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Gould and red: a president’s favorite color

Tucker Nelson April 22, 2016

Laurence M. Gould, Antarctic explorer and Carleton's fourth president, was regarded as personable, passionate, and an engaging public speaker. His outfits were eternally accented by flashy ties of one...

WGST program dreams of hiring full-time faculty

Justine Seligson April 22, 2016

With 39 majors across a wide spectrum of departments, Carleton prides itself on letting students truly immerse themselves in their academic interests. However, not all programs are created equal, with...

Webb’s COMPS incorporates multiple dance forms

Jack Noble April 15, 2016

On Friday, April 15, Lucia Webb ‘16 will present her Comps show, entitled Ephemera, in the Weitz Blackbox Theater. On behalf of the the Carletonian, I was able to view the show before its release. Ephemera...

Carleton receives grant for DACA students

Ellie Grabowski April 15, 2016

Courtesy of the DREAM Act Project, the Office of Intercultural and International Life (OIIL) received a $5,000 grant to increase its spring term programming for students with Deferred Action for Childhood...

Mudd to be demolished for new science building

Tucker Nelson April 15, 2016

Two years after the completion of Carleton’s Facilities Master Plan, construction is set to begin on a new science building to join Olin and Hulings Halls. Completed in 2014, the Master Plan envisioned...

OCS program cancelled after small pool of applicants

Nam Nguyen March 4, 2016

Earlier this term, the Carleton Off Campus Studies Office launched a new program, “Carleton Intensive Spanish in Soria” for summer of 2016. The program was expected to be led by Palmar Alvarez Blanco...

Carltalkracy: Carls for… Marco?

Charles Lutvak March 4, 2016

If you are a current Carleton student living on campus who caucused last Tuesday night, you probably went to the Weitz Center. So why did a group of five first-year Carls caucus at Northfield High School?...

BIRT to address bias on campus

Brynne Diggins March 4, 2016

On Tuesday, February 22, Chaplain Carolyn Fure-Slocum emailed a letter to all students, faculty, and staff on behalf of the BIRT working group. Along with Thomas Hiura ’17 and Abhimanyu Lele ’16,...

‘Oh Dad, Poor Dad’ mixes sad with effortless performances

Mackenzie Smith February 26, 2016

Carleton’s Experimental Theater Board (ETB) knocked it out of the park on Thursday with the opening performance of Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You In The Closet And I’m Feelin’ So Sad by Arthur...

CCAM announces new motivational initiative

Annika Martensson February 26, 2016

This past fall term, all students on Carleton’s campus were invited to participate in an anonymous drug and alcohol survey to inform the grant Carleton received from the Minnesota Department of Human...

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