It’s not easy to come back to Carleton after spring break; the prospect of starting another term so soon after the frigid and stressful conclusion of winter term is invariably less appealing than lying in the sun somewhere warmer, and a two week break is as likely to have made…
Kyle Kramer
“How could you be so [tray]less?” – Kanye West, “Heartless” I imagine you, the reader, picking up the issue of The Carletonian running this column and, deciding it will make some great reading to go with your Friday lunch, heading down to the dining hall and placing it on your…
“And if you can’t afford it/You can still do thangs to show you ain’t on no dumb s***/ Take her to a gallery, museum or some s***” – Phonte, “Step It Up” by Little Brother It occurred to me when I was watching the Ebony II performance on Saturday night…
“I woke up this morning eyes half closed/I looked into the mirror and said ‘damn, I’m cold” – Lil’ Wayne, “Damn I’m Cold,” by Bun B If it seems like it’s gotten colder lately, it has. Not literally, of course. In fact, if anything, it’s marginally warmer than it has…
“I know it sounds like an ending, this is a beginning/ The wheels keep spinning on a brand new thought” – Big Pooh of Little Brother, “When Everything Is New” I’ve had to say quite a few goodbyes in the last few weeks. I had to bid new friends in…
As they returned to campus this term, students were greeted with not just bigger snowdrifts than they remembered, but also bigger structures on the construction site of Carleton’s newest dorms, Cassat and Memorial Halls. The new dormitories have been under constant construction and are slated to open on schedule this…
“I guess this is my dissertation/Homie, this s*** is basic/Welcome to Graduation” – Kanye West, “Good Morning” Two weeks from tomorrow, the Class of 2008 will receive their diplomas, and it will signal the end of an era for them. College will become a memory best embodied by some Will…
“I love exploding expectations,” dance professor Mary Easter explained, in what amounts to a reasonable mantra for her work. “One of my favorite parts about teaching is having people come into your class and looking at them and thinking ‘they don’t know it’s going to be fun.’” Easter, who has…
“They say we gotta save the children/But first, we gotta save our spoons/I was taught not to waste my food/Even if I didn’t like it, every scrap on my plate got chewed/Either you ate, or you didn’t eat, the memories are bitter sweet” – Trife Da God, “Grew Up Hard”…
“Y’all better make a decision before us/’Cause the way that we livin’ ain’t all good.” – Beanie Sigel, “I Can’t Go On This Way” I was hoping to deliver a real slam-dunk column for the trustees this week so that they would want to give the Carletonian enormous sums of…