The history department’s Spring 2016 Turkey program, “Nations, Islams, and Modernities,” was cancelled on March 18, nine days before students would have departed for Istanbul. Although Turkey’s political climate has been uneasy for several years now, largely due to the war in Syria, it is only recently that the situation…
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Brick Oven Bakery, located just across the Cannon River by the Water Street Apartments, has opened its doors for hungry college youths. A potentially hip alternative to the aggressively cash-only Blue Mondays, Brick Oven Bakery serves up a variety of pastries, breads, and breakfast beverages. Our reviewers lazily drove over…
1. Panic about your summer plans 2. Put a quinoa-based salad in a mason jar and carry it around with you 3. Overdress for the chilly morning weather and swelter in the afternoon heat 4. Get your first sunburn of the year 5. Startle a rabbit as it munches peacefully…
Students across Carleton’s campus report a vague sense of unease at the spherical, nice smelling White Things popping up on trees across campus. “It’s been winter for so long, is this, like, normal…?” said one student who asked not to be named. “Are the trees going through puberty or something?…
You would be forgiven if you didn’t know that Carleton had a synchronized swimming team. You would probably be forgiven if you didn’t even know what synchronized swimming was. Luckily for you, I didn’t know either, and decided to set out by following Carleton’s obliging Synchro team captain to watch…
Carleton is currently experiencing weather warm enough to melt the snow and ice that are usually the natural enemy of Carls showing their pasty white limbs in public. Because we live in a state that is usually too cold in the winter even for geese, one can only conclude that…
NO FIDELITY, Carleton’s newest music publication, in the result of a collaboration between KRLX genius Ian Mercer (2016) and Mary Begley (2014), the former booking manager for the Cave, in the Spring of 2014. When asked about his motivations for starting a college publication, Ian said frankly, “Because there’s kind…
While it’s great that Bon Appetit chooses locally grown organic greens, Burton lettuce is increasingly displaying evidence of Farm to Fork’s lack of pesticides. Three people reported finding inchworms in their salad this week. But hey, a little extra protein never hurt anyone!
Men of Carleton is a club headed by president Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis (‘16) that aims to unite a diverse variety of Carleton guys in a friendly atmosphere to talk about multicultural and gender issues on campus. What made you want to start the men of Carleton club? “It’s actually an organization…
George Tsunis, President Obama’s Norway ambassador nominee, had a rocky start to his diplomatic career before he’d even left the country. Tsunis, formerly the CEO of a hotel chain, received his appointment to the position despite having no previous diplomatic experience or ties in any way to the country of…