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The Student Newspaper of St. Olaf College

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Doechii’s Tiny Desk Concert: A review

Doechii’s Tiny Desk Concert: A review

Juliet Stouffer, A&E Correspondant April 23, 2025

National Public Radio’s (NPR) Tiny Desk Concerts have been around since 2008, providing a platform for artists to have a more unplugged sound in a smaller space and with a smaller crowd. I first found...

EMPTY Theater presents "Big Fish"

EMPTY Theater presents “Big Fish”

Juliet Stouffer, A&E Correspondent March 5, 2025

On March 13-15, EMPTY Theater will grace the Art Barn with a production of “Big Fish.” After a year of outstanding plays by the St. Olaf Theater Department, EMPTY Theater Company — one of St. Olaf’s...

Illustration by Aimi Dickel

Are we there yet, Joan of Arc?

Madeline Everett March 25, 2021

In Jan. 1922, an unnamed St. Olaf student writing for the Olaf Messenger — then the Manitou Messenger — decided that “now that the prudish conventions which previously limited women to the home...

Thinking about death with “I and You”

Lila Graham March 25, 2021

“I and You” is a strange play. The earnest, sardonic, critically-ill Caroline, played by Maycee Klein '23, and the successful, sensitive, turtleneck-wearing Anthony, played by Eugene Sandel '22 comprised...

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