'Kierkegaard on the Couch'
THURSDAY, OCT 29, 2009 — " ... The art of introspection has been become passé," writes St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy Gordon Marino in The New York Times. "Galileos of the inner world, such as Soren Kierkegaard, have been packed off to the museum of antiquated ideas. Yet the great and quirky Dane could help us to retrieve a distinction that has been effaced."

New Aspaas choral recording includes student composition
TUESDAY, OCT 27, 2009 — St. Olaf faculty member Christopher Aspaas '95 will release a new recording with the Minneapolis ensemble Magnum Chorum. The CD, Love Divine, includes a new composition by St. Olaf student Stanford Scriven '11.

Atzinger takes bronze in two international piano competitions
FRIDAY, OCT 23, 2009 — St. Olaf Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Atzinger recently earned bronze medals at the Seattle International Piano Competition and the San Antonio International Piano Competition.

Foreign language assistants share wealth of knowledge
TUESDAY, OCT 20, 2009 — Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants take on an important role on campus as they share a wealth of knowledge that includes political and social elements of their cultures. “Language and culture are inseparable,” says Chinese Assistant Yang Yang (right).

St. Olaf Orchestra concert stream gets verbal
TUESDAY, OCT 20, 2009 — This year's live online stream of the St. Olaf Orchestra Home Concert will be hosted by longtime public radio personality Melissa Ousley.

MPR features green chemistry at St. Olaf
FRIDAY, OCT 16, 2009 — A Minnesota Public Radio story focuses on how St. Olaf is using fewer toxic solvents and creating less hazardous waste in its chemistry labs, a move that’s not only environmentally friendly but also saves the college thousands of dollars each year.

Grant will take environmental research to new level
WEDNESDAY, OCT 14, 2009 — A $567,780 grant will bring St. Olaf an isotope ratio mass spectrometer — a powerful piece of equipment that will help bring student researchers and faculty members to the leading edge of environmental research.

St. Olaf announces major gift for Science Center renovation
SUNDAY, OCT 11, 2009 — St. Olaf Board of Regents Chair O. Jay Tomson '58 and his wife, Patricia McCarthy Tomson '59, have given $5 million for the renovation of St. Olaf's old science building. "This renovation will provide wonderful new academic space for the Education Department and foreign languages, including the World Languages Center," says Tomson.

Student earns scholarship, celebrates success of summer camp in Nepal
FRIDAY, OCT 2, 2009 — By the end of the camp that St. Olaf student Subhash Ghimire ’10 established in Nepal this summer, the children — most of whom had lost family members during that nation's civil war — were drawing pictures of birds instead of guns. “To me, that was the biggest achievement,” he says.