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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]St Olaf is more conservative than Carleton or Macalester which are both very liberal. That is not to say it is conservative, I simply make the contrast to the other two. St Olaf is also, I think, larger than both. St Olaf is probably the most midwestern of the three and Carleton the least so. Carleton is the strongest academically and the only one that is really in league with Williams, Midd, etc. in New England. I would not really say that the schools are in competition or rivalry with each other. Certainly not St Olaf and Carleton. They don't interact all that much either, to be honest. [/quote]

Our Carleton neighbor points out that there is a historical rivalry between Carleton and St. Olaf. St. Olaf’s fight song refers to it.

https://wp.stolaf.edu/about/history/umyahyah/

Apparently the Carleton kids don’t care, because they don’t consider the St. Olaf kids academic equals. Given that it is a fairly small place, and the economy is shaped by both institutions, any rivalry is probably more lore than fact.

The rivals to St. Olaf are Luther (just over the border in IA) and Gustavus Adolphus, in St.Peter.[/quote]

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