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St. Olaf machine featured in Popular Mechanics MARCH 31, 2009 — A team from St. Olaf College that won this year's national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest was "the competition's Cinderella story," notes Popular Mechanics magazine in an article highlighting the contest's "green" focus. Video News: Watch St. Olaf win national Rube Goldberg contest MARCH 30, 2009 — See members of the St. Olaf team that won the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest operate their contraption three times for judges at Purdue University and celebrate as they're crowned national champions. St. Olaf wins national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest MARCH 28, 2009 — Thousands of hours spent building a machine that took 239 steps to change a light bulb paid off for a group of St. Olaf students Saturday as they won the national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. MPR Holy Week program to feature St. Olaf Choir MARCH 27, 2009 — An upcoming Minnesota Public Radio Holy Week program will feature music performed by the St. Olaf Choir and VocalEssence. St. Olaf students win math competition MARCH 26, 2009 — Nathan Clement '10, Thomas McConville '09, and Charles McEachern '09 won the annual Konhauser Problemfest, bringing the math competition's traveling trophy -- which illustrates the "pizza theorem" -- back to campus. A piece of inauguration history at St. Olaf MARCH 24, 2009 — St. Olaf became the first college to catalog Air and Simple Gifts, the piece John Williams wrote for President Barack Obama's inauguration, on WorldCat.org, the world's largest online resource for searching library content. KARE, CNN check out St. Olaf Rube Goldberg team MARCH 23, 2009 — Twin Cities NBC affiliate KARE 11 visited campus recently to find out how many steps it takes the St. Olaf Rube Goldberg team to change a light bulb. CNN aired the same story nationally. Westby wins again, Ole swimmers finish fourth at NCAA's MARCH 21, 2009 — The St. Olaf men's swimming and diving team finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, helped by a second individual title by Nelson Westby '09 on Saturday. Student earns grant to establish program in Nepal MARCH 20, 2009 — Using a grant from the Davis Projects for Peace initiative, Subhash Ghimire '10 will return to his native country of Nepal this summer to establish a day camp for children impacted by the country's caste system and civil war. Westby wins third straight national swimming title MARCH 19, 2009 — Nelson Westby '09 and Jake Koch '09 went one-two in the 200 Individual Medley finals at the NCAA Division III championships Wednesday. The national title is Westby's third straight. Video News: Students wax philosophical on dictionary project MARCH 18, 2009 — "What I really seek with students is a sense of peership ... working with students as peers, as scholars," says St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy Charles Taliaferro about a project that has his students crafting definitions for a new dictionary on the philosophy of religion. St. Olaf co-sponsoring electronics recycling day MARCH 17, 2009 — St. Olaf College is teaming up with Carleton College and Malt-O-Meal to present a home electronics recycling day for the Northfield community Saturday, March 21. Professor emeritus Gordon Rasmussen dies MARCH 14, 2009 — Gordon Rasmussen, professor emeritus of religion at St. Olaf, died earlier this month. Rasmusseun retired in 1987 after teaching at St. Olaf for 32 years. Erik Paulsen '87 named commencement speaker MARCH 13, 2009 — St. Olaf President David R. Anderson '74 has announced that Congressman Erik Paulsen '87, who represents Minnesota's 3rd District in Washington, will be this year's commencement speaker. Students and faculty member address gap in HIV/AIDS research MARCH 12, 2009 — Through collaboration between the St. Olaf Center for Interdisciplinary Research and the World Health Organization, a research team from St. Olaf reports on HIV/AIDS among adults age 50 and older. Students go 'green' on music tours MARCH 11, 2009 — During the St. Olaf Band's tour through California, a new "Eco Crew" helped the ensemble create a carbon-neutral tour and encouraged members to find ways to make everything from snacks to showers more eco-friendly. St. Olaf announces faculty promotions, tenure MARCH 11, 2009 — St. Olaf Provost and Dean of the College Jim May recently announced that four St. Olaf faculty members have been promoted to full professor and nine have been granted tenure this year. Bin Laden interviewer, terrorism expert to speak at St. Olaf Bergen MARCH 9, 2009 — Peter Bergen, a print and television journalist who produced Osama bin Laden's first televised interview, will speak on campus Wednesday, March 11. A national security analyst for CNN, Bergen is also the author of the best-selling book The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader. St. Olaf, Carleton music faculty to perform at MacPhail Center MARCH 6, 2009 — St. Olaf music faculty members David Hagedorn and Jun Qian will perform with Carleton music faculty members Gao Hong and Nicola Melville at the MacPhail Center for Music Saturday, March 7. The concert will feature the world premiere performance of a composition by St. Olaf music faculty member Justin Merritt. Examining ethical computing MARCH 5, 2009 — St. Olaf Professor of Psychology Chuck Huff is hoping his new research, which focuses on people who have consistently made ethical decisions in computing, will improve the way schools worldwide teach computer science. Early issues of Manitou Messenger now online MARCH 5, 2009 — Issues from the first 30 years of the Manitou Messenger, including the debut edition of the student newspaper, are now available online. Visitors can read the early issues in their entirety or use a search function to look up specific items of interest. Men's hockey clinches MIAC title MARCH 4, 2009 — St. Olaf clinched its first MIAC regular season men's hockey championship in 70 years with a 4-2 win over St. Thomas. KARE revives wind turbine story Anderson MARCH 3, 2009 — When St. Olaf installed its wind turbine in 2006, Twin Cities NBC affiliate KARE 11 was on the scene to see how the 1.65 megawatt machine was assembled. They recently rebroadcast the story as an "Encore Extra" segment. 'Court dismisses SaveWCAL petition, rules in favor of St. Olaf and MPR' MARCH 3, 2009 — KYMN 1080 AM reports that a petition in Rice County to "redress a breach of charitable trust" by St. Olaf College concerning its sale of radio station WCAL to Minnesota Public Radio four years earlier and arguing for the voiding of the sale was dismissed by Judge of District Court Bernard Borene. Daily chapel provides time to pause, reflect Benson MARCH 2, 2009 — A brief, 20-minute service of scripture, hymns, and a faculty or guest speaker is integral to St. Olaf's goal of developing the "whole person, in body, mind, and spirit." < February 2009 April 2009 >

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