Press "Enter" to skip to content

News

Carleton’s Students for Reproductive Freedom protest Northfield Women’s Center 

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…

USAU North Central Regionals Results: CUT and Syzygy place first, advancing to Nationals

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,…

Ambassador Ross Wilson on his time as chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan

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…

Carleton accepts class of 2027

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…

Carleton’s 2024 budget: Comprehensive fee, student work, financial aid

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…

Carleton and St. Olaf students react to thwarted shooting threat

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…

The class of 2025 declare their majors

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…