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<br /> SPRING 2017<br /> ST.OLAF<br /> THE VISUAL ART ISSUE<br /> ON THE COVER<br /> Detail from The Ulu<br /> Camii (Great Mosque)<br /> of Divrigi, Turkey, by<br /> St. Olaf Professor of<br /> Art Mary Griep<br /> 24<br /> 20<br /> ST. OLAF MAGAZINE<br /> Spring 2017 · Volume 64 · No. 2<br /> EDITOR: Carole Leigh Engblom<br /> ART DIRECTOR: Don Bratland '87<br /> COPY EDITOR: Laura Hamilton Waxman<br /> CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:<br /> Joel Hoekstra '92, Marla Hill Holt '88,<br /> Erin Peterson, Jeff Sauve<br /> CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:<br /> Tom Roster, Bill Kelley, Peter Lee,<br /> RJ Sangosti<br /> Readers may send name/address<br /> changes and corrections to:<br /> Advancement Services, St. Olaf<br /> College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield,<br /> MN 55057; email: update@stolaf.edu<br /> or call 507-786-3330<br /> Class Notes Submission Deadlines:<br /> Spring issue: Feb. 1; Fall issue: June 1;<br /> Winter issue: Oct. 1. 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