The Northfield Option gives approximately 75 seniors the chance to live off-campus, completely dependently from Carleton College. This year the process of applying for the much-coveted opportunity seemed especially frenzied after the news of St. Olaf acquiring Crack and Love Houses. There were also rumors flying about the decrease in…
Emma Nicosia
Carleton’s admissions websites says The CLAP, or The Carleton Literary Association Paper, “is a weekly student publication distributed Fridays during Convocation hour. It accepts a wide variety of articles, opinion pieces, fiction and poetry, much of it satirical”. This description of The CLAP is seemingly accurate, however it leaves out…
Up to twenty times per week we swipe in at the dining hall, searching for the perfect combination of veggies, starches, and proteins to make up a meal. It often seems, however, like students are so consumed with nabbing a plate full of curly fries or that last slice of…
When you read the phrase “chronicling the everyday”, what comes to mind? I thought of diary entry, daily selfie and blog. I did not consider the impact technology and digital arts have had when I first thought about this question. However, visiting the Lifeloggers: Chronicling the Everyday exhibit in the…
When Scott Carpenter is not busy teaching his The Lyric and Other Seduction class, or preparing for his spring term Paris study-abroad program, you may find him scribbling away, at work on a novel. A Professor of French and Francophone studies here at Carleton College, Carpenter recently published his debut…
Most colleges want to broadcast how intelligent, thoughtful and engaged their student body is. Colleges’ view books, the ones that are sent to prospective high school juniors and seniors, consistently advertise the “model student” who is a brilliant academic, an active member of various clubs or teams, and a humanitarian…