hot-button topic both on campus and around the state, St. Olaf Votes No and its supporters became an influential... Read more »

Dry-Campus Policy Conceals Problems

Ashley Belisle, News Editor
May 13, 2013
Filed under Opinions

Any doubts as to whether the Saturday-formerly-known-as-Lutefest would still be a campus-wide day-drinking extravaganza were neatly cleared up in an email sent from Dean of Students Rosalyn Eaton-Neeb to the student body on Thursday, May 1. When Student Government Association (SGA) leadership announced... Read more »

Zootefest plans driven to extinction

Ashley Belisle , Amy Lohmann, Shannon Cron, and Seth Ellingson
May 2, 2013
Filed under News, Showcase

After Student Government Association (SGA) leadership announced the cancellation of Lutefest last month, Max Collyard ’13 began planning a spring music festival to take its place. But plans for Zootefest, as the event was dubbed, fell through last week after the Northfield City Council told Collyard... Read more »

Linguistics symposium connects Minnesota campuses

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
April 24, 2013
Filed under News

While most students were attempting to hibernate inside their dorm rooms to stay out of the cold and make way for the crowds of visiting students, St. Olaf quietly hosted the Minnesota Undergraduate Linguistics Symposium on Saturday, April 13. The symposium hosted more than 80 undergraduate students... Read more »

Clean Plate Day reveals waste

Ashley Belisle
April 2, 2013
Filed under News, Showcase

On Thursday, March 14, one of St. Olaf’s newest student committees, the Clean Plate Campaign, measured the food waste produced during one mealtime in Stav Hall. Clean Plate Campaign, a committee under the umbrella of the Environmental Coalition (EC), was brought to life at the beginning of this... Read more »

Lutefest canceled after nine-year run; SGA president and VP say decision was ‘all facts’

Ashley Belisle and Amy Lohmann
March 14, 2013
Filed under News, Showcase

Citing damage to students and campus alike, the Student Government Association (SGA) president and vice president planned to announce the cancellation of St. Olaf’s annual Lutefest celebration on Thursday, March 14. The decision, executed by SGA President Catherine Haines ’13 and Vice President... Read more »

Ole Confessions ignites controversy

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
March 9, 2013
Filed under News, Showcase

The allure of online anonymity is nothing new to St. Olaf students – or to anybody anymore. Cyberbullies and sexual predators hiding behind their computer screens have become popular points of discussion among sociologists, psychologists, the media and worried parents alike. In recent weeks, a new... Read more »

Campus to go tobacco-free?

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
February 21, 2013
Filed under News, Showcase

UPDATED: This story has been edited to clarify campus organizations' support of the proposal. At the Senate meeting, Dean said that the Wellness Center, Health Services, Cancer Connections, GLOW!, Environmental Coalition and the St. Olaf Nursing Department supported her proposal. Dean has since stated... Read more »

Registration chaos prompts re-evaluation

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
December 6, 2012
Filed under News

Registrar Mary Cisar, associate deans add courses Registration week at St. Olaf is always a breeding ground for stress, drama and even the occasional meltdown. This past registration term, however, caused even more of an outcry than usual. Students of all class years struggled to find classes with... Read more »

Africa Weeks celebrates culture

Ashley Belisle, News Editor
November 15, 2012
Filed under News

The middle two weeks of this November, St. Olaf celebrates Africa Weeks, a series of events that honors the beauty and diversity of African culture right here on campus. Africa Weeks is sponsored by Karibu, the African organization on campus. Karibu, in turn, is sponsored by St. Olaf’s multicultural... Read more »

Barnes invited to Capitol

Ashley Belisle, News Editor
November 15, 2012
Filed under News

On Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m., Katie Barnes ’13 ventured to the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, where she had been invited to speak at a rally sponsored by Minnesotans United for All Families, the nonprofit organization created to campaign against the state’s proposed constitutional... Read more »

Armed robbery

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
November 1, 2012
Filed under News

Just after 2:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, Northfield authorities received a phone call that an employee of the America’s Best Value Inn had just been robbed at gunpoint. Officers were immediately dispatched to pursue the alleged robber. The hotel, located on Riverview Drive, just off of Highway 3,... Read more »

Feral kitten incites campus-wide frenzy

Ashley Belisle and Olivia Koester
October 25, 2012
Filed under News, Showcase

Sophomores bitten, Public Safety captures wrong cat On Saturday, Oct. 20, St. Olaf Public Safety captured a feral kitten believed to have bitten two sophomores earlier that day, but three days later, the students confirmed that officers nabbed the wrong cat. Two female students were bitten on their... Read more »

SARN addresses Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Ashley Belisle , News Editor
October 17, 2012
Filed under News

It is not uncommon to hear St. Olaf referred to as a “bubble.” On an isolated campus on the top of a hill, insulated from harsh realities of the real world, students often dismiss mention of danger or crime of any kind. “I feel like that sort of thing just doesn’t happen at a place like St.... Read more »