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Men's hockey players, are you okay?

Men’s hockey players, are you okay?

Anonymous December 4, 2024

Recently, I passed a few men in their mid-twenties and, stopping dead in my tracks, as I asked myself in a fit of panic: do the upperclassmen men’s hockey players still go here? The question seemed...

Gear Corner: What you need to know about carbon fiber

Jacob Rozell, Sports Editor December 4, 2024

Carbon fiber is the single most impactful development in sports gear, across the board, since shoes. Whether you realize it or not, every professional sport — football, skiing, soccer, car racing, and...

Cereal Training Camp

Brooke Ellis, Opinions Editor December 4, 2024

The Kelce Brothers’ new cereal is ready to tackle your taste buds. That's right — I said it: Cereal Training Camp. From dominating the field to dominating your breakfast bowl, Travis and Jason Kelce...

Why is passing down in the NFL?

Vera Sablak, Executive Editor December 4, 2024

So far the 2024-25 National Football League (NFL) season has aligned with an interesting pattern: In recent years, players have been passing the ball less frequently, generating less offense and scoring...

St. Olaf Men’s and Women’s Cross Country earn top-20 finishes at NCAA Division III National Championships

Evan Atchison, Sports Writer December 4, 2024

Catch them if you can! At the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships on November 23, both St. Olaf Men’s and Women’s Cross Country had top-20 finishes. In the Men’s 8K, the Oles,...

St. Olaf men’s soccer season ends in heartbreak

Evan Atchison, Sports Writer November 20, 2024

Last Sunday, Nov. 17, St. Olaf Men’s Soccer’s 2024 season ended in heartbreaking fashion, losing to the University of Wisconsin-Superior in penalty kicks in the second round of the NCAA Division III...

Cross country: Let’s ditch the assigned seats, this is college

Cross country: Let’s ditch the assigned seats, this is college

Anonymous, Contributing Writer November 20, 2024

Hello Cross Country teams, Your table in Stav that you all sit at for dinner is corny as hell. Whenever I see all of your indistinguishable blonde heads lined up at that table, it fills my heart with...

Gear Corner: If you wear lots of gear, you better be good

Gear Corner: If you wear lots of gear, you better be good

Evan Atchison, Sports Writer November 20, 2024

Picture this: You turn on a random college football game; you have no knowledge of the teams or the players, but there’s one player you notice. Decked out in every piece of (seemingly) pointless equipment,...

Club sport spotlight: St. Olaf rowing team

Henry Merrell-Van Sickle, Contributing Writer November 20, 2024

Every day at 5 a.m., the St. Olaf rowing team schleps out to Union Lake, a miniscule, radioactively green bowl of algae soup tucked amongst the rolling cornfields of Rice County, to practice. Under the...

More than a show: How anime is a form of expression for athletes

Evan Atchison, Sports Writer November 13, 2024

After cementing himself as “the fastest man alive,” Noah Lyles celebrated his 100-meter dash gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in style. Draped in an American flag, Lyles replicated the “Kamehameha,”...

Student Life announces Grant Herfindahl as new Assistant Director of Recreation

Student Life announces Grant Herfindahl as new Assistant Director of Recreation

Lizzie Elsenpeter, Contributing Writer November 13, 2024

Updated: Friday, Nov. 15, 2024  Starting a new job isn’t always just a fresh journey. It can also be a novel experience for those who enjoy what they do. This is certainly the case for Grant Herfindahl,...

Must be something in the air:  The role of oxygen in endurance athletics

Must be something in the air: The role of oxygen in endurance athletics

Vera Sablak, Executive Editor November 13, 2024

Have you ever watched an endurance athlete compete and wondered about the science behind their impressive accomplishments? Maybe you got a chance to see — or participate in — October’s Medtronic...

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