It feels false to announce resolutely that “I love Carleton.” As well-educated students, we are inclined to qualify and hedge everything. As it should be. Nothing is perfect; everything has flaws; we must be skeptical. Still, I’m flummoxed that, even after four years, I cannot pinpoint exactly what I think…
Drew Higgins
“It’s our baldspot,” said Jerri Hurlbutt ’76, president of the Northfield East Side Neighborhood Association (NESNA). “It’s the neighborhood’s baldspot.” Hurlbutt is referring to Central Park, which many Northfield community members currently feel is threatened by the upcoming addition to the Weitz Center. The addition, made possible through a recent…
There are many reasons to hate Carleton’s location, and many reasons I personally do. As an outdoorswoman, southern Minnesota leaves something serious to be desired. The state parks are small, the climbing is limited, the Boundary Waters are supposedly amazing, but they’re so far north I’ve never made it there,…
“As you can imagine, these reports are disheartening and do not adhere to the standards of reasonable behavior established by the City of Northfield and Carleton College,” Associate Dean Cathy Carlson wrote in an email on October 23rd to all students living off-campus. The reports in question were of inappropriate,…
On September 23rd at 9:30 pm, a Saturday night, the men’s club soccer team–a group of approximately twenty students–gathered on Bell Field for a ritual beer before the beginning of their first year’s social. AJ Van Zoeren, senior and social captain, said they were just opening the cans when they…
I didn’t especially like freshman year. I felt placeless and without a sense of belonging. My classes bored me; the classrooms seemed lifeless and stifling. I didn’t know who I wanted to be friends with. I spent a lot of time running in the Arb, and many Saturday nights in…
Two weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon, sophomore David Goodell helped junior Malcolm Fox carry a hefty package back to his room in Allen House. While walking back up the stairs behind Musser, he looked to the right and saw a “really strangely colored bird.” “It was black — I…
My phone buzzed inside my bag. I surreptitiously slid it from a pocket and into my lap, peering at the screen and then at my professor to make sure he wasn’t looking at me. Just another email. Food Truth? I slid the phone back and tried to re-immerse myself in…
Sunday morning after his iconic performance, we sat down with T- Pain at Tandem Bagels. A light drizzle splattered the windows. Looking put-together in dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt and matching blazer, T-Pain peered through his flashy shades at the expansive menu. After some deliberation, he ordered a blueberry…
Last Monday, the Obama administration gave conditional approval to Shell Oil to begin offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean this summer. The news is deeply distressing. It feels inevitable that we are asking for another Valdez or Deepwater Horizon spill, which would prove disastrous for the fragile arctic ecosystem and…