Tensions are running high at The Carletonian this week as the Bald Spot editors were disappointed yet again to learn that the Bald Spot would not get a front page article. For each edition of The Carletonian, a few select articles are chosen for the front page. These are often…
Becky Reinhold
Editor in Chief
I like yogurt and granola as much as the next person—perhaps more, given that it’s one of the few things I can reliably eat in the dining halls. And I appreciate that the LDC has granola. I’m really not sure what I would eat for breakfast every day without it.…
Upon waking up in the morning, I, like most other Carleton students, immediately consider when my first opportunity to print will be. Much to my chagrin, it usually isn’t until the afternoon. The sadness this realization brings can only be solved by one thing: making a plan to print something.…
Each Tuesday and Thursday, there is a brief highlight that cuts through all the drudgery of being a college student: 8:12 a. m., as I exit Anderson and speed walk to Leighton desperately hoping I will be on time for my 8:15 class. This, of course, is the ideal class…
The Bald Spot is thrilled to announce that, for the seventh year in a row, it has ranked as one of the top five major news networks for reliability, this year managing to cut in front of Fox News for fourth place. This recent award confirms a 2020 poll that…
When Hala Shabaita ’24 got to campus last year, like many first-year students, she started looking for clubs to join. As a Palestinian international student, she looked to see what cultural organizations existed, hoping to find a club for Middle Eastern students. She found other cultural organizations but not one…
Members of the Carleton community who frequently read the COVID-19 update emails will have noticed that each email contains a mention of how the decisions regarding COVID-19 have been made “in consultation with [Carleton’s] epidemiologist,” but little information has been provided on this figure. The Carletonian decided to seek out…
Due to high rates of COVID-19 on campus, the Carleton COVID-19 Core Team has decided that large non-academic social gatherings are not feasible. This decision means that, for the second year in a row, Midwinter Ball will not take place. Midwinter Ball is a Carleton tradition that dates back to…
Increasing rates of COVID-19 on campus led Carleton to change OneCard access to residence halls last week. Previously, student OneCards had provided access to all residence halls, but new changes to COVID-19 policies mean that OneCards only allow students access to their own dorms. When the email reached students’ inboxes…