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Youth winter baseball clinic to be held at St. Olaf College
DECEMBER 28, 2005 — A two-day non-residential baseball clinic for youth ages 13-14 will be held in Tostrud Fieldhouse Dec. 28 and 29. The clinic is a fund-raiser for the St. Olaf baseball program. Registration information is available by calling 507-646-3250.

The 2005 St. Olaf Christmas Festival available online
DECEMBER 23, 2005 — The 2005 St. Olaf Christmas Festival, "O Come to Us, Abide with Us, Our Lord Immanuel," is now available for on-demand listening through American Public Media's audio archive. American Public Media, the audio broadcast partner of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival, is the national production and distribution arm of Minnesota Public Radio.

A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway premiered Dec. 21
DECEMBER 23, 2005 — Nearly three years in the making, a new PBS Christmas special -- A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway -- offered a rare treat for viewers this holiday season when it premiered nationwide Dec. 21.

PBS presents A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway
DECEMBER 21, 2005 — A unique one-hour PBS holiday special A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway will air on Twin Cities Public Television at 8 p.m. on Dec. 21 with encore presentations on Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 25 at 8:30 p.m. Produced by Twin Cities Public Television, St. Olaf College and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, the program features the St. Olaf Choir with the Nidaros Cathedral Girl's Choir and soloist Randi Stene, and was filmed at Norway's Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

Exhibit by art topics class to be held in Buntrock Commons
DECEMBER 15, 2005 — The opening of the annual art department Topics Exhibition will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Buntrock Commons, lower level corridor. At the end of each fall semester the Art 340 Topics class presents an exhibit of their work. This year's theme has been Cabinet of Wonders and the exhibit theme is "An Exploration of Wonder and Imagination."

Thomforde urges opposition to proposed cuts in student aid
Thomforde
DECEMBER 15, 2005 — President Christopher Thomforde addressed proposed cuts to federal student aid and the potential impact they could have, and urged the St. Olaf community to respond.

Theatre class to present staged readings
DECEMBER 15, 2005 — New works by students in Theatre 379: Playwriting, will give staged readings beginning at 6 p.m. in Haugen Theater. "The Ever-Versatile Dark Masterpieces" will consist of 11 30-minute productions. Refreshments will be served.

Postcard From Padua to be presented at St. Olaf
DECEMBER 13, 2005 — The opera buffo Postcard From Padua will be presented at 9 p.m. in Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall by the advanced acting for the lyric stage class. The one-hour performance, directed by Janis Hardy, set in the Padua Sanitorium for Wounded Hearts, features music by Mozart, Cole Porter, Verdi, Jason Robards Brown and Puccini performed by nine singer-actors and pianist Hannah Smith '07.

"Values and Actions" student posters to be on display
DECEMBER 13, 2005 — Members of the research methods class taught by Raymond DeVries, department of sociology and anthropology, will give a poster presentation in Buntrock Commons from noon to 2 p.m. The class chose to study the "values and actions" of their fellow students. Some insights offered will be: Do Oles value getting good grades more than they value "learning?" What kind of Ole values money more than family?

Flaten discusses diplomatic career
Flaten
DECEMBER 9, 2005 — Career U.S. diplomat Robert Flaten '56 spoke about the vocation of diplomacy in a special presentation at St. Olaf. His talk was the final installment of the "Politics as Vocation" lecture series.

Concert to feature performances by dance department seniors
DECEMBER 9, 2005 — The St. Olaf Dance Department concert titled "Twisted Seeds" will be held Dec. 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Kelsey Theater. Highlighting the concert will be choreography and performances by seniors Alex De Los Santos, Melissa Riedesel and Marit Sletten. Seattle choreographer and artistic director of Lingo Dance Theatre, K.T. Niehoff, Minneapolis choreographer Carrie Lande and St. Olaf Dance Department Artist in Residence Anthony Roberts, will also be featured.

