I don’t know that I’ve encountered a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize before today, and I wouldn’t have expected it to be about the food, in any case. But Victor Ochen has been on campus, and here’s what Corey posted on…
Category: St. Norbert College Publications
A Slow Day at the Office
Today I’m practicing slow journalism. Today I said yes to an opportunity to which common sense dictated I say no. I drove south instead of north. I skipped the office, I went well off-campus; out on a limb, on the lam…
Family Reading
Tongue-in-cheek text from younger son: “Ugh: I have to read some ‘Being Norbertine’ article by one ‘Allen, S.’ for my first graduate course.” Which is how we in the office discovered that the cover story of our Summer 2014 issue is now…
Gerry and the List, and the Notes
I keep a well-thumbed list of alumni writers, faculty writers and, above all, of the faithful band of contributors on whom we call regularly to write for the magazine. Some of them write for us regularly, some no more than…
Me and the Girls
Pictured, my autographed loot from a day spent with the doughty women of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. These World War II era athletes were made known to new generations through Penny Marshall’s great movie, “A League…
Lambeau Leap or, Just Another Day at the Office
I’m known for my ability – almost, my preference – for settling down to work in odd corners. Bits of St. Norbert College Magazine have been written in lobbies and locker rooms, on planes and trains, and once, at the back…
Food for Thought
Prediction: The top reader takeaways from our new issue will be two notes on food. 1) Gum as important study aid: “If you chew a certain flavor while you study for a test, then chew the same flavor during the…
JFK, at Home at SNC
Of all the images hung around campus, I think this one is my favorite. The young presidential candidate, the young(ish) college president. John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dennis Burke, O.Praem., ’26, outside Boyle in 1959. JFK looks so comfortable…
Readers Everywhere You Look
We generate two new mailing lists – U.S. and Foreign – for every issue and it’s always cool to see how far we will travel. It’s the little tiny places that intrigue me the most. We have readers in the…
Things I Found Out This Week
I feel I live my working life pretty much chained to my desk but, any time I venture out on campus, it’s dangerous – you invariably come back with a story. Among things I found out this week: Two of…
