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Peer leader hiring doesn’t consider Title IX violations

Becky Reinhold, Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2024

Resident Assistants (RAs) and peer leaders are some of the first students that incoming freshmen meet when they come to campus. They join new student week groups, lead CarlTalks (including one about consent)...

The English Department’s book recommendations for winter break

Ella Parke, Viewpoint Editor November 15, 2024

As we near the end of the term with only one more week ahead of us, we also begin to think about ways to spend the six long weeks between fall and winter term. Though you may be busy with travel or externships,...

Javier Zamora talks to Contreras’ Spanish 204 classes.

Carleton College hosts best-selling author Javier Zamora

Maya Mitckess, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

On Nov. 7-8, Carleton College hosted Salvadoran best-selling author Javier Zamora for multi-day, campus-wide programming. Zamora is known for his memoir "Solito," in which he recounts his experience crossing...

SHAC’s Dude Talk therapy group challenges traditional masculinity

Septimus Chen, Contributing Writer November 15, 2024

Walking down the long corridor of Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), one can easily find Mr. Kenneth Hanna’s office by its distinct, soothing aroma. “My wife made the incense herself,” Hanna said....

Halloween at Carleton: 1995-1996.

A spooky trip through time: Halloween throughout Carleton’s history

Cindy Zhao, Features Editor November 8, 2024

Halloween is a time for Carleton’s traditions to shine, and this year’s festivities were no different. From the annual Halloween concerts in the 90s to the 2000s, costume parties as well as the annual...

Barin Nwike '25 and Defne Arat '27 performing in "Anon(ymous)"

Theater department puts on Anon(ymous)

Cecilia Samadani, Features Editor November 8, 2024

The Theater and Dance Department’s Fall Term production, “Anon(ymous)”, ran from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27. The play, written by playwright Naomi Iizuka in 2006, was directed by Jeanne Willcoxon, a visiting...

What’s new in sports: Halloween week

Katie Hirsche, Staff Writer November 1, 2024

Women’s Swimming and Diving The Knights opened their season at the Cows, Colleges and Contentment Classic in Northfield on Oct. 26, facing Luther College, St. Olaf College, and divers from St. Cloud...

Lawns across Northfield display signs for a variety of candidates, including Zweifel and Dahl.

A new future or more fiscal responsibility: Northfield mayoral candidates split on priorities

Becky Reinhold, Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2024

Erica Zweifel wants to increase civic engagement in Northfield. Ruth Dahl wants to make Northfield more fiscally responsible. Next Tuesday, one of them will be elected as the next mayor of Northfield. In...

CCCE and CarlsVote host Minnesota politicians for “All Politics Are Local” panel

CCCE and CarlsVote host Minnesota politicians for “All Politics Are Local” panel

Luke Heschel, Beat Writer November 1, 2024

Last Wednesday, Carleton’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) and its subsidiary CarlsVote group hosted an “All Politics Are Local” guest panel and discussion. Four panelists, including...

From the Archives: ECC introduces Digital Arts and Humanities minor

Karen Wang '21, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus October 25, 2024

Note from the Editor: This article was originally published on Mar. 1, 2019. The Carletonian is 147 years old, with over 3,400 issues published since its inception. To reflect and learn from the newspaper’s...

TRIO hosts budgeting workshop

Cindy Zhao, Features Editor October 25, 2024

On Oct. 22, Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search, and Student Support Services (TRIO) and the Student Engagement Series hosted the second Student Engagement Series Real World Ready workshop of the term:...

Middle Eastern Languages Department hosts lecture on 20th century Palestinian music

Cecilia Samadani, Features Editor October 25, 2024

On Oct. 23, the Middle Eastern Languages Department and Arts at Carleton hosted a lecture entitled “Music Making in Palestine During the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Agency and Innovation.”...

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