Robert Flaten to speak on the vocation of diplomacy
DECEMBER 8, 2005 — Robert Flaten '56, who served the American Foreign Service for 32 years, and long regarded as representing the best in American diplomacy will give a public lecture at 3:45 p.m. in Buntrock Commons, room 220. Flaten was ambassador to Rwanda, served a number of posts in the Middle East and South Asia, and was director of the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Affairs in Washingiton, D.C., was part of the team which negotiated the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

Poet James W. Johnson to speak at St. Olaf
DECEMBER 7, 2005 — James W. Johnson, poet and performer, will give a public talk at 7 p.m. in Buntrock Commons, Sun Ballroom. Johnson directed the play "The Meeting" based on the lives of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

German Advent Service to be held at St. Olaf
DECEMBER 7, 2005 — A special German Advent Service will be held in Boe Memorial Chapel at 10:10 a.m. featuring The German Choir, directed by Levi Comstock '08, singing "Adventslied" in four-part harmony, plus three Christmas hymns with the congregation. A reading of the Christmas gospel will be given in Martin Luther's original German translation.

Celebrate a Norwegian Christmas at chapel service
DECEMBER 6, 2005 — A Norwegian Christmas will be celebrated at the 11:10 a.m. chapel service in Boe Memorial Chapel. The special service sponsored by the Norwegian Department and Norwegian House will include Christmas hymns, the Christmas gospel in Norwegian, students from Norway will tell about their holiday traditions and special music will be performed by the Norwegian Choir, directed by Margaret Hayford O'Leary, and the Lars Skjervhelm Spelemannslag, a Hardanger fiddle group led by Andrea Een. Coffee and cookies be will served prior to chapel, in the Buntrock Commons, Heritage Room.

Author speaks on college-community partnerships
DECEMBER 6, 2005 — Former mayor of St. Paul and former Clinton appointee Jim Scheibel spoke in Northfield today about how local organizations can tap the energy and expertise of local colleges. His appearance was sponsored by the Northfield Downtown Development Corp.

Annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival ushers in Advent season
DECEMBER 4, 2005 — The annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the longest-running observances of its kind in the world. Five choral ensembles and the St. Olaf Orchestra -- some 550 student musicians -- perform a rich repertoire of Advent-Christmas compositions. The ticketed event (with concerts Dec. 1-4) will be broadcast this month by Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media.

Merry Tuba Christmas to be presented at St. Olaf
DECEMBER 3, 2005 — The seventh annual Merry Tuba Christmas, featuring tuba and euphonium players from southern Minnesota will be held at 3 p.m. in Buntrock Commons. Performers are encouraged to register at 12:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

St. Olaf responds to proposed cuts to student aid
DECEMBER 2, 2005 — St. Olaf College and other private colleges in Minnesota are taking part in a national effort to oppose cuts to federal student aid.

Annual Christmas festival to be held first week in December
DECEMBER 2, 2005 — This year's St. Olaf Christmas Festival, "O Come to Us, Abide with Us, Our Lord Immanuel," will be held Dec. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 3:30 p.m. in Skoglund Center Auditorium. The ticketed event featuring more than 500 St. Olaf student-musicians, will be broadcast to regional and national audiences by MPR and American Public Media as part of their holiday programming.

Hmong culture course at St. Olaf is first of its kind
DECEMBER 1, 2005 — Students at St. Olaf and neighboring Carleton College may fulfill their language requirements with a St. Olaf-created course called "Hmong Language and Understanding Basics." Hmong-American scholars and others have made the 7-year-old course more popular than ever, says the Hmong Times.

St. Olaf ranked among top Fulbright producers
DECEMBER 1, 2005 — St. Olaf ranks among the top bachelor's institutions with the largest number of Fulbright winners according to a recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

St. Olaf TRiO programs receive Minnesota grant
DECEMBER 1, 2005 — St. Olaf College has received a $42, 000 grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. The grant will be used towards the Mentoring and Parent Program (MAPP), a part of the college's TRiO programs: Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound and Student Support Services.

PBS to premier 'A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway' Dec. 21
DECEMBER 1, 2005 — PBS will air a unique one-hour holiday special, "A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway" Dec. 21. Co-produced by Twin Cities Public Television and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, the program features the St. Olaf Choir singing in Norway's beautiful Trondheim Cathedral.