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st.olaf<br />
WINTER 2013<br />
GLOBAL CITIZENS GOING TO EXTREMES OLE INNOVATORS<br />
ON THE COVER:<br />
Vanessa Trice Peter '93 in the<br />
Los Angeles studio of paper<br />
artist Anna Bondoc. PHOTO BY<br />
NANCY PASTOR / POLARIS<br />
S T. O L A F M A G A Z I N E<br />
WINTER 2013<br />
Volume 60 · No. 1<br />
Carole Leigh Engblom<br />
EDITOR<br />
Don Bratland '87,<br />
Holmes Design<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
Laura Hamilton Waxman<br />
COPY EDITOR<br />
Suzy Frisch, Joel Hoekstra '92,<br />
Marla Hill Holt '88, Erin Peterson,<br />
Jeff Sauve, Kyle Schut '13<br />
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br />
Fred J. Field, Stuart Isett,<br />
Jessica Brandi Lifland, Mike<br />
Ludwig '01, Kyle Obermann '14,<br />
Nancy Pastor, Tom Roster, Chris<br />
Welsch, Steven Wett '15<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
St. Olaf Magazine is published<br />
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with ed<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=1"> st.olaf WINTER 2013 </a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=3"> st.olaf features 7 Global Citizens </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=4"> the first word F R </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=5"> on the hill A Natural Connection T </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=6"> on the hill </a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=10"> global citizens Wakil, Bay, Maswanganyi,</a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=12"> global citizens The Davis UWC Scholars p</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=13"> A Global perspective Five Davis UWC Scholars refle</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=14"> global citizens PREBEN BAY '14 HOMETOWN: Asker,</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=15"> PUMLA MASWANGANYI '16 HOMETOWN: Johannesburg, Sou</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=16"> global citizens MIRWAIS WAKIL '15 H O M E T O W</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=17"> KAGAN SEN '14 HOMETOWN: Bursa, Turkey U N I T E D</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=18"> IN THE SPAN OF A SINGLE YEAR, ERIC LARSEN '93 TRA</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=19"> W I N T E R 2 0 1 3 1 7</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=20"> I t began as a lark. What kind of </a>
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<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=22"> LESSON 1: HOW TO BATTLE BOREDOM IN ANTARCTICA T </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=23"> But the money was still hard to come by. Even as </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=24"> LESSON 4: HOW TO HAVE A (REALLY) LONG-DISTANCE R </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=25"> “Oftentimes, when expeditions have fallen apart,”</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=26"> NINE OLES FROM FIVE DECADES SHARE THEIR UNI</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=27"> Lowell Pickett in his acclaimed downtown</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=28"> W hen t</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=29"> would lead me to go to a place like that.” His li</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=30"> DRAWING ON HER PASSIONS BOTH INSIDE THE CLASSROOM</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=31"> Lisa Stevens in her Star Wars-</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=32"> Looks Good on Paper VANESSA TRICE PETER '93 SHAPE</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=33"> Vanessa Trice Peter in the Los Angeles s</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=34"> Adam Gettings in his Palo Alto, California, robot</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=35"> ADAM GETTINGS '04 IS HELPING MAKE THE WORLD SAFER</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=36"> DAVID ROSE '89 SHOWS THAT WHEN SMART TECHNOLOGY I</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=37"> Rose created the Ambient Orb, a frosted-glass </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=38"> Rose isn't simply a prognosticator; he's </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=39"> Choose Your Own Venture The Harry C. Piper Center</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=40"> A Taste of Success FOR THESE YOUNG OLES, COOL ANA</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=41"> money — as well as funds from outside investors —</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=42"> alumni news Your Alumni Board: Engaged and Dedic</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=43"> alumni news a syllabus, I had to figure out for m</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=44"> alumni news The St. Olaf Board of Regents welcom</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=45"> alumni news Meet St. Olaf Regent Jay Lund '81 </a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=46"> alumni news Meet St. Olaf Regent Tim Maudlin '73</a>
<a title="StOlafMag_2013winter page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f019d2fc?page=47"> advancingthemission A Group Effort Six Ole women</a>
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