Along with Larkin, McGarrigle registered at the University. She regrets the extra time her detour at the University added to her degree. Size matters Hamline University is more McGarrigle's size. 1,650 students attend the compact campus off Snelling Avenue in St. Paul. McGarrigle is bothered by Hamline's higher tuition and by the loan she needed to make the switch, but the price tag is worth the smaller size.
Baggy pants hang from their waists.
They are young, or rather, younger than McGarrigle. She feels older, she confesses while siting outside of her 11 a.m. philosophy class. Students glide past her into the small carpeted room in the Giddons Alumni Learning Center. She joins them, selecting one of the green and chrome chairs assembled in a circle for the class. It is dense material.