Students entering the dining halls are confronted by the most ostentatious display of misdirected spending this campus has ever seen: the dining hall menu screens. This year, Carleton has added high definition T.V. monitors at the entrances of cafeterias to announce culinary options at every meal. However, this recent and…
Naomi Lopez
For all my female-identifying peeps, the balmy weather induced by climate change was not the only hot thing happening this summer! Perhaps you noticed this trend, which involved a lot of Lizzo and bold uses of mom jeans and snake print. This summer, aptly titled “Hot Girl Summer,” will go…
Students arriving on campus were greeted by, arguably, the most beautiful piece of land on this side of the Mississippi: the Bald Spot. Without fences, construction equipment, or those pesky sprinklers, the bald spot has finally been returned to students. Carls walked on the unfamiliar landscape on the first day…
Hey folks, my name is Naomi ’22 (not NYE-omi). I’m from a smallish town in Minnesota that is as white as it sounds. My majors are political science and religion, which I chose just to be spicy. I am the Bald of Bald Spot. Hopefully, what we write at the…
1. Throw a bath bomb into a dorm shower. It won’t work, but it’ll look pretty and smell nice. Maybe your toes will feel luxurious, and that’s worth it. Bonus points if it’s a strange color so that the next person who uses the shower will think a unicorn threw…
For many members of the 2022 class, they have yet to experience the privilege of actually seeing and walking on the Bald Spot. Construction has sealed off the space to pedestrians, and the area has been heavily censored from the public eye by an impenetrable, green mesh fence. This has…
On Friday, April 26, sitting on either side of a long dining table in Burton with full plates and high ambitions, the members of Carleton’s new Pre-Law Society began their first meeting. The group’s members quickly introduced themselves by giving their names and class years, and conversation flowed easily between…
On Monday, April 8, Carleton’s student government approved charters for the two new organizations on campus which will cater to students interested in gender identity exploration: Bhad V Nails, a group that uses nail art to help students in “their artful expression,” and Knights in Tights, Carleton’s premiere drag performance…
Carleton College’s beloved Crane, a flat top tower crane used in the construction of the College’s new integrated science building, departed from campus on March 21, 2019. Standing at a proud 153 feet (to the top of its mast), the Crane was de-constructed peacefully during spring break. In its years…
For many of the members of Carleton’s community who identify as transgender, gender non-binary or gender nonconforming, it is difficult to find inclusive bathroom facilities in some areas of campus. With recent approval from the administration, the college is taking steps to remedy this issue by constructing an all-gender bathroom…