With the Ukraine War reaching its one-year mark, I asked Artem if I could interview him on the entire Ukrainian experience. What was life like before Russia’s invasion? How does he interpret the causes of the war, and how is his family dealing with it? What does he think of…
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I have come to the conclusion that animated body horror is infinitely better than live-action body horror. This not only arises from how much of an aversion I have to live-action body horror, but because the animated medium provides enough distance between me and the gore for me to actually…
On Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, Asian Students in America (ASIA) hosted their typically annual Lunar New Year Event for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. The event had been in the works since the end of Fall Term and culminated with lion dances, student a…
Last Sunday, Jan. 14, the music department here at Carleton played host to the concertmaster of the locally beloved Minnesota Orchestra, Erin Keefe. According to the Orchestra’s biography of her, Keefe has been known for her “exhilarating temperament and fierce integrity.” Keefe performed alongside the well-known pianist, Christopher Guzman. The…
The quest to find oneself is a common one explored in a media of all stripes, but director Dee Rees applies a patient and heartbreakingly specific touch in crafting her 2011 film, “Pariah.” The film was screened this weekend by GMICC, the Gender Minorities in Cinema and Media Studies Collective,…
The first thing I’ll say about Coogler’s “Black Panther” is that watching it causes the sequel to make a great deal more sense to me. My relationship to Marvel films is complicated because I’ve seen a few, and oftentimes removed from the context of the increasingly tangled corporate web…
Divest Carleton has been demanding that Carleton College divest its endowment from fossil fuels for the past eight years and from the military-industrial complex and private prisons since 2020. After years of negotiation with no commitment to act from the President of the College or the Board of Trustees, the…
Kosinski’s “Tron: Legacy” is like stained glass: pretty to look at, structurally flat and exceedingly fragile when handled too strongly. It’s a special effects-fueled ride that kindly asks that you don’t pay too much attention to its flimsy story. I had the pleasure of being invited to watch “Tron” with…
“I think that the only real way we can think about the Earth and our human relationship to the Earth,” said Professor of Environmental Studies Colleen Carpenter, “is in an interdisciplinary manner.” This term, Carls will have the opportunity to approach a truly global issue — water activism — through…
Date Knight, as it exists today, has become a Carleton tradition over decades, serving as a night for Carleton students to take themselves just a bit too seriously, dressing up and dressing out to impress their blind date. Affectionately known as “screw date,” the sexual undertones of this event have…