On Thursday, April 27, Carleton’s Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF) held a protest at the Northfield Women’s Health Center. In a campus-wide email, organizers called for students to “join us in protesting against a Crisis Pregnancy Center, a fake abortion clinic” and led students on a march from Sayles to…
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This past weekend, Carleton’s frisbee teams traveled to Wisconsin to compete in USA Ultimate’s (USAU) North Central Regionals. While both the women’s and men’s D-I teams competed in Madison, the tournament for men’s D-III teams took place in Appleton. Carleton Ultimate Team (CUT), who competed in the men’s D-I tournament,…
Earlier this month, construction crews broke ground on Lilac Hill, indicating the beginning of the construction of Phase I of the Student Life and Housing Plan that sets out to “improve the student residential experience, create more equity in student housing, establish Black and multicultural centers, and invest in a…
On Tuesday, April 18th, Ambassador Ross Wilson gave a talk on his time serving as chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan. Every year, the Carleton political science department organizes a series of discussions about a theme pertinent to current affairs; this year, it was democracy and authoritarianism. Ambassador Wilson is a long-time…
On Monday, April 24, during a weekly CSA Senate meeting, Kevin Bui ’24 resigned effective immediately. The former treasurer took the opportunity to brief the rest of the council on the state of the budget and announced his resignation during an executive session. The meeting — in contrast to CSA’s…
On Monday, March 17, Carleton accepted the remainder of the class of 2027 through the regular decision admissions cycle. Although not all admitted students will attend Carleton, this signifies the end of the school’s admissions process. Carleton’s admissions team reviewed 6,465 applications, and admissions offers were extended to 1,406 students…
Each year, Carleton’s Board of Trustees must approve an annual budget for the coming fiscal year. After rounds of input and suggestions from a myriad of committees composed of students, faculty and staff, the 2024 budget was announced this March. This year’s budget contains an increase in the student-work wage…
On Tuesday, April 11, a panel of faculty spoke in the Weitz Center for Creativity on their experience teaching in the “age of cancel culture.” The discussion, titled “Teaching at Carleton during the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture and Academic Freedom,” was hosted by the Hollis L. Caswell Professor…
On April 4, St. Olaf student Waylon Kurts was arrested after items including ammunition magazines, knives and propane canisters were discovered in his dorm room. As KARE 11 reported, police also found other items of concern, such as a detailed plan to steal ammunition from Walmart, a hand-drawn map of…
In the second week of Spring Term, the last of the undecided sophomores declared their majors. Though the Class of 2025 was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during their first year, campus restrictions relaxed significantly the year after. 548 students in total declared their majors, reflecting an increase from the…