Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a mathematician and education inequality expert, gave a convocation address entitled “Leadership and the Role of Liberal Arts Colleges in Promoting High Achievement Among Minorities” in the Skinner Memorial Chapel last Friday. Hrabowski was exposed to educational inequality at…
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Carleton’s Pre-Freshman Orientation Trips have been a tradition at this school for many years. The school has organized canoeing, backpacking, and service trips for incoming freshmen to participate in for the four days prior to New Student Week. Before the school provided sponsorship, the trips were run and organized by…
The highly anticipated Super Tuesday results bring the nation one step closer to determining the party candidates for the 2008 Presidential Election. For the Democratic Party, the results remain inconclusive. Leading candidates Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama ran a remarkably close race, prompting political pundits to regard the…
Over 300 Carleton students traveled through bumper-to-bumper (election-related) traffic Tuesday night in order to participate in the Democratic Farm Labor (DFL) caucuses held at the Northfield Middle School. Student participation helped make the caucus the most well- attended in memory, and may have helped Barack Obama defeat Hilary Clinton in…
The third annual Pink Party will take place Saturday, February 2. Leahruth Jemilo ’08 and Love Anani ’07 created the event in 2006 in order to raise money for the HOPE Center in Faribault which is an essential community resource for women in this community. This week, members of the…
Since 1913, Carleton College has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). The process includes a self-study and an on-site review by the NCA. As the status needs to be renewed every 10 years, Carleton has already begun preparing for the next review, scheduled for…
I think “chaotic” is a good way to describe life with my host family here in Bamako. Both of my parents work demanding full-time jobs and juggle the demands of their three little kids, aged 6, 3, and 11 months.The baby took his first steps two weeks ago and hasn’t…
On November 15 last year, tragedy struck the family of two Carleton students, Margarita Cruz ’07 and Michele Cruz ’11. A fire broke out in the abandoned apartment by their house in Chicago and spread to three surrounding buildings. While no one was injured, the family’s house was completely burned…
On this coming Tuesday, residents of Minnesota and twenty-three other states will participate in the largest Super Tuesday in history. Here in Minnesota, Carls will have the opportunity to be a part of this state’s caucus and voice their say for which candidate they wish to send to the national…
Students gathered in Goodhue’s Superlounge to discuss youth involvement in the climate change movement over dinner with Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer Thursday night. Carleton students shared their stories about projects that they have worked on and conventions that they have attended with regards to the movement. The discussion was the penultimate event…