When Matthew Olson joined Carleton as the Director of Choral Activities in 2017, the choir program at Carleton had dwindled down to seven people. Naturally, Olson sought to grow the weakened choir into a more welcoming and expanded program. Many changes have been made over the past five years and…
Lindsay Boettiger
Features and Arts Editor
The Carleton Swim and Dive teams put up a long, arduous and admirable fight over the course of the four-day MIAC Championships this past weekend. Both the men’s and women’s teams used every race as an opportunity to fight for themselves and their team. Their sacrifices were not in vain:…
On Nov. 4, 2022, The Economist published an article reflecting on Northfield’s 1.2% unemployment rate — the lowest in the United States at the time. Such a low unemployment rate may seem like a good problem, but in reality, it comes with a breadth of its own issues. Since November,…
Carleton College has recently formed a new Sustainability Working Group composed of faculty, students and staff. The SWG will replace the previous Environmental Advisory Committee, and the primary objective of the new Sustainability Working Group is to expand the college’s sustainability efforts. As dictated in the official charter, there are…
On Jan. 12, 2023, a new exhibition opened in the Perlman Teaching Museum.The exhibition is solely the work of Carleton studio art faculty that occupy the walls of the museum. The exhibition highlights recent work by Kelly Connole, Jade Hoyer, Eleanor Jensen, David Lefkowitz, Stephen Mohring, Danny Saathoff and Xavier…
On Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, Asian Students in America (ASIA) hosted their typically annual Lunar New Year Event for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. The event had been in the works since the end of Fall Term and culminated with lion dances, student a…
The Carleton College athletic program welcomed three new coaches this Winter Term. Sloan Wallgren was hired as the head men’s and women’s golf coach, Alec Holcomb is now the new head baseball coach and Marcus Pearson has begun his position as the head strength & conditioning coach. These coaches were…
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product. There are many things an individual can do to reduce their carbon footprint, but during the school year, it can be particularly hard for students to stay mindful of all the…
On Sunday, October 30, 2022, Carleton’s acclaimed Chinese Music Ensemble will hold a special performance with the CAAM Chinese Dance Theater from St. Paul, MN. The performance will be at 3:00 p.m. in Krakum Hall. Gao Hong, Director of Chinese Music Ensemble and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments, was…
After months of logistics and preparation, the Julie Buffalohead exhibition opened in the Perlman Teaching Museum on September 29, 2022. The initial idea for this show had already been born before Sara Cluggish, Mary Huling Rice Director and Curator of the Perlman Teaching Museum, joined the Perlman in 2020. Zoe…