Welcome to St. Olaf! Everything is awful! Ok, not really, but I can definitely understand how it might feel that way. Starting college in the middle of a global pandemic is a daunting prospect, and Iām...
When our parents bought their first mobile phones in the early aught's, they were used exclusively for emergencies. Now we assume that our friend is having an emergency if they don't respond to a text...
When I was younger, at a sleepover, my parents would come to pick me up and I would beg for another hour because I felt like it hadn't been long enough. Now, after a four year sleepover, it's still not...
Name: Tess Halac '15
Majors/Concentrations: Sociology and Anthropology, Womens and Gender Studies concentration
Activities: Team member and Captain of Fun for Durga Ultimate, Secretary for SOLAS St....
In many ways, the music industry acts as a microcosm of society. For example, the widening gap between the rich and poor in America is seen also in the widening of income distribution in the music industry....
In the past three semesters, I have produced food waste a total of five times in the Caf. In that total, I am not including when I have tossed peels, rinds and used napkins because they are nearly inedible....
Its common knowledge that St. Olaf College is superior in every meaningful and tangible way to our dear friends over at Carleton College.
Gone are the days of the 1930s, when students from each college...
Treasures in the College Archives
St. Olaf is considered to be one of the most haunted college campuses in the United States. The college's archives department routinely gets calls from television shows...
Iam lucky to have a handful of friends I can go to for new music suggestions and on whom I can count to make me feel too mainstream and under-informed when it comes to what "good" music is.
I am lucky...
"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist," novelist Salman Rushdie once famously proclaimed. Every time we think about Rushdie's words, there's one thing that comes...
Spring is the season of things coming anew: from green leaves on trees, to baby robins hopping around campus. Music is no exception; this season brings new songs and performances from artists both local...
Skills for the Real World
The singing birds, the scent of damp earth in the air, the drops of sunlight reflected in puddles! Gleeful Oles bringing their caf trays and hookahs into the fresh air! Rolling...
