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Governor Wilder speaks with Carleton students.
Carls embark from Northfield to Selma, engaging the past and present of Black history
Cecilia Samadani, Features Editor • April 11, 2025
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Declaring a major without taking classes in the department? A quirk of major declaration
Emilia Arabia, Features Editor • April 18, 2025

On April 6, 516 students of the Class of 2027 declared their majors. These students declared their major through Workday, the software used for...

Siberian squill densely pack into lawns.
Spring has sprung, in the Arb and Northfield
Cecilia Samadani, Features Editor • April 18, 2025

As temperatures reached 65°F, Carls took to hammocking, frisbeeing and studying in the Bald Spot this last weekend. Spring has officially arrived...

Carleton hosts ultimate frisbee sectionals; Eclipse qualifies for nationals, CUT and CHOP qualify for regionals
Becky Reinhold, Editor-in-Chief • April 18, 2025

Last weekend, Carleton hosted 20 frisbee teams across three divisions, filling all of the typical frisbee fields and some extras for a frisbee-packed...

Declaring SOAN Was One of My Best Decisions — Here’s Why It Matters Now
Ross Matican April 14, 2025

In an era of tech-obsessed career paths and a growing skepticism toward social sciences, I can imagine students today might hesitate to major...

Trump cannot erase the trans community
Isaac Kofsky, Viewpoint Editor • February 28, 2025
Art in a time of crisis
Rahim Hamid, Contributing Writer • February 28, 2025
Sit next to your opps
Jackson Gutman, Contributing Writer • April 12, 2025

For some college students, one of the benchmarks of trekking into adulthood is taking the plane to and from college, and many of us experienced...

Half of campus disappears after trans day of visibility
Isaac Kofsky, Managing Editor • April 12, 2025

On Sunday, April 6, over 90 students, staff, faculty and community members gathered in Skinner Memorial Chapel for Carleton’s first-ever trans...

Male sophomores declare Finance Bro Major
Olivia Gottlieb, Bald Spot Editor • April 12, 2025

As the end of the 2024-2025 school year approaches, sophomores across campus are beginning to declare their majors. Historically, the most popular...

Voter apathy group to consider endorsing CSA candidate
Bax Meyer, Editor-in-Chief • March 5, 2025

It’s not often that the Carleton Apathetic Voters for Elections (CAVE) does anything. “Most meetings get canceled 15 minutes before we start,”...

Vol. CXVLIII, No. 9
January 9, 2024