This last week started as most second weeks usually do, with a regrettably early 1A. Midday Monday, however, my cold symptoms which I had possessed for the previous handful of days started to progress, and by Tuesday, I had accepted that at some point in the last week, I had…
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Don’t get me wrong, Culver’s is great. I’m down for a ButterBurger or cheese curds any day, but it’s the lack of alternatives that I take issue with. In the realm of fast food cuisine, the Midwest is lacking. It’s both expensive and bland, and don’t even get me started…
If great moments in film give you chills, then Scheinert and Kwan’s Everything Everywhere All At Once, as a collective experience, will cool you with the strength of elated hypothermia. At last, the SUMO movies have found a contender maddeningly creative enough to reignite the magic of the craft using…
Celebrate the start of your first year at Carleton with your vote! With the upcoming midterm elections, every Minnesotan vote counts. Although first-years and other out-of-state students may not be familiar with Minnesota state politics, they should be. Election day is November 8, and student votes are vital for reproductive…
Generations beyond their target audience, ’90s coming-of-age comedies remain popular with good reason. Our pair of films, shown through the Student Union Movie Organization in the Weitz last week, are rooted in classical literature: Clueless draws from Austen’s Emma, and 10 Things from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Though…
Have you ever had one of those brilliant shower thoughts that you felt compelled to tell all within a two-mileradius? Maybe you’ve wished to uncover the identity of the cute man sitting across from you in Sayles? Or, maybe you wanted to instigate a riot against someone you know? Chances…
This article was written at the end of Spring 2022 in response to a Carletonian Viewpoint regarding Roe v. Wade. The Carletonian has decided to publish it despite the delay due to the continuing relevance of Roe v. Wade. To wit: I do not take issue with the opinion in…
Of the six individuals on Carleton’s COVID-19 Core Team, three are vice presidents (student life, treasurer, Chief of Staff), one is a dean, one is Director of Campus Security and one is Director of Digital Strategy and Public Affairs. No one on the team has a background in public health.…
Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap… What was that? Not the chirps from the goslings on Lyman Lakes, but the sound coming from my mouth in reaction to the Met Gala red carpet this year. A wise woman once said, money cannot buy taste. This is reaffirmed every awards season as the…
I spent a good chunk of my senior year trying to fight against Carleton’s plans to change some of the traditions and spaces that I love. However, I am not here to talk about the college’s efforts to slowly prune itself of parts that I held dear and hope that…