Carleton students continue to support a bill that would restore passenger rail service between Northfield and the Twin Cities. On January 26th, state representative David Bly introduced HF 523, a bill that proposes funding of the Minnesota rail project. The bill calls for the allocation of $500,000 to conduct…
Leo Martin
For students who do not conform to the gender binary, access to all-gender, or gender neutral, bathroom facilities is critical and has recently entered the national discourse. However, the availibility of such facilities at Carleton is inconsistent, and there is no campus wide policy, according to Laura Haave, the Director…
“It’s just locker room talk” is how Donald Trump defends the video of him bragging about sexually assaulting women. He was simply boasting about his sexual exploits, he says, and the abuse of fame and money in order to gain sexual pleasure from women. Melania Trump argues that he was…
Tom Baraniak, the electronics manager and laboratory specialist at Carleton, is running for the Northfield City School Board. A father of two, he chose to run for the position to strengthen the Northfield schools. “I have an interest in the educational system for the kids and my kids,” said Baraniak.…
Students playing on Carleton’s Division III athletic teams incur significant financial burdens for representing their schools. Carleton’s varsity teams are at a lower priority in the budget, something it has in common with most Division III schools in their league and around the country. Students playing in the sport do…
Obama lost Syria. Obama lost Crimea to Putin. Truman Lost China, Carter lost Iran. Every president since 1945 has setbacks for which they bear responsibility. The President has the power to influence events. Policies are constructed around using the combined political, economic or military tools at the president’s power, or…
It has become the fashionable thing to say that “if Trump becomes President I’m moving to X,” whether that place be Canada, India or Cuba. Many people said this about Bush in 2004. In 2012 some conservatives said they would move to Australia, a country with a top tax bracket…
What if Carleton was a country? Ignoring the logistical problems that would entail, how would it play out? How would we talk about areas on campus if they were regions of a country? How would we talk about it in terms of promoting tourism or how politicians campaign there? What…
What if Carleton was a country? Ignoring the logistical problems that would entail, how would it play out? How would we talk about areas on campus if they were regions of a country? How would we talk about it in terms of promoting tourism or how politicians campaign there? What…
In 2015 the Campus Pride Index, a website which measures college campuses in their openness and facilities for the LGBTQ community, gave Carleton College four out of five stars. It applauded the college’s open and hospitable attitude towards the community, but also drew the attention of students, faculty and staff…