On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 8, the St. Olaf community welcomed His Majesty, the Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus to campus, who visited as part of a week-long trip to the United States celebrating...
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, marking the most significant rewrite of the federal student loan system in decades. The bill ends the Biden-era Saving...
A new academic year brings in fresh faces to the Student Government Association (SGA). After three days of voting, the campus community selected their 2025-26 SGA senators. To help students better learn...
Catie Lyons, Contributing Writer
• October 8, 2025
n Sept. 23, the U.S. News & World Report released its annual college rankings. In the Liberal Arts Colleges category, St. Olaf was listed in the top 50 four times: No. 9 for Best Value, No. 17 for...
Lydia Lucke, Contributing Writer
• October 8, 2025
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) spent their third Thursday on Oct. 2 writing down the names of Palestinians killed in Gaza on the sidewalk outside Buntrock Commons. Each week, the student organization...
On Oct. 1, The Taylor Center and Northfield Pride collaborated on a trivia night to kick off LGBTQ+ History Month. Free popcorn and ice cream were provided for attendees to enjoy.
“I got there pretty...
Hours before a government shutdown, St. Olaf College notified the campus community in a Weekly Rundown email on Sept. 30 that the College’s TRIO programs have received full funding for the 2025-26 academic...
When academics start to kick into high gear and illness spreads like wildfire, there are many things that students can do to prevent illness during the school year. In an interview with The Olaf Messenger...
Half a decade ago, few colleges had formal policies on artificial intelligence (AI). Today, nearly every syllabus at St. Olaf has a section dedicated to it.
Since the release of GPT-4 and its subsequent...
On Sept. 22, Smithsonian research associate and Purdue University professor of biology Ximena Bernal was invited by St. Olaf’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter to give a presentation on her research. Bernal studies...
St. Olaf is celebrating the launch of the Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement. The center is made possible through a donation from Paul Svoboda ’81, who now works in Chicago as a tax and corporate lawyer....
On Aug. 23, Tin Tea owner Chau Truong ’24 fulfilled a long-time dream of hers: moving her restaurant downtown. The pink shark logo of Northfield’s beloved bubble tea and Vietnamese food joint opened...
