Variety

Alternative Northfield Slogans

Brooke Ellis and Ashlyn Wuench • February 29, 2024

Turn to page ____ for the scoop on Northfield’s new town slogan! Our staff has a few alternative suggestions:

Cows, Colleges, and Coffee

Oles, Carls, and Townies

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Northfield. It’s grrrrrrrrr-eat!

Cannon River Rivals

Cannon River Crossroads

Cows, Coffee, Cereal: The Smells of Northfield

Serious Cereal Citizens

Carleton Clown College, Outstanding St. Olaf students, and charming community members.

This town will steal your heart like Jesse James

Jesse James: Claim to Fame

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About the Contributors

Brooke Ellis, Opinions Editor

Brooke Ellis is a junior majoring in biology and environmental Studies from Cottage Grove, Minn.. She is passionate about ocean conservation, sharks, and scuba diving. She is also known as Wendell's caretaker—Wendell being the beloved blood parrot cichlid of Regents Hall. When she’s not in the Mess Office, you can usually find her in Regents, working with coral, or performing tank maintenance for the fish. Brooke aspires to move to Australia to pursue a PhD in Marine Biology, focusing specifically on shark conservation research.

Ashlyn Wuench, Variety Editor

Ashlyn Wuench ’26 is an Environmental Studies major and Education studies concentrator from Springfield, Mo.. She can typically be found not on campus during weekends exploring some wooded area several hours away. However, when on campus, she’s probably playing cribbage, doodling on any flat surface, trying to perfect the balance of a chai latte, or just kinda goofing off and overall taking it easy. You can find her five minutes late to wherever she’s planning to be.