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FALL 2017
MAGAZINE
the GLOBAL issue
ON THE COVER
Her Doorway. Photo by
Emma Wellman ’19
While visiting a kasbah in Marrakech
to study intricate tiles and painted
designs on wood during the French
Language and Culture in Morocco
Interim, Wellman photographed her
classmate Anna Lutz ’18 in the
doorway. The door and Anna’s hat
and scarf, purchased in the Fez
medina, exemplify the bright colors
that weave their way through every
[Moroccan] city,” says Wellman.
“Morocco is diverse, unified, colorful,
and beautiful.”
ST. OLAF MAGAZINE
FALL 2017 · VOLUME 64 · NO. 3
EDITOR Carole Leigh Engblom
ART DIRECTOR Don Bratland ’87
COPY EDITOR Laura Hamilton Waxman
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Gaju Aline ’19, Renata Erickson ’19,
Sarah Gruidl ’17, Joel Hoekstra ’92,
Marla Hill Holt ’
FALL 2017 MAGAZINE
ON THE COVER Her Doorway. Photo by Emma Wellman ’
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