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ON THE COVER:<br />
Springtime at St. Olaf.<br />
PHOTO BY TOM ROSTER<br />
S T. O L A F M A G A Z I N E<br />
SPRING 2014<br />
Volume 61 · No. 2<br />
Carole Leigh Engblom<br />
EDITOR<br />
Don Bratland '87,<br />
Holmes Design<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
Laura Hamilton Waxman<br />
COPY EDITOR<br />
Aleece DeWald '14, Marla<br />
Hill Holt '88, Amy Lohman '14,<br />
Jessica Moes '14, Erin Peterson,<br />
Jeff Sauve, Andy Steiner, Leyen<br />
Trang '14, Kari VanDerVeen<br />
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br />
Bill Kelley, Katie Lauer '13, Tom<br />
Roster, Michael Sofronski (NYC)<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
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<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=2"> ON THE COVER: Springtime at St. Olaf. PHOTO BY TO</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=3"> st.olaf features 12 CSI: St. Olaf B</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=4"> the first word F R O </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=5"> on the hill The Ole Cup B rad Clev</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=6"> on the hill Digital </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=7"> Ole Athletic Highlights Men's Alpine Skiing The </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=8"> Moving On St. Olaf honors its 2014 faculty retire</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=9"> A number of St. Olaf faculty me</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=10"> David Dahl Associate Professor of Physics D </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=11"> Janis Hardy Associate Professor of Music “I </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=12"> Gerald Hoekstra Professor of Music T </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=13"> Henry Kermott Professor of Biology, Marie M. Meye</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=14"> 1 2 S T . O L A F M A G A Z I N E</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=15"> CSI St. Olaf : Professor Doug Beussman ’92 </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=16"> W hen chemist</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=17"> field officers at the scene of a crime or in a fore</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=18"> hands-on seeking of answers to questions will kee</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=19"> Jiayi Wang '14 prepares a fiber sample for</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=20"> her reach her ultimate career goal: working for t</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=21"> scientist. “She was working in the lab next to mi</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=22"> Called ST. OLAF IS COMMITTED TO HELPING STUDEN</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=23"> to ... do what? Rachel Palermo '15, Julia Gray</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=24"> R ACHEL PALERM</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=25"> Students have opportunities throughout the year t</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=26"> vocation means, as use of the term has evolved ov</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=27"> Kyle Obermann '14 and Pumla Maswang</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=28"> the help he received that he signed on as a peer </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=29"> The Ole Suite A TRIO OF ALUMNI-LED PROGRAMS IS CO</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=30"> Nick Fauchald, photographed in </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=31"> LONG BEF NICK FAUCHAL THROUGH TRA ORE </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=32"> W </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=33"> Photographed by Michael </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=34"> at St. Olaf — following in the footsteps of his s</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=35"> IMAGES COURTESY OF SHORT STACK EDITIONS Cookbook</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=36"> Photographed by Michael Sofronski. 34</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=37"> One of the things that excited Fauchald m</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=38"> 8 Y M A R L A H I L L H O LT ' 8 B 3 6 </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=39"> SPRING 2014 37</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=40"> S pend a lit</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=41"> A native of Owatonna, Minnesota, and a st</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=42"> three tough non-conference opponents before Thank</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=43"> Rachel, Leah, and Mark Nelson </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=44"> alumni news In an April chapel talk at St. Ola</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=45"> and its staff beginning this fall. It also provid</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=46"> alumni news Exploring the Complexities of Global</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=47"> Oles Win 41st Annual American Birkebeiner Warrior</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=48"> class notes A MESSAGE FROM ALUMNI & PARENT RELATI</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=49"> World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, and befo</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=50"> class notes 1988 | David Symes, a Chambers USA-ra</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=51"> on the shelf NEW BOOKS BY ST. OLAF ALUMNI AND FA</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=52"> Imagine Where Study Travel Can Take You... </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=53"> milestones *Joel D. Teigland '43, Bigfork, Minn.</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=54"> almanac </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2014spring page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/217853a2?page=55"> YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS </a>
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