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Nationwide, students are wired, but they still talk face to face at St. Olaf

By Amy Gage
October 2, 2005

"As the wired generation comes of age, colleges worry that growing devotion to digital life is driving young adults to distraction or isolation," said a recent Page 1 story in the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune. St. Olaf students are as wired as anybody, says Dean of Students Greg Kneser, but they still "are talking to each other."

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.