Written in collaboration with Ben Rosenberg, reporter at the Hamline Oracle of Hamline University. This event, titled “What Happens When Students Are Offended by Course Materials?” came about in response to the recent controversy surrounding Hamline University’s dismissal of adjunct art history professor Dr. Erika López Prater after she included…
Aldo Polanco
Managing Editor.
On Monday, October 31, President Alison Byerly confirmed that following an informal discussion on Friday, the Board of Trustees agreed to vote on the question of divestment in their February session. “I think [trustees] are very aware and have been for some time of the strong community feeling [regarding divestment],”…
I am back again to hate on your major some more. It came to my attention that some people felt bad that their major did not make the previous part, indicating that it is in one of the lower tiers. That’s unfortunate. Keep in mind that the rankings below only…
Correction: A previous version of this article stated alumni Divest efforts met with the Board of Trustees to discuss divestment when they had in fact met with the chair of the Investment Committee of the College, not the Board of Trustees. On October 4, student organization Divest Carleton published a…
After writing one too many opinion articles about how majors don’t matter, and how no major is better than the other (despite difficulty), I’ve realized I was wrong. The truth is, every time I am in one of those ‘introduction circles’ in class or a club my ears lose interest…
Carleton College raced out to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back in securing a 56-20 homecoming victory over College of St. Scholastica. The Knights are now 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the MIAC, their best start to a season since 1992. During halftime, the playing surface at…
At the Carleton Student Association Senate meeting on Monday, October 12, CSA President Jancyn Appel ’23 presented changes the college has made to its Alcohol and Drug Policy. The changes were made following the legalization of recreational use of hemp-derived marijuana under Minnesota state law. The state recently moved to…
Having four rookies and a sophomore in the five-player starting lineup was no issue for the No. 19-ranked Carleton College women’s golf team as the Knights finished off a wire-to-wire team victory at the 2022 MIAC Championships. With a 302 on Saturday, Carleton held a two-stroke advantage after the opening…
With three scoring tosses on the day, Jonathan Singleton ’23 tied and then broke the Carleton College football team record for career touchdown passes as he helped the Knights to a 45-12 triumph against the Hamline University Pipers in the MIAC opener for both squads. This is the second straight…
While Jancyn Appel ’23 frequents students’ inboxes in her role as student body president, she also frequents Northfield’s local Target as a cashier. “On campus, I work in the Admissions Office, which has really inconsistent hours,” she said. “Off-campus, I work at Target and Pizza Lucé.” Appel and 80% of…