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A St. Olaf class that Johnny Depp would love

A St. Olaf class that Johnny Depp would love

You’ve gotta love liberal arts colleges for some of the quirky classes they offer. The title of this St. Olaf course sounds like it’ll make history sexy: History 140 / Pirates of the Caribbean. Yesterday during my visit to the college, I dropped in on the class, taught by Steve Hahn, a professor specializing in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Video games, same-sex dorms and the Confederate flag

Catholic University’s same-sex dorms deemed legal Earlier this year, Catholic University President John Garvey began to banish co-ed dorms and reinstitute the old-school practice of housing women and men in separate buildings. Soon after, George Washington University law professor John F. Banzhaf III challenged the legality of that decision and filed a discrimination complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights. (The…
by Alex Friedrich

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How I stopped worrying and learned to love St. Olaf's lutefisk

How I stopped worrying and learned to love St. Olaf's lutefisk

This is it. After hearing how gross it is for the past seven years, I’m about to try lutefisk. I’m at St. Olaf College’s grand meal, the one it serves in Stav Dining Hall for its annual Christmas Festival. The place is packed and noisy, as is Buntrock Commons, the building in which it’s located.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hey, Oles: So you think you're in Norway?

Hey, Oles: So you think you're in Norway?

If you doubt the whole Norwegian/Skandinavian stereotype of St. Olaf, just check out its bookstore: I walked in to check out the hoodies and sweatshirts when I was confronted with a veritable Skandimart: textiles, flags, trinkets, books, jams, candies, cookies, and lots of other themed stuff. Some of it is there year ’round, I hear,…
by Alex Friedrich

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The ethereal sound you'll hear at St. Olaf

The ethereal sound you'll hear at St. Olaf

This is what I was talking about in my post on music here at the college. I’m not normally a wind chime guy, but I find this one enchanting. MPR did a piece on it a while back, and you can read the transcript here, so I won’t waste your time here. But it’s to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why music is everywhere at St. Olaf

Why music is everywhere at St. Olaf

It seems I’m surrounded by music here at St. Olaf. Walking across campus, passersby are practicing their choral singing. When things get quiet, I can hear the soothing, almost eerie wind chimes from the center of the main yard. And walk around enough throughout the week, chances are you’ll run into some performance or recital.…
by Alex Friedrich

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The environment and my St. Olaf snack

The environment and my St. Olaf snack

Catching a little snack from The Cage, one of the little grills that’s apparently run by the college’s caterer, Bon Apetit. I’m getting a Buffalo Chicken Wrap, large Americano coffee and a great little chocolate-fudge-peppermint cookie thing. (A type of “mudpie” they call it, I think.) Decent grub for $7.50, though the coffee seems a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Don't expect debate over State Grants and for-profit students this legislative session

Don't expect debate over State Grants and for-profit students this legislative session

It’s a debate that seems to come up every few years: Should needy students who attend the state’s for-profit schools receive state money to help pay tuition? Critics say giving those students financial aid from the Minnesota State Grant program amounts to a public subsidy for for-profit schools.  Some lawmakers, who say it’s unlikely students…
by Tim Post

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Some snow graffiti I saw at St. Olaf

Some snow graffiti I saw at St. Olaf

I’m walking through campus and find juniors Meghan Bodie (sociology-anthropology) and Christine Franzel (biology) stamping out some figures in the snow. Apparently it’s World AIDS Day, and the duo just wanted us to know about it. It’s not just a passing fancy — and it tells something about the student body. Franzel is a member…
by Alex Friedrich

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