An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that a committee had not been formed to address critical flaws in the school’s student privacy policy. A committee based in the Dean of Students Office has convened. Two years after a memo alerted Carleton administration to critical flaws in the school’s…
Ben Blink
In an all-campus email sent early Thursday morning the Carleton Student Association Senate announced that after receiving 565 votes, Jinai Bharucha will be the next CSA President. David Heifetz ‘11, the other balloted candidate, received 446 votes. Bharucha’s 119-vote victory was the largest in recent memory. In the last contested…
In a policy officially enacted early fall term, the vice president and treasurer’s office mandated that alcohol served at institutional events must be purchased and served by Bon Appétit, the college’s licensed caterer. The rule applies to any events sponsored or scheduled by one or more academic departments or administrative…
Renowned investigative reporter Lowell Bergman said that the business crisis in the news industry was not unprecedented, and that quality news would continue to be produced. The comments came at last Friday’s convocation titled, “The Future of News.” “Technology has always disrupted business models,” Bergman said, “In the 1960’s after…
The Carletonian’s Weekly Trivia Quiz: 1.) Who played this week’s convocation speaker Lowell Bergman in the 1999 film The Insider? 2.) What film won the academy award for best picture in 1999? 3.) Who was Carleton’s president that year? 4.) In what year did recording artist Prince release the album…
Despite the incredible work done through offices such as Disability Services, the Gender and Sexuality Center, the Office of Intercultural and International Life, and many others, diversity and acceptance are still not core threads in the fabric of the Carleton institution. Monday’s “Documents that Guide Us” town hall forum led…
Vandalism happens on college campuses. Windows shatter, lights break, and graffiti defaces. The phenomena is universal. While these relatively minor crimes certainly happen at Carleton, one can’t help but wonder about the psyche of normally respectful, responsible, socially active students. What leads thoughtful students to commit such crimes? Clearly, alcohol…
To remind us that disposable income is the result of hard work, most of us remember adults saying “money doesn’t grow on trees.” Surprisingly, though, I can’t think of a maxim for the opposite effect: incompetence, and lack of work, makes hard earned money disappear. I’ve got one. When I’m…
Last week Alex Higgin-Houser’s viewpoint, “An Unapologetic Endorsement of Jinai Bharucha for CSA Vice-President” painted an unjustifiably negative picture of CSA Senate Vice-Presidential candidate Robert Stephens. While the egregious editorial error in publishing the letter is frustrating, Alex’s choice, to write a Viewpoint article with so little knowledge of the…
David Hilliard, a founding member and Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, told the crowd at Skinner Memorial Chapel that young people in the 1960s were attracted to the Black Panther Party, not because of the military bravado, but because of the deeper community service initiatives the party…