May 7, 2004

'Vivat Academia'

By SCOTT CARLSON

Eminent scholars glide into the dark, wood-paneled room, dressed in academic regalia. Students, in black robes and sitting around a large wooden table, stop chattering and rise to greet their teachers.

"Salve, magister," the students say in unison.

"Salvete, discipuli," says Phil Adamo, an assistant professor of history at Augsburg College, as he sets an hourglass down on the table. With those words, he ushers them on a journey from the 21st century to the 13th.

Mr. Adamo

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