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<br /> FALL 2018<br /> GLOBAL<br /> PERSPECTIVES<br /> ON THE COVER<br /> “Nanda Devi” by Keenan Ernste '19<br /> Biology in South India<br /> “During a short break from our studies<br /> in South India, we traveled to the<br /> state of Uttarakhand in North India<br /> to embark on a four-day trek in the<br /> Himalayas. Each evening as the sun<br /> set behind us, it would cast soft purple<br /> and orange light on Nanda Devi, the<br /> 23rd-highest mountain in the world.”<br /> ST. OLAF MAGAZINE<br /> Fall 2018 · Volume 65 · No. 3<br /> EDITOR<br /> Carole Leigh Engblom<br /> ART DIRECTOR<br /> Don Bratland '87<br /> COPY EDITOR<br /> Laura Hamilton Waxman<br /> CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br /> Renata Erickson '19, Marla Hill Holt '88,<br /> Kim Ode, Jeff Sauve<br /> CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br /> John Danicic, Richard Friedman/Polaris<br /> (Boston), Brian Peterson (Star Tribune),<br /> Tom Roster, Fernando Sevilla, Michael<br /> Sofronski (NYC)<br /> Re<a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=1"> FALL 2018 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES</a> <a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=2"> ON THE COVER “Nanda Devi” by Keenan Ernste '19 Bi</a> <a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=3"> 24 32 48 MAGAZINE FALL </a> <a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=4"> FROM THE DESK OF PRESIDEN</a> <a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=5"> Ole Achiever </a> <a title="StOlafMag_2018Fall page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d908a03c?page=6"> Oles Can. 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