April 18, 2014 Diplomatic ties between the United States and Russia have been recently shaken by the crisis in Crimea. To better understand how these strained foreign relations might impact life at Carleton College, The Carletonian reached out to two Carls studying abroad in Russia for perspectives closer to the…
Anna Schmiel
I have always been fascinated by how people react to disasters. They are such quick events in the grand scheme of things, but can expose systematic inequalities and deep-rooted beliefs. They force people to examine themselves and those around them, and decide if they are comfortable living in such a…
This isn’t going to be an article about what empowers me as a woman so much as what frustrates me. Sometimes, I look at my fellow white women and I truly can’t comprehend what’s going through their minds. I’ve found myself looking at white women in the Target near Northfield,…
When coming up with this week’s topic, the differences I was thinking of were pretty small. The conservatism I was thinking of is, to places outside of the Carleton, pretty moderate. I was thinking of mainstream beliefs, such as those who don’t think capitalism is the root of all evil,…
The military used to be a foreign concept to me. I mean, as an American it is almost impossible not to be aware of its presence. They have commercials full of the flags of our fathers, political campaigns are centered around it, and war heroes are given their 15 minutes…
You wake up in the morning after a fitful night of sleep. Instinctively, you turn on the computer, the unnatural light feels like a punch in the face…but it’s nothing compared to the nauseous feeling that’s permanently settled in your stomach whenever you log onto Facebook to see what horrible…
Last Sunday I sat in on the Carleton Fencing Club’s practice. Let’s just say it looked like quite the workout. The fencers first shake hands, and then go to their separate sides of the fencing strip (which is simply the vertical strip of ground fencers spar on). The strip, according…
We could give you a more traditional sports review, but that would defeat the purpose of a going to a Carleton club hockey game. Both of us are from or at least have family in Minnesota, so we like to think we have discerning eyes for the ins and outs…
The election happened, it’s Week 9, and LDC chicken is still dry: needless to say, we could all use a few reasons to hope. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Things that give us hope this week: Ilhan Omar (from Minnesota!) became the nation’s first Somali-American legislator on Tuesday. There…
No, Donald Trump. This is not a love letter. I wish I understood the reason you feel the way you do. I wish I could empathize with you. I always thought empathy is the only way to fight craziness, since it is the one thing that cannot be argued with.…