What not to do with your St. Olaf ID

First and foremost, never wear your ID around your neck. Ever. People that choose to wear their IDs in this fashion are immediately pegged as first years and will be mocked incessantly by upperclassmen.

-- Senior Karen Hopper, a music and political science major, in the Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf's student newspaper. It's one of more than a dozen tips she gives St. Olaf freshmen to help them adjust smoothly to life on campus.

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