“Aw man, how do I say goodbye/It’s always the good ones that have to die” – The RZA, “Tearz” I twirled the phone around in my hand, trying to decide whether or not to call her. I’d been getting sick of Carleton lately, and I wanted to talk with someone…
Kyle Kramer
“Whether you broke or rich you gotta get biz/ Havin’ money’s the everything that havin’ it is” – Kanye West, Good Life Life in the trenches as a Carletonian columnist is not easy. While I’m tempted to spend 800 words ranting about the saturation of talent in the soft-core IM…
Last Friday, thirteen Carleton bands competed for two coveted spots on the stage at Spring Concert in Carleton’s Battle of the Bands.The event, which took place at The Grand in downtown Northfield, pitted a heavy lineup of student bands against each other starting at 9:00 and continuing until 1:00, a…
“I try to speak truth in the form of my flows/but the temperature is rising it’s harder to grow” – Zion I, “Temperature” It was some time in the middle of talking about wind turbines this week when I mentioned that I hadn’t done the Campus Climate Survey to a…
Although Al Gore may have been the more glamorous of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureates, he lacks his co-winner’s Carleton connection. Gore shared the prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes third year Carleton student Chris Dole’s father, Randy Dole. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize…
Jane Hamilton, ’79, began her Convocation this past Friday by referencing her days at Carleton, with which she, more than the average Convocation speaker, has a personal connection. After being introduced by her daughter, Hannah Willard, ’09, she hearkened back to her previous guest professorship at Carleton, an account which…
“Yo, I’ve been highly misunderstood by those who met us. They had ears of corn and heads of lettuce” – The RZA, “Sunlight” I have to admit I was a little disconcerted when, having been gone for a term, I realized that Convocation began at 10:50 instead of 11:15, as…
There was a moment in Tuesday evening’s talk, “Africa-China Relations,” in which Howard French tried to describe his book, “A Continent for the Taking.” The words that came out – memoir, journalism, political science, travelogue – give an idea of the eclecticism of French’s interests and the span of material…
For a college that prides itself so much on its sustainability and environmental concern, Carleton took quite a blow last year when it received a “C+” on the first annual College Sustainability Report Card, a report issued by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. Much to Carleton environmental advocates’ pleasure, the college…
Part of the excitement of Screw Your Roommate is that it may be the only date Carleton students go on all year. Although experiences are obviously varied, when it comes to dating at Carleton, the student stereotypes are clear. Relationships are polarized into two scenarios. In one extreme, this is…