Harry Potter, meet St. Olaf

Better than Thanksgiving

For the recent premier of the latest Harry Potter movie, last Thursday St. Olaf College threw a dinner reminiscent of a Hogwarts feast.

Professors sat at the head table, candles “floated” above the dining tables, and students found themselves sorted in one of the main houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. And how could the meal be complete without a reading from the book?

As student Emily Hemingway wrote:

This was probably the most epic dinner of my life!!!!!

See an array of photos from the event on the Facebook page.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.