This post originates from the St. Olaf article we read for Wednesday.
Oddly enough, I had quite an adventure on Wednesday as I tried to navigate my way around the library and the surrounding area. I started at the first floor of Buntrock and thought, "Hey! Maybe those big white doors next to the bathroom lead to Rolvaag!" So I decided to take a new route. I ended up walking into the office of the St. Olaf history archives. This seemed very weird, because just earlier that day we had discussed St. Olaf and its founding and portrayal of an American college.
This adventure lead me to think more. What really does make a college American? Why do so many colleges show a similar scene of the forest and the changing leaves? Landscape is such an important aspect to any community, and colleges seem to be no exception. I feel that the familiarity with the fall-like advertising may have a play at connecting the students body and keeping them together where they are all again familiar with this season called autumn.
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