“Every athlete knows what it’s like to be tired. To come up from the water breathless, to arise from a tackle winded, or to finish the last stride across the finish line. However, that chance to breathe is not made available for black people across this country. We are tired…
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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…
If there was a seriousness spectrum from The Carletonian to the Clap, the Cow Print (formerly known as the Carl) would be smack in the middle of the two. It’s Carleton’s Arts, Culture, and Humor magazine that has been in print since the late 90s. The Cow Print puts out…
Every year, one of the largest and most popular events that takes place at Carleton is the Spring Concert, otherwise known as “Sproncert.” Towards the end of Spring Term, the Student Activities Programming Board (SAPB), with the support of the Student Activities Office (SAO), puts on a music festival for…
When Simran Kadam ’23 came to Carleton, she did not come with dance in mind. “I grew up as a competitive danc- er for most of my life,” Kadam said. “While I considered dance a passion, I found it to be an all-consuming and often toxic environment. Coming to college,…
Nina Kaushikkar ’22 grew up just outside of Chicago. While the greater Chicago area has pockets of South Asian communities, this wasn’t the case in Kaushikkar’s hometown. Still, as the daughter of two Indian immigrants, Kaushikkar had always felt a strong connection towards her cultural background. “When I came to…
Core to Carleton is caring. For each other, for our education, for our communities and for our planet. We each have our own unique ways of contributing to the collective good. Yet our actions are only as valuable as our institutional impact. Our college is funded by a roughly 1.3…
Since 1981, Carleton’s federally-funded TRIO/SSS (Student Support Services) Program has provided a community for 140 students who either are low-income, first-generation college students and/or have a documented disability. Gathering at the TRIO House at 216 College Street, students have access to academic support in the form of specialized academic advising,…
The Carleton Mutual Aid Fund was created to foster a community of support on campus. Mutual aid projects work to meet survival needs and build shared understandings about the realities of wealth inequality. While Carleton, a small and tight-knit campus, comes together in times of urgent need, the community often…
When Imani Kindness-Coleman ’22, a member of the Apsàalooke Nation, arrived at Carleton, there was no support or community for her as an Indigenous student. “I didn’t notice anything, and nobody reached out,” she said. “I can say the same thing: we came in and there wasn’t anything there,” added…