Dear Classmate,

As I get ready to spend some time in Arizona and Southern California, I’m reflecting on my second winter in St. Paul and my first winter at Luther. Here in St. Paul all things winter are celebrated with the Winter Carnival, complete with parades, royalty, myths, legends, and activities everywhere from January 11-February 18. I realized it was a serious event when I visited Rice Park to watch cranes and workers construct an ice palace out of blocks of ice harvested 120 miles away, at a cost of about $800,000.