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Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Year award

Vera Sablak October 2, 2024

To say that Caitlin Clark has had a successful year on the basketball court is an underhand shot. Her 1,234-point senior season at the University of Iowa led to a shattered NCAA Division I scoring record...

Ole XC is keeping it quick!

Annie McMullen October 2, 2024

The St. Olaf Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country teams had one of their first major races of the season on Saturday, Sept. 21. While the Women’s team’s ranking fell four places and the Men’s increased...

Welcome to the bottom of the Hill: First-years in athletics

Evan Atchison October 2, 2024

On Sept. 16, St. Olaf Athletics hosted its annual Student-Athlete Kickoff event in Skoglund Center, celebrating the start of a new academic and athletic year. While upperclassmen geared up for another...

Ole Athletics commentary and suggestion box: Men’s Cross Country Proposals

Anonymous October 2, 2024

Dear St. Olaf Men’s Cross Country, For years, you have been criticized, fairly and unfairly, for your shenanigans in the caf. Whether it be your sophomores publicly announcing their majors in front...

The Rise of the Minnesota Vikings?

Alli Hering October 2, 2024

The Minnesota Vikings football team is 4-0 so far this season. This is the first undefeated start to the season since 2016, where the Vikings started 5-0. The Vikings, led by Head Coach Kevin O’Connell...

Boxing Club hosts sparring showcase

Boxing Club hosts sparring showcase

Charlotte Smith May 9, 2024

Updated on 5/9/24 at 8:12 p.m. On the evening of May 5, St. Olaf’s Boxing Club hosted a sparring showcase in the Pause Mane Stage. The event featured about two hours of fighting between members of the...

Spring activities

Spring activities

Bella Gutierrez May 9, 2024

Picture this: rays of sun streaming through your window. The soft twitter of birds on the rooftop. You yawn awake and realize: you made it through winter! And wasn’t it a doozy? “Spring has sprung,”...

Zendaya aces tennis choreography for ‘Challengers’

Zendaya aces tennis choreography for ‘Challengers’

Juliet Stouffer May 9, 2024

The movie “Challengers” came out on April 22 starting at number one box office and created a stir throughout the country. After seeing the trailer for the movie, most may think it is a film solely...

Manchester City and Arsenal battle to win the Premier League

Manchester City and Arsenal battle to win the Premier League

Evan Atchison May 9, 2024

Graphic by Sean Rogers/The Olaf Messenger   To many soccer enthusiasts, there may be nothing more exciting than a title race; two teams battling to the very end for one trophy can create enough...

"They truly define a team": St. Olaf Baseball secures regular-season MIAC title

“They truly define a team”: St. Olaf Baseball secures regular-season MIAC title

Caroline Geer May 9, 2024

Players rush onto the pitch, hugging each other and jumping up and down, celebrating their win in the first game of the day. At the center, the coaches smile as a crowd cheers on in pure pride and joy....

Club sport spotlight: the rowing club

Club sport spotlight: the rowing club

Jacob Rozell May 2, 2024

Graphic by Finley Hogan   St. Olaf Rowing — or Storow, as the rowers say — is St. Olaf’s first and only rowing club. The current club president is Jessica Marlowe ’24, a senior biology major....

Simone Biles and her Olympics journey

Simone Biles and her Olympics journey

Alli Hering May 2, 2024

As the United States gears up for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Americans' eyes are once again going towards Simone Biles   Biles, widely known as the greatest gymnast of all time, has yet to officially...

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