Spring Walk this Thursday

Have you ever thought "wow, it's a Thursday night and I don't want to do homework but there is nothing else to do?" Well you won't be thinking that this Thursday! SGA has partnered with Carleton's Student Association to bring you "A Night on the Town" this Thursday, May 1st.

Spring Walk is an intercampus event in downtown Northfield. A Northfield Lines shuttle will run between both campuses and Bridge Square from 7pm-12am. At Bridge Square you can pick up a program of everything that is going on in Northfield while also picking up your "Northfield Passport". Once you get your Northfield Passport stamped by six different businesses it becomes an official raffle ticket. Just sign your name and drop it in the raffle box back in Bridge Square and you will be eligible to win a basket full of gift certificates to downtown businesses.

If raffle's aren't your thing you can look around for the hidden medallion. Clues will be given out starting at 8pm and the first person to find the medallion will walk away with not only gift certificates, but an X-Box 360!

Once you've gotten your fill of shopping and searching stop by some of the music venues that will be going on. The Contented Cow will be hosting a bluegrass jam. You can find the Piano Man at the Rueb and the Todd Thompson Trio will be playing at the Tavern Lounge. Not into music? The Northfield Arts Guild will be open until 8pm showing an exhibit by St. Olaf art apprentices and Carleton art interns.

So if you find yourself not knowing what to do on Thursday, hop on the shuttle and come experience what downtown Northfield has to offer. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me at zumwalt@stolaf.edu.

Company Dance Recital This Week

2008 Companydance Spring Concert
May 1, 2 & 3 (Thursday through Saturday) at 7:30 PM.
Kelsey Theatre, Theatre Building
St. Olaf College

Reserved Seating: Tickets to Companydance are free for all faculty, staff
and students. The price for the general public is a reasonable $8.00.
Theater Box Office: (507) 786-8987 (11:00AM-4:00PM Monday through Friday)
Online Orders (for St. Olaf community only):
http://fusion.stolaf.edu/tickets/

Choreography by guest artists Keith Johnson (dance faculty at University of
California, Long Beach) and Brad Garner (on faculty at Mankato State
University); St. Olaf dance faculty Janice Roberts and Anthony Roberts; St.
Olaf students Taylor Carvey, Christine Coleman, Brianna Johnson, Tim
Rehborg, Jake Schlicting.

Announcing: The SGA $10,000 Challenge

The Student Government Association wants to be a group for the students by the students. In an effort to make this campus a better place and to give you, the students, a say in how that happens SGA is holding the $10,000 Challenge.

You have one week to come up with an idea for how you would spend $10,000 to make St. Olaf a better place. Here's the application and more information. Good Luck!

Student Alumni Breakfast!

Have questions about careers and graduate school? Want to connect with the
successful members of the Alumni Board? It's as easy as ABC!! Come to the
Alumni Board Connections Breakfast sponsored by Student Alumni Association.

sign-up, register online at
<http://www.stolaf.edu/alumni/events/alumnibreakfast.html>.
Registration ends Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00pm. The breakfast will
simply be cafeteria style, so the event is FREE.

Participating members of the Alumni Board include:
Mr. Ted Hillestad '99
Senior Manger, Marketing Planning & Research at Palm, Inc.
Discussion Topic: How managing Riverboat prepared me for a career in
high-tech marketing, Top 20 Business Schools

Sean Burress '90
Associate Marketing Manager, General Mills
Discussion Topic: Making Your Undergraduate Experience Pay Off

Kate Pearce '01
Director of Marketing, Gateway Music Tours
Discussion Topic: Preparing for Jobs/Careers that You Don’t Even Know
Exist, Marketing Yourself

Randy Betcher '79
President/Owner, Key Ingredients, Inc.-an agricultural commodities
trading
company

Dan Rustad '95
Development Officer, Carleton College
Discussion Topic: Working for Non-Profits in a Fundraising Role

Brent W. Miller '69
Glacier Bay Financial Group LLC
Discussion Topic: Value of Networking, How to Network

Katherine Hoyland Barnett, CIMA, CFP '79
First Vice President, Investments
Advisory & Brokerage Services
Senior Managed Accounts Consultant
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Discussion Topic: Turmoil of Financial Markets, Financial Planning,
Investment Banking, Military Experience

Carol Schierenbeck Eisinger '74
College Reference Librarian
Discussion Topic: Archaeology, Library Science

Linda Aasen Bjerke '1963
Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Discussion Topic: Health Care, Health Care System, Mental Health
Services, Travel to St. Paul’s missionary sites in Italy, Greece, and
Turkey, Norweigan Heritage.

Greg Steeber, M.D. '70
Family Medicine Physician
Discussion Topic: Who Will Take Care of You?-Health Care’s Future in
the United States.Here's how it works: sign up at a breakfast table hosted
by an alumni board member. This is your opportunity to ask them about
their career path or pick their brain about the listed conversation topic.
The morning is yours to network and chat with the Board members about
whatever is on your mind!

The event will take place on Friday, April 18 from 7:15-8:30am. To sign
We're looking forward to see you at breakfast!!

Bon App Appreciation Day

Today, tell those friendly caf employees you care. Give them a hug or high five for all the work they do by day after day putting great food into your stomachs. It's Bon App Appreciation Day! So from all of as at SGA -- Thanks Bon Appetite

Ben Folds Tickets Still Available

Attention Ben Folds Fans!
Gustavus Adolphus College still has 400 tickets available for their Spring Ben Folds concert. Join the Gustavus Campus Activities Board on Saturday, April 19th as
they welcome Ben Folds to Gustavus Adolphus' Lund Arena. Tickets are
available online at www.gustavustickets.com and are $15 for the
general public. The concert begins at 8:00pm with doors opening at
7:00.

For more information on the concert, check out our blog -
www.bigconcert08.blogspot.com. Any questions can be sent to
bigconcert08@gustavus.edu

The Annual Christian Women's Retreat

Get excited! The annual St. Olaf Women's Retreat (also known as Est-Fest) is coming up Friday April 18th! This is a time for Christian women on campus to come together to celebrate their faith, play, laugh, learn from each other, and grow in their faith! The retreat will be held at the New Covenant Church and begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday the 18th and go to 11:00 a.m. the next day. You can come for the whole time or for parts of it -- transportation is provided! Please email meyersa@stolaf.edu to sign up or if you have questions!

At your Service

The St. Olaf Day of Service brings students, alumni, parents, and friends together to do something that is very important to the college: service. On April 19, 2007, you could be one of nearly 400 Oles across the nation from Denver to New York to various Twin Cities neighborhoods, serving your community. Register with a group of friends, or by yourself, and connect with past and present oles. Note: Registration closes April 11th so act soon! Registration and further information can be found at:

http://www.stolaf.edu/alumni/events/dostwincities_students.html