The United States has made a lot of progress on social issues in recent years. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed in 2011, we are moving toward universal health coverage, and last year same-sex...

I grew up in an upper middle class cul-de-sac that was chock-full of stay-at-home moms. Having two parents who worked full time actually made me a minority in my own circle, and it gave me a bizarre sense...

My mother is easily the most influential person in my life, and she used to work for Ronald Reagan. Most of my friends at Carleton are aware of the former, but not the latter. It’s a bit awkward to...

Unlike many of my peers, I don’t have an Instagram and I have a Snapchat that I barely use. When I do use Snapchat, my Snaps aren’t usually selfies. Personally, I’m not a fan of taking selfies....

I don’t think of myself as someone who watches a lot of TV, but that may be a symptom of my addiction—denial. It is true that I don’t have many shows that are currently running with which I keep...

One of the first things I usually tell people about my hometown is that it’s the land of Bon Iver, a musical favorite among the likes of Carleton students, and of course, the people of Eau Claire, Wisconsin....

If you’ve ever taken a CAMS class, you probably know what a meet-cute is. (Admittedly, I’ve not yet taken a CAMS class at Carleton, so this is just a guess.) Anyway, a meet-cute is a scene in which...

If I go home over a break, I typically work some hours at the job I have held for about a year and a half: cashier at a large retail chain. I’ve learned a lot about people from this job, and I’ve...

One of the jarring things for me upon coming to Carleton last year was the realization that the vast majority of my new friends suffered from anxiety or depression at one point or another. Many of them...

What do you get when you have a play about a housekeeper who hides several Jews in a German military officer’s basement during the Holocaust? A show “anyone can connect to ... unless you have no soul,”...