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Byline: Caroline Geer 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 [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Photo by Megan Lu/The Olaf Messenger In downtown Northfield sits the charming Petalina, a store opened in 2020 by Dennis and Karen Vinar, selling Scandinavian-style trinkets. The [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Illustration by Andrew Mazariegos-Ovalle Gen-Z humor has come to be defined by its absurdity. It delights or confuses, depending on what side of the divide you fall [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The Code of Student Conduct does not have an official policy on student demonstrations. What is often referred to as the 'protest policy' is actually a 'Statement [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Graphic by Hannah Anderson Spring comes to the Midwest at least four times a year. False starts to spring frustrate me to no end. The confusing weather [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer I feel guilty admitting this, but I love the Crispy Buffalo Chicken Wrap from the Cage. You see, I became vegetarian in the eighth grade after becoming [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer In writing this letter, I share with you a particularly egregious story of the suppression of speech I encountered as a student journalist. I am going public [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Students raise concerns about changes to summer housing as they fear the options will compound existing problems they face when living on-campus for the summer. The Residence [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Auguste Bernick/The Olaf Messenger Photo caption: Lily Moreschi '24 and the senior dance students Dance students and educators will flood campus from March 23 to March 26 [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Illustration by Andrew Mazariegos-Ovalle Whether you learned about her through former President Barack Obama's ironic inclusion of her song 'American Teenager' on his 2023 Summer Playlist, heard [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Illustration by Sean Rogers I dread International Women's Day every year. In high school, I found the day somewhat exhilarating, where public attention focused on the struggles [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Desi Diner's opening in downtown Northfield this summer excited many townies, Carls, and Oles. A sign for the incoming restaurant taped to the storefront in July announcing [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer 'Sonny Angels' will soon overtake campus, or at least my Ytterboe Pod. More Oles are starting to get into Sonny Angels. I have not seen anyone with [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer and Annie Stefanko Professional Bon Appétit workers at St. Olaf face a different experience unlike any other workers on campus; the college does not employ them. Instead, [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Over the years, I have shifted from someone who reads paperbacks to a Kindle-user to a ReadersRewards member on ThriftBooks.com. Sometimes, I am overwhelmed by how much [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer If you see me or any other seniors around campus, wish us well. The fall semester of senior year should be fun, but I have yet to [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer, Alli Hering and Kenzie Nguyen Photo: Auguste Bernick/The Olaf Messenger 'What will future generations look back on with us, the 2020s? Will they say 'why didn't they [...]

Byline: Ainsley Francis, Alli Hering and Caroline Geer Photo: Auguste Bernick/The Olaf Messenger Most members of the St. Olaf community know the new president through her speeches at the many [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer and Kenzie Nguyen Former St. Olaf student Waylon Kurts, who was arrested on suspicion of terroristic threats, hearing has been postponed. The omnibus hearing, originally scheduled for [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The famous Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo will be demolished later this year despite fervent outcry from baseball fans worldwide. Constructed in the 1920s, Meiji Jingu has [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Each year, every department chooses how distinctions are granted to graduating students within their major. However, departmental distinction offerings and participation in department-specific honor societies have declined [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Media attention in a doomscrolling, algorithm-driven Anthropocene means that large disasters become a short moment. Earlier this year, the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Content warning: this article mentions incidents of gun violence. On Easter Sunday, my best friend from home said, 'for such a small school, so many crazy things [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, or as he prefers to be called when performing working class solidarity, Tucker Carlson, has been caught lying to his audience about more [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Four of the eleven St. Olaf residence halls bear the name of women. Three of these halls, Mellby, Kittlesby, and Larson, are named after women with the [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer There might be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It could also be rain reflecting light. Watch out for tricks of the light [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The Board of Regents Student Committee held an open forum for students on Mar. 6. The open forum provided a space for students to receive updated information [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The Quarry celebrates its 100th edition of student creativity this spring. The importance of the literary and fine arts magazine is made more apparent in the wake [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer and Phoebe Joy Professor of Statistics and Education Sharon Lane-Getaz spoke on Mar. 1 for the 40th annual Mellby Lecture. Lane-Getaz will retire at the end of [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The Carleton Board of Trustees voted on Feb. 9 to divest from direct fossil fuel holdings and, by 2030, hold indirect fossil fuel investments. The decisions came [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Images of smoke plumes, dead fish, and McDonald's hamburgers in East Palestine, Ohio, have come to define news coverage of the recent disastrous train derailment. Yet, even [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer Aries: 'All I Want for Christmas is You' by Mariah Carey Like the Aries queen herself, Mariah, you shine during the holidays. Focus less on celebrating others, [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The decision overturned the court's 1973 ruling [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer On my tour of St. Olaf, the enthusiastic tour guide led my mom and me up three flights of stairs to the then-newly renovated Holland Loft. I [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer The St. Olaf College Board of Regents had their fall meeting last October 14 and 15. According to a Board of Regents Student Committee report, they discussed [...]

Byline: Caroline Geer 'THC Gummies Now Available' read the Marquee outside Ziggy's for most of August. Initially, I thought the sign must be a joke. To my surprise, inside the [...]