Word: northfield
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Scott Aaseng, a student at St. Olaf's College in Northfield, Minn., the only person actually to be threatened with indictment, sant a message to the demonstration which called the draft "un-Christian" and urged "everyone to support non-registration...
...months later, as Dean of Carleton College--a well-respected, small liberal arts college in the wilds of Northfield, Minn.--Stanley has a job that he never bargained for. "If anybody had told me (a) that I'd be in college administration or (b) that I'd be in a position of responsibility, I would have told them that they were crazy," Stanley said in an interview this week. By the time he turned 40--about three months ago--Stanley's life had taken a complete turnabout. "Having gone through such a major change," Stanley says, "turning 40 didn...
Because he spent most of his adult life in Cambridge, Stanley's new environment also came as something of a shock. Northfield boasts a population of 12,000, a far cry from the megalopolis of Boston. "I like big cities and I loved Boston," he says, adding that the movies, restaruants and art museums in Carleton are "nothing to write home about." Like most transplanted city dwellers, however, Stanley appreciates the advantages of small-town living. "You can go away and leave the door unlocked," he explains. "The air is just staggering." But, he's quick to add, "too much...