Kamala Harris did not lose because she pandered to the right or because she abandoned progressive policies popular with college students. She lost because Democratic purity tests alienated voters and because...

The skies were gray and the waves choppy in the early hours of June 6, 1944, when American troops launched wave after wave of attack on the beaches of Normandy, France. Accompanied by Canadian and English...

Carleton’s Student Union Movie Organization (SUMO) is one of the most generous resources available at Carleton. It’s a program that allows students to experience movies in the Weitz theater free of...

The outcome of the recent presidential election has made one thing abundantly clear: the Democratic Party has lost touch with the standard American voter. This isn’t 2016 where the loss can be blamed...

Today, I called my gynecologist.  Like many people everywhere, I woke up with an intense dread the day after election day. I went to bed the night before, feeling incredibly helpless as I watched each...

A few weeks ago, flyers advertising a Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition appeared around New York City. Chalamet, a young American actor, has gained popularity in the last few years, partially ...

I came here as the ideal starry-eyed immigrant kid three years ago. The country was riding off Biden's victory into a tightly contested midterm election. I was in a progressive space for the first time...

Note from the Editors: This article was originally published on September 24, 2012. The Carletonian is 148 years old, with over 3,400 issues published since its inception. To reflect and learn from the...

Frankly, I love Halloween. I loved it as a kid when I dressed up as Superman and I still love it now as a college student. What I enjoy most is how, on Halloween, people can be more authentic than they...

Note from the Editors: This article was originally published on January 14, 2017. The Carletonian is 148 years old, with over 3,400 issues published since its inception. To reflect and learn from the newspaper’s...

In 2022, months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, I credited students at Carleton with keeping MN-02 a pro-choice district. You registered here, got out to the polls and helped us send a...

Failing to vote doesn’t send the message you think. It empowers others at your expense. “You're giving someone an excuse to ignore you,” said Steve Simon, the Minnesota Secretary of state, at a Carleton...