When Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, it was not the first time Artem Yushko ’25 and his family had experienced war at the hands of Russia. In 2014, Yushko’s father delivered body armor to Eastern Ukraine. But because of this experience, Yushko knew what his role was…
Lindsay Boettiger
Features and Arts Editor
Few, if any, women come to the decision of an abortion lightly. It is an extraordinarily difficult and emotional choice to make, but for the women who choose abortion, it is necessary. No woman’s neighbor, friend, colleague or local representative is entitled to her reasoning; nor is the mayor of…
Until June 10, the Perlman Teaching Museum will be the home of the “Imagined Futures, Forgotten Pasts: A History of Carleton’s Campus” exhibition. Curated and designed by students in Baird Jarman’s “History of Campus Planning” course offered in the fall and those in museum director Sara Cluggish’s “Curatorial Seminar” in…
Gao Hong is often asked how she began playing the pipa. Most people expect to hear about an exciting moment of realization that the pipa was her calling, or that it came so naturally to her that there could be no other path. But Gao’s journey with the pipa began…
For over a decade, the Carleton Student Organic Farm has operated as a self-sustaining farm, providing fresh and organic produce to Bon Appetit for use in the dining halls. The sales are intended to pay for equipment and the salaries of the farm interns, allowing the internship to be financially…
Due to budgetary restraints, a remodel of the Sayles Cafe that was set to take place this summer has been delayed. The original plan for the remodel exceeded the $2.5 million budget funded by Bon Appetit and has been taken back to the planning team—composed of representatives from Bon Appetit,…
As part of Black History Month, a photography exhibit has been on display in Sayles-Hill Campus Center titled Black at Carleton, 1966-1979. It will be up until February 28. The exhibition was a collaboration between the Student Activities Office (SAO) and Office of Intercultural Life (OIIL) and looks back fifty…
Some define a Minnesota winter by its short days and long nights, by its sub-freezing temperatures and by a blanket of snow on the ground. Some look forward to the warm weather months while the Lyman Lakes freeze over. Luckily, Carls don’t subscribe to such nonsense. When the Bald Spot…
“Carleton has a history [with] the Arctic. President Lawrence Gould, president of Carleton from 1945 to 1962, was an Arctic and Antarctic explorer. His Inuit winter clothing, a stuffed penguin and his world globe still inhabit Carleton.” Kip Lilly ‘71 cites Carleton’s connection to the circumpolar region as part of…
After a long, grueling spring and summer of farming, Jack Frost finally exhaled here in Northfield, Minn. In Northfield, the first frost typically occurs during the first week of October, but it appeared late this year, on October 21.