Campus always seems to get a little bit brighter around this time of year. Maybe it’s the sun, or maybe it’s the smiles — but it’s most likely the increased number of Hamm’s cans around campus. And there will be no place with more Hamm’s cans than behind the Rec…
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The Financial Aid Working Group, appointed and created by President Byerly in April 2022, recently published their final report of recommendations. The working group consisted of current and past trustees, staff, faculty and students. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Art Rodriguez ’96 and Professor of Economics Michael Hemesath were…
On Tuesday, May 23, members of Carleton’s Union Solidarity Association and Wellstone House gathered in Leighton 236 to learn from special guest speaker Tre Tellor. Tellor comes from a family of sharecroppers and miners, so “labor was always a part of the culture at home.” A self-described “pink diaper baby”…
Last Friday, May 12, Carleton and the greater Northfield community partook in a beloved decades-old tradition: Empty Bowls. On that muggy afternoon, hundreds of bowls and mugs of all types were waiting to be picked by the crowd of students, faculty, staff and Northfield residents. Folding chairs and plastic tables…
Carleton 2033, otherwise known as Carleton’s strategic planning process, was officially launched last fall. The planning structure is anchored by the Coordinating Committee, which oversees three task forces: Community of Belonging Task Force, Advancing the Liberal Arts Task Force, and Expanding Carleton’s Reach Task Force. On May 12, President Byerly…
On May 15, an all-campus email went out explaining that, “due to personal reasons,” Doechii is no longer available to perform at the 42nd Annual Sproncert. The 24-year-old singer was announced by the Sproncert Planning Committee as this year’s headliner live through KRLX radio on Friday, May 5. Despite Doechii’s…
Almost a year ago, the landmark Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson thrust abortion back into the harsh limelight of American political and cultural life. The Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, sent dominoes tumbling across the country as states scrambled to either enshrine or dismantle legal access to…
After another cycle of Carleton student and alumni fellowship applications, a total of 17 Carls were recognized by the Office of Student Fellowships in their draft report to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Current Carl Susana Kisker ’24 and recent graduate Eric Cheng ’23 were awarded Critical Language…
As announced in Sayles and broadcast over KRLX last Friday, Doechii will be this year’s Sproncert headliner. This announcement comes as the last after the openers — Bad Timing, Paranoid Fiction, Silver Warehouse, Dred I Dread and The Color 8 — were revealed over the past few weeks. Prior to…
Dina Zavala was recently announced as the inaugural Vice President for Inclusion, Equity, and Community (VPIEC). Zavala, the current Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be tasked with implementing Carleton’s community plan for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE), which was formulated in the…