For the past 32 years, Professor Ron Rodman has been sharing his passion for music with Carleton students. As a band director, instructor and lecturer in topics from music theory to movie musicals, his enthusiasm for the subject is clear. Looking back on his time here, Rodman, as the Dye…
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With the stage lit in purple, Kracum Hall welcomed harpist Leonard Jacome on Saturday, April 15. The instrument he plays is new to Carleton and the world as a whole: the electric Venezuelan harp. Both a composer and performer, Jacome is the inventor of this 35-stringed instrument and played for…
With students’ return to campus, many have begun fasting for Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and is thought to be the holiest. It is the month before Eid. During this time, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, focusing on prayer, community and self-reflection. For Muslim…
As the second half of Winter Term comes into view, campus not only has spring break to look forward to, but also the Winter ’22 student drag show, set to take place on Feb. 18. The show’s official title is “When Worlds Collide: A Futuristic Fantasy by Carleton’s a Drag.”…
Last Sunday, Jan. 14, the music department here at Carleton played host to the concertmaster of the locally beloved Minnesota Orchestra, Erin Keefe. According to the Orchestra’s biography of her, Keefe has been known for her “exhilarating temperament and fierce integrity.” Keefe performed alongside the well-known pianist, Christopher Guzman. The…
In the Burton Dining Hall, we are proud to serve exquisitely arranged platters to satiate your delicate palates. Farm-fresh vegetables are handpicked directly from only the most elite of local farmers, enabling us to proudly offer a vast array of nourishing greens ranging from potatoes to rice to corn. Please…
Just as Carleton welcomes new students each academic year, it welcomes new faculty as well. The Carletonian interviewed two of them — Jade Hoyer ’07, Assistant Professor of Art, and Dr. Sunrose Shrestha, Assistant Professor of Mathematics — to see what brought them to Northfield and to teaching in general.…
Sixteen years ago, Phil Chan ’06 graduated as a dance major from Carleton College. Today he is a dancer, choreographer, author and co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface. He’s also back at Carleton this term as a Benedict Distinguished Visitor Professor of Dance. Chan attributes his success in part to…