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Potluck dinners, jobs and free housing: Carleton's summer support for international students
Potluck dinners, jobs and free housing: Carleton’s summer support for international students
Carletonian Staff, Staff Writer • September 26, 2025

In early July, more than 70 international students from Carleton and St. Olaf college gathered for a potluck dinner in the barn at a farm out on the edge of Northfield. Students walked...

Carleton comes together to address summer food insecurity
Emilia Arabia, News Editor • September 26, 2025

Over the summer, multiple organizations came together to address summer food insecurity at Carleton.  “Summer food...

The CSA budget breakdown
Becky Reinhold and Bax Meyer May 23, 2025

An anonymous source leaked this year’s Spring Allocations to the Carletonian. This chart shows where CSA’s money is spent...

We need to save the vanishing “Tween Era”
Madeleine Goldberger, Viewpoint Editor • October 31, 2025

The vicious side part, intense Harry Potter obsession, neon pink braces and peace signs held up in every photo taken are all markers of what I like to call, “my tweenage years.”...

Gripes and Gratitudes From Midway Through The Term
Clare O’Connor, Viewpoint Editor • October 24, 2025

A typical article in the Viewpoint Section makes a nuanced argument about a complicated issue in 800-1200 words. This format helps maintain a standard of substantive and fair content....

My Favorite Fall Films
Madeleine Goldberger, Viewpoint Editor • October 24, 2025

When the leaves have faded to orange, sweaters have been pulled out of the corners of closets and Family Weekend has passed, one thing becomes clear: it is officially fall. I make the...

What to Consider For a New Poster and Chalking Policy
Anonymous October 24, 2025

Carleton has always been murky on what is and is not allowed via their public display policy. There are specific pages on the website outlining the rules for the Weitz and Sayles spaces,...

A Critique of Campus Water Fillers
Evan Kerani October 24, 2025

I’m sure we have all had the experience of going up to one of the many water bottle fillers across campus only to find that the filter status is red.Hesitant, we take a leap of faith,...

Reflections from Abroad
Ella Parke, Viewpoint Editor • October 17, 2025

Since we are at the halfway mark of the fall term, I find myself constantly reflecting on where I was midway through my spring term of last year. Last spring, I lived in Rome, Italy,...

Language Associate program continues amid immigration concerns
Isaac Kofsky, Editor-in-Chief • September 26, 2025

The Trump administration’s recent actions pertaining international students, including a pause on student visa interviews in May and June, restrictions on visa issuances from 19 countries...

Violence, money and risk: studio art major hosts personal exhibition
Sophia Ying, Editor-in-Chief • September 26, 2025

On Saturday, Sept. 20, in Room 226 of the Weitz Center for Creativity, Carleton studio art major Rahim Hamid hosted a reception for their exhibition.  Hamid said the show began...

Pedro Reyes’ “Ahimsa” exhibition opens at the Perlman
Zoe Roettger, Managing Editor • September 26, 2025

The Perlman Teaching Museum’s most recent exhibition, “Ahimsa,” opened Sept. 24.  “Ahimsa,” titled after the Sanskrit word meaning “nonviolence,” is a solo show by...

What’s New in Sports: Final Issue
Katie Hirsche, Staff Writer • May 30, 2025
Carls engage with elections across the country through absentee voting
Isaac Kofsky, Editor-in-Chief • October 31, 2025

Though it is not a presidential or midterm election year, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, states across the country will hold elections for a variety of local, district and statewide positions....

Carleton updates Statement on Consensual Relations between fifth-year students and students
Emilia Arabia, News Editor • October 31, 2025

On Oct. 16, Carleton Today announced an update to Carleton College’s Statement on Consensual Relations. The statement, which refers to relationships between faculty or staff members...

Title IX Student Petition regarding Peer Leader Hiring
Sarah Wang, Beat Writer • October 31, 2025

This fall, a student-authored petition regarding Peer Leadership hiring has reignited debate and concerns about the college’s Title IX policies and sexual misconduct prevention efforts.  Each...

Carleton wins Homecoming game
Peter Kumar, Staff Writer • October 24, 2025
Northfield holds No Kings rally
Sophie Zhou, Beat Writer • October 24, 2025
Student house prepares for trick-or-treaters by stealing one piece of candy from every campus office
Isaac Kofsky, Editor-in-Chief • October 31, 2025

When students move from dorms to campus houses, they often take up some of the responsibilities of home ownership like cooking communal dinners, doing...

Carleton gives students a break
Zoe Magaletta, Staff Writer • October 31, 2025

On Monday, Oct. 20, a surprise edition of Carleton Today entered the inbox of students and faculty. Instead of listing upcoming campus events and lauding...

Men on campus officially declare four more weeks of shorts, despite temp drops
Cidrew Wright, Contributing Writer • October 31, 2025

It’s that time of year, folks! Temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing, and those unlucky few who get up early for 1/2cs can even enjoy the frost....

Admin. announces plans to build outhouse behind Leighton
Olivia Gottlieb, Bald Spot Editor • October 24, 2025

Carleton completed numerous construction projects across campus this summer, building and renovating residential spaces and streamlining campus health...

Bigmouth Buffalo caught via hook and line in downtown Northfield, just
upstream of the Arb.
The ancient fish of the Carleton Arb
Gabriel Fisher-Navarro, Cole Student Naturalist • October 24, 2025
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