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13 students suspended for hazing tied to secret group

Dean of Students Carolyn Livingston and President Steve Poskanzer announced the three-term suspension of 13 students who were allegedly involved in “hazing and extreme alcohol consumption as part of initiation into a secret co-ed social club,” according to an email sent last Thursday, May 18 to students, faculty and staff.…

Students fund KRLX remodel, pool tables

In the CSA spring term elections, which ran from last Thursday to Sunday, students passed Student Projects Committee (SPC) referenda to renovate and rebuild the KRLX studio and to purchase new billiard tables for Sayles. The KRLX referendum passed with 76.7 percent of the vote, while the billiard table referendum…

“The Manuscript” shifts format

The Manuscript, a student-run literary magazine, will publish four chapbooks this spring because it did not receive enough money from CSA to print books, which it has since its creation 17 years ago.  At spring allocations last year, The Manuscript requested $1,500 for the 2016-2017 academic year to print a…

College renews Title IX search

This term, the Title IX Search Committee restarted its search for a full-time Title IX Coordinator, after its fall and winter term search failed.  “We did not have a consensus candidate,” said Search Committee Chair Heidi Jaynes in regards to why the Committee decided not to hire any of the…

Low acceptance rate for class of 2021

Over spring break, admissions sent out its decisions, accepting 20.7% of the roughly 6,500 applicants for the class of 2021. The acceptance rate for the class of 2021 was one of the lowest in the college’s history. “It is almost never below 21%,” said Dean of Admissions Paul Thiboutot. In…

CSA creates new chaplain’s liaison

To create a Chaplain’s Liaison, the student body passed a CSA constitutional referendum that changed the number of CSA voting members from 22 to 23. At its Monday, Feb. 6 meeting, CSA voted unanimously to change its bylaws to include the Chaplain’s Liaison as its 14th liaison position. After the…

CSA election sees record voter turnout

With 68.5 percent of the student body voting, winter term’s CSA elections had an unprecedented turnout, according to current CSA President Tiffany Thet ’17. Thet attributed the high turnout to CSA’s get-out-the-vote efforts and to the political atmosphere on campus after the 2016 presidential election. The new CSA President, Walter…

Bike share and KRLX projects approved

The Student Projects Committee (SPC) referenda to fund KRLX renovations and a bike share program passed as a part of winter term CSA elections. The bike share program will cost $54,000 for a three-year pilot run by Zagster, a third-party company that runs bike share programs on academic campuses across…

College responds to Trump’s immigration ban

Amidst uncertainty, the college administration responds to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order and prepares for future changes to immigration laws. Carleton has 200 international students on F1 Visas, one of whom is from one of the seven countries affected by the temporary travel ban that is outlined in the…

CSA Senate plans to launch free textbook exchange

CSA Senate will unveil a free textbook library for students at the beginning of spring term. Currently, many courses have textbooks on closed reserves at the Libe, but the College does not offer scholarships for students to purchase their own textbooks. TRIO, a federally funded set of service programs for…