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Archaeology course ties students to community service, Indigenous life

Archaeology course ties students to community service, Indigenous life

Ben More May 26, 2022

ARCN 246, “Archaeological Methods and Lab,” is a relatively new addition to Carleton’s archaeology concentration. It is a required course for the minor that, according to the course catalog, “provides...

CARLETON SHOULD WANT ROTBLATT DEAD: IT’S BAD

Ben More May 19, 2022

Let me be clear: I don’t know who this Rotblatt guy is. But I saw an article in the Carletonian about how Carleton supposedly wants him dead. That made me sad, because I personally believe that colleges...

Farm House hosts Farmstock and Farm Film Fest

Farm House hosts Farmstock and Farm Film Fest

Ben More May 19, 2022

Farm house recently held two large scale events. 6th weekend featured Farm House’s Film and Art Festival (the houses second ever film festival, first art festival since the pandemic has begun, and the...

The real source of “Stigma:” schools, mental health, and neurodivergent

Ben More April 28, 2022

I recently discovered I have a mental disorder. The truth is, though, this isn’t my first rodeo with the mental health industry. I received my first diagnosis when I was in third grade. It was for...

Canines, colleges and contentment: A walk through the SWA dog program

Canines, colleges and contentment: A “walk” through the SWA dog program

Ben More April 22, 2022

The bravest journalists plunge into active war zones in search of stories to tell. I, on the other hand, went to the Office of Health Promotion in Sayles for one of its weekly Student Wellness Associate...

Security Not-ters March 7-11: New Moon

Ben More March 11, 2022

 These are what the Security Blotters won’t give you: unbiased, unedited accounts of Carleton Campus Security. Monday, March 7 Morning: No medicals. Boredom. Security instead responded to a pretend...

Kari Scheurer: The Queen of Quarantine

Ben More March 11, 2022

If there’s one lesson Carls have learned outside of the classroom these past two years, it’s that there’s no easy way to enter isolation. Sophie Draper ’24 was a close contact of one of the...

Six Takeaways From Biden’s State of the Union

Ben More March 8, 2022

Three paper clipsPen with Presidential sealThe foam covering on President Biden’s microphoneWater glass with Presidential sealChuck Schumer’s walletI should really do something about my kleptomania...

Security Not-ter: February 28-March 4

Ben More March 4, 2022

These are what the security blotters won’t give you: unbiased, unedited accounts of Carleton Campus Security.  Monday, February 28 Early Morning: Security responded to a medical. The medical...

Security Not-ter: February 21-25

Ben More February 25, 2022

These are what the security blotters won’t give you: unbiased, unedited accounts of Carleton Campus Security.  By the Carleton-Undermining Monitoring Squad Monday, 2/21 Morning: Security...

Ranking My Isolation Meals

Ben More February 5, 2022

27 people tested positive for COVID-19 last week. As a Bald Spot Editor, I do not get invited to many parties. Yet, somehow, I was one of those 27, and I’ve spent the last ten days living in an isolation...

Top five mental health practices: A difficult conversation

Ben More November 5, 2021

*This piece was published in The Bald Spot, which is the paper's satirical/humor section.* Let’s talk about Mental Health.     I had to break through thousands of layers of Stigma just...

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