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GREAT SMALL BUT OUR 140TH<br />
EXPECTATIONS MIGHTY ANNIVERSARY<br />
ON THE COVER:<br />
The St. Olaf campus is always<br />
beautiful, and winter brings<br />
a special kind of magic.<br />
PHOTO BY TOM ROSTER<br />
ST. OLAF MAGAZINE<br />
WINTER 2015<br />
Volume 62 · No. 1<br />
EDITOR:CaroleLeighEngblom<br />
ARTDIRECTOR:DonBratland'87,HolmesDesign<br />
COPYEDITOR:LauraHamiltonWaxman<br />
CONTRIBUTINGWRITERS:SuzyFrisch,MarlaHillHolt'88,ErinPeterson,JeffSauve,<br />
Samuel Weisner '16, Andrew Wilder '15<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Glenn Asakawa, Katie Lauer '13, Tom Roster, Andrew Wilder '15<br />
Readers may send name/address changes and corrections to: Advancement Services,<br />
St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 550<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=1"> WINTER 2015 E N I Z A G A M GREAT </a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=6"> Emily Witt '17 in the Goodsell Observatory at Car</a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=30"> “My dream for college is to find something that </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=31"> “There is some expectation that these stu</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=32"> “I'm a bit obsessed with how we figure out our ide</a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=35"> “I passed on workshop week after week aft</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=36"> Honoring St. Olaf faculty past and present throug</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2015winter page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/55a560a3?page=37"> “Educators in our culture are </a>
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