Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Hear College’s Wage Act Lawsuit In December 2024, two former employees accused the college of violating the Massachusetts Wage Act by paying them monthly rather than biweekly. The case is now to be decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by December 26, 2026.
Anthropology Professor Reflects on Disaster Nationalism On March 12, Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Olaf College Vivian Choi delivered a talk titled “Disaster Nationalism: Dispatches from Sri Lanka and Minnesota.” She discussed a connection between natural and human-made catastrophes in Sri Lanka and “Operation Metro surge” in Minneapolis.
Mammoth Moments in Miniature: March 25 to March 31 Mammoth Moments in Miniature provides quick updates on campus happenings. This week’s edition includes a P FKN R lecture on Bad Bunny's voice in Puerto Rican resistance, a lecture by Professor Javier Corrales, and a letter-writing event at the WGC.
Police Log: March 9 to March 19 The latest installment of the Campus Police Log, from March 9 to March 19, can be found here.
Teaching and Trust in the Age of Artificial Intelligence As the role of AI persists as a question mark in the landscape of higher education, Senior Managing Editor Mira Wilde ’28 and Staff Writer Caroline Paluska ’29 spoke with five professors about their thinking and use of the technology in the classroom.
Ballet Doesn’t Need Saving — It Needs Rethinking Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 interrogates Timothée Chalamet’s dismissal of ballet, arguing that the art form’s endurance lies not in preservation but transformation — revealing how even its most rigid traditions are continuously reshaped from within.