This seventh week students will vote on a resolution to create a new CSA “Green Fund.” Applicable to products ranging from locally-grown produce to carbon offsets for car trips, the fund would pay the difference between sustainable and standard products. Although the referendum does not specify the size of the…
Sam Friedman
This Monday, the CSA Senate narrowly voted to reject an appeal for a $116 bid made by the Carleton Emergency Medical Technicians (Carleton EMTs). After considerable debate, the body came one vote short of reversing a Budget Committee decision to deny transportation funding for four student EMTs to participate in…
In an email to students early last week, Director of Campus Activities Robin Hart Ruthenbeck announced that the Division of Student Life has decided not to renew her contract this year. Ruthenbeck ended her nine-year career at Campus Activities last Thursday. Reasons for Ruthenbeck’s dismissal are unknown due to the…
Following a financial aid trend initiated by peer institutions such as Williams, Grinnell, Pomona and Bowden, Carleton will this year increase spending with the goal of replacing student loans with student grants. Carleton’s 2007-2008 operating budget, approved last weekend by the board of trustees, includes $1 million towards “Access Scholarships”…
Over 300 Carleton students traveled through bumper-to-bumper (election-related) traffic Tuesday night in order to participate in the Democratic Farm Labor (DFL) caucuses held at the Northfield Middle School. Student participation helped make the caucus the most well- attended in memory, and may have helped Barack Obama defeat Hilary Clinton in…
This is the season when the Carleton Responsible Investment Committee (CRIC) normally researches the shareholder resolutions that the stock holdings of Carleton’s $663 million endowment entitle the school to influence. This year however, the campus may not have the opportunity to flex the muscles that Carleton’s corporate holdings represent. The…
Carleton’s Board of Trustees meets on campus at least three times a year, but trustees and students seldom have a chance to speak with each other. In order to improve the communication between students and the College’s main decision-makers, The Carletonian asked three trustees to introduce themselves, their positions, and…
With a room full of guests including representatives from six club sports and school administrators connected with athletic and circular policy, the Carleton Student Association (CSA) Senate met last Monday to discuss the contentious issue of graduation credit for club sports. Specifically, the issue on the table was Carleton’s policy…