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S1E14 The Day Jimmy Carter Came to Campus – Twice!
It’s 2004. Uggs over low-rise jeans are trending, Janet Jackson just had a wardrobe malfunction on national television, and when you walk into Buntrock Commons, the same poster is covering the walls.…
S1E13 Unknown/UnForgotten
In 1988, the St. Olaf Choir performed in South Korea - for the Olympics!
S1E12 An Out of Ordinary Game, Seen From Kilometers Away
Punt, another Punt, and oh wait, the Oles are driving. Risky fake handoff into a toss sweep. The oles are running down the sideline, the 20, the 15, the 10, the 5-meter line, TOUCHDOWN! I am your…
S1E11 We’re On Strike: St. Olaf Students & the ROTC
Amidst rising tensions during the Vietnam War, students across the United States raised their voices in dissent. In May 1970, a flyer boldly stating We’re On Strike circulated around the St. Olaf…
S1E10 Battles of the Hill
A sad, silly wooden goat. This little goat represented a battle between the colleges that share the city of Northfield, Minnesota. The stakes, though, were higher than a mere game of football.…
S1E9 Fallout: Nuclear Fears at St. Olaf
The year is 1962 and a large metal tin sits on a shelf, waiting for a future no one wants. Welcome to Back at St. Olaf: I’m Sydney Hugdahl and these are the stories from the Hill. Transcript and…
S1E8 To Play for Play’s Sake: A History of Women’s Athletics at St. Olaf College
A rusted and worn copper trophy, once lifted above the head of St. Olaf’s finest female athlete, and nearly a century later, an archival object that speaks to the immeasurable growth of women’s…
S1E7 Harmony on the Hill
When people think about the legacy of music on the hill, they think of the choirs, orchestra, and band. What people rarely think of is St. Olaf's history of Barbershop quartets. What people rarely…
S1E6 The Touring Legacy of the St. Olaf Choir
In front of me is a postcard from the first tour of the St. Olaf Choir. There is a picture of the choir members on the front, not in their distinct purple robes. On the back, a note to Professor…
S1E5 Boys in Blue on the Hill
I’m looking at a picture of Old Main, where I’ve had class for the past three years. But in this image, there are no backpacks slung over shoulders or professors chatting on their way to lunch.…
S1E4 Wooden Bowl Microphone
A large, wooden bowl. About the size of your head. It’s well worn – scuffed white in some places, and stained dark brown in others. There are three holes drilled around the rim, with thick metal wire…
S1E3 The Recipe for Coeducation
Pea soup, rice mush, fish omelet, rhubarb lemon pie. These are some of the recipes taken from the Phi Kappa Phi cookbook, which was the key to an especially important recipe for St. Olaf: the right…
S1E2 The Tour Heard Around the World
Kristiansund, Norway, July 12, 1906. A photograph on a postcard shows a large crowd greeting an arriving vessel, whose passengers are standing on the deck. Some, surprisingly, are holding…
S1E1 50 to 150: St. Olaf Anniversaries Over the Years
I’m looking here at an old program for St. Olaf’s 52nd founder’s day celebration and dedication of their new music hall. It’s not particularly long, only 3 single pages after the cover, and is…
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