Carleton students Emily Litwin ’09 and Melissa Mayer ’09 earned the prestigious $10,000 “Projects for Peace” grant through the Davis United World College (UWC) scholars program. Their project, “Talking with Our Hands: Personal Expression through Puppetry Arts,” will take place in Londonderry, an impoverished area in Northern Ireland. In their…
Liz Crowley
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape). Such startling statistics reveal that the issue hits closer to come than we may believe. Rape can often seem an obscure and distant concept—it’s…
Mothers in the United States face the judgments of a culture that hesitates to consider the work of a mother as a legitimate job. There exists a general acknowledgement that the “work of a mother is never done” and yet there remains a crippling double standard faced by women who…
The release of Grand Theft Auto IV has received significant media attention in the recent weeks. Critics are hailing the game as one of the best in industry history. For those of us who are not video game aficionados, Grand Theft Auto IV is a game where, according to IGN…
The Wheels of Justice project rolled through Northfield, Minnesota and stopped for the weekend of April 26. The project is an ongoing effort to educate and promote action against “war and occupation in Iraq and Palestine.” The Wheels of Justice project ultimately seeks “to break the cycle of violence we…
April 22 commemorated the 39th anniversary of Earth Day. Observed in 175 countries, Earth Day is the “the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a half billion people every year” (Earthdaynetwork.com). Internationally recognized, Earth Day emphasizes the importance of environmentalism and sustainability. It also reminds us…
1. The sun. 2. The SUN. 3. Finally crossing the Goodhue bridge without harboring fears of frostbite or windburn. 4. Baby geese on Mai Fete. (Slightly less great when they go through their awkward phase). 5. Mai Fete. 6. Kiddie pools outside of the concert hall. 7. Over 150 innings…
Carleton College made an impressive showing in last weekend’s National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Intercollegiate Championship in St. Louis; the Freshman Quiz Team of Austin Bell, Michael Servis, Tom Sullivan and Andreas Stoehr took the Division 2 novice title. Garret Ryan ’09 proved the top intercollegiate undergraduate scorer and the…
At the Carletonian, we share a wall with the campus security office. One of the first things they asked us upon return from spring break was, “Why don’t students lock their doors here?” The practices that are acceptable and are considered safe here at Carleton are not necessarily safe in…
“For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report.” Conducted by the Pew Center and published by the New York Times, this report points to a steady rise in incarceration rates in the United States. Interestingly,…