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SPRING
MAGAZINE
ON THE COVER
Spring arrives on the St. Olaf campus.
PHOTO BY TOM ROSTER
ST. OLAF MAGAZINE
Spring 2018 · Volume 65 · No. 2
EDITOR
Carole Leigh Engblom
ART DIRECTOR
Don Bratland '87
COPY EDITOR
Laura Hamilton Waxman
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Rebecca Carcaterra '18, Suzy Frisch,
Julie Greene '18, Joel Hoekstra '92,
Marla Hill Holt '88, Lynette Lamb,
Erin Peterson, Jeff Sauve
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Tom Roster
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Spring issue: Feb. 1; Fall issue: June 1;
Winter issue: Oct. 1. Contact the
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SPRING MAGAZINE
ON THE COVER Spring arrives on the St. Olaf campu
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FROM THE DESK OF PRESIDEN
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something dead or static. It's something you can
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THE INTERSECTION OF Science & S T . O L A F
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