J.M. Hanley

A woman’s rear end, clad only in a translucent white bikini bottom, hung seductively about mid-frame. A QR code rested in the small of her back. “Stop staring and take her picture,” read the bolded caption under the photo. It was an advertisement for South Padre Island, a resort town…

Members of the Carleton Student Association will be required to undergo diversity training under a widely supported proposal by senior Hyanthi Peiris. The proposition comes as the body finds itself in the center of a firestorm following a senator’s comments (as abbreviated in meeting minutes) that Senate should represent Carleton,…

According to legend, John Campbell founded Malt-O-Meal’s Northfield plant with $900 he won in a poker match. But after Post Foods announced this week that it had agreed to purchase the 95 year-old company, locals are hoping that MOM Brands hasn’t finally decided to cash in its chips. Under the…

The Contented Cow, a Northfield pub which has come under fire recently for inviting Holocaust denier Jim Fetzer to speak, has retracted the invitation. In a statement released shortly before noon today, co-owner Diane Burry wrote “CowTalks are hereby cancelled. Our livelihood is threatened, our staff harassed, our regulars worried.”

For nearly three years, Carleton’s administrators have worked to craft a facilities plan, a detailed description of where all new buildings will go and what they will look like. This past Monday, Treasurer Fred Rogers and Associate Dean Fernan Jaramillo announced the results to the student body. The most significant…

Sometime Chicago Whitesox pitcher Marv Rotblatt, notable only for the dubious distinction of twice having the highest ERA in the major leagues, died this past June.  For a brief span, it seemed that the Carleton tradition that bears his name – indeed, which won Rotblatt an obituary in the New…

The noise level in the front row at a rock concert is typically about 110 decibels. The cheering inside Carleton College’s Thorpe Pool topped 120 on Tuesday. The occasion was the “Hour of Power,” an event held annually since 2006. It commemorates Ted Mullin, a Carleton history major and swim-team…

A few years back, Stevie P. declared that Carleton was to Ultimate Frisbee what Johns Hopkins was to lacrosse. Apt enough on the surface, but the analogy falters with further scrutiny. At Hopkins, Homewood Field is packed with fans whenever the Blue Jays play. At Duke, to take the metaphor…

Carleton is $55 million richer.  The school’s endowment increased by 8.5%, from $645.7 million to $700.5 million from June of 2012 through June of 2013. “We do not have expectations for performance in any one year, but this return is above long-term expectations,” said Chief Investment Officer Jason B. Matz,…