Two years ago, when I was chief film critic at the Carletonian, my first duty was maintaining a weekly film review. My second order of business has been allowing a younger writer to try his hand at film criticism for the past year, as I have been occupied by my…
Features and Arts
Have you ever seen one of those hefty, banged-up metallic tins with some strange nozzle attached to it? Possibly a group of men sporting some fashionable baggy shorts crowding around said metallic tin, sipping from a red Solo cup? If your media consumption rivals mine in any way, you will…
For the past 32 years, Professor Ron Rodman has been sharing his passion for music with Carleton students. As a band director, instructor and lecturer in topics from music theory to movie musicals, his enthusiasm for the subject is clear. Looking back on his time here, Rodman, as the Dye…
Room draw. It is an inescapable part of the Carleton system, feared by many, attempted to be outsmarted by some, loathed by all. Countless horror stories surround it, at this point almost legend — back stabbings, betrayals and last minute disasters that find their unfortunate recipients deep in the bowels…
For most studio art majors, the comps process began almost a whole year ago as they started to think broadly about what themes they wanted to explore, mediums they wanted to use and inspirations they wanted to draw from at the end of their junior year. The Senior Art Show…
This week, students, groups and organizations across campus are hosting a series of arts events in what is known as Mutual Aid Art Week. Elliot Hanson ‘23 and Eli Watt ‘25 have been spearheading the initiative and working tirelessly to ensure that everything is organized adequately and runs smoothly. Mutual…
As you walk the well-worn paths of your daily life, what environments do you exist within? This is one of the questions Allison Tran ’26, founder of the student arts organization Carls with Artistic Taste (CAT), posed to the artists creating work for the “Dear Earth” exhibition — and continues…
Professor and former Ambassador Ross L. Wilson is a longtime foreign policy official who has served worldwide. He began his work as an intern with the State Department in 1979. Early in his career, he worked in the offices of the Soviet Union and Egypt and as an economic officer…
Carleton’s annual Empty Bowls event will take place 7th Friday (May 12) from 11:30-1:15 p.m. on the Bald Spot. Co-sponsored by the CCCE and the Department of Art and Art History, Empty Bowls raises awareness of hunger issues and funds for food shelves in Northfield by selling student-made ceramic bowls…
What is the art scene at Carleton? This is a difficult question to answer and may summon to mind wildly different images for each Carleton student. It may mean the late-night halls of Boliou, quiet except for the distant whir of power tools in the woodshop; the bass-ridden tracks thumping…