September 2, 2005

The Pinnacles of Academe

By SARA LIPKA

Trevor C. Sprague's mind is wandering again. The St. Olaf College junior is gazing out his classroom window at the jagged limestone exterior of the neighboring two-story Science Center, planning to go "buildering" after class.

Using only climbing shoes, a five-foot-square crash pad, and maybe a little chalk on his hands, he will scramble up the outside of the building and be down in time for dinner. "With stone buildings," the English and philosophy major says, "it's kinda like, I

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