St. Olaf’s student government needs to avert a doom spiral
St. Olaf’s Student Government Association (SGA) is in trouble. SGA’s fall senate elections had few contested positions. Spring 2021 executive elections had record low turnout. SGA’s budget has been cut...
View ArticleWiki explores internal conflict and moments of beauty in “Half God”
Wiki is — and has always been — a New Yorker’s New Yorker, and he wants you to know it. An NYC rap hero, Wiki was one-third of the legendary rap group Ratking, and after its dissolution, he went to...
View ArticleNatural Lands director gives homecoming weekend tour
On Saturday Oct. 9, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies and Director of Natural Lands, Charles Umbanhowar Jr., provided a tour of St. Olaf’s Natural Lands for students and visiting parents...
View ArticleEugene McCarraher gives talk on “Capitalism as Religion”
On Oct. 5, St. Olaf’s Institute for Freedom and Community (IFC) invited Professor of Humanities and History at Villanova University, Eugene McCarraher, to give a digital talk on his new book, entitled...
View ArticleStoReads: “Crying in H-Mart” is a brutal, touching memoir about grief,...
I shouldn’t have read this book in public. Despite the activity’s affinity with the book’s title, crying on the fourth floor of Rolvaag Memorial Library is not a look. I got stares, and probably...
View ArticleProfessors Walter and Al-Atiyat deliver Mellby lectures
On Nov. 9, Professor of Religion Gregory Walter ’96 and Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Ibtesam Al-Atiyat delivered the annual Mellby lectures in Viking Theater. The lecture series began in...
View ArticleYou should be happy about inflation
Corporate interests have made every effort to make the current inflation rate, the highest in three decades, look quite scary. President Donald Trump has waxed poetic about nonexistent $7.50 per-gallon...
View ArticleMyswyken changes name to Red Brick, prepares for “Grinch!”
The organization formerly known as the Myswyken Theater Company has changed its name to the Red Brick Theater Company. Red Brick is one of the younger theater organizations on campus, founded in 2017....
View ArticleMatchomatics is emblematic of Ole Dating Malaise™
Look, I didn’t reach out to my matchomatics matches, and you probably didn’t either. It’s not our fault; it’s awkward to send out what’s essentially a cold email to a near-stranger. Neither compatible...
View ArticlePoetry
This collection of poetry by Lila Graham ’22 reflects on her experiences as a transgender woman. Most were written before she came out, about being closeted. The exception is #5, written after Lila...
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