If you walk into Willis 211 on a Thursday evening at seven o’clock, you will find students and Northfield residents alike hunched over notebooks, leaning back in their chairs and laughing, or talking excitedly and motioning with their hands. You will hear flecks of Spanish, English, and occasionally other languages…
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Last week marked six months since April 16 and the shootings at Virginia Tech in which 32 people, including the gunman, were killed. What has changed about federal firearm legislation since that day? Nothing. However, new bills regarding gun purchasing regulations and the “right-to-defend” statute are pending for the upcoming…
Recently, Carleton hired a set of photographers to spend time on campus visually capturing the spirit of the student body. This work was displayed as Vantage Points and Vantage Points II displayed in the campus art gallery. As an alum living 755 miles away, I didn’t get a chance to…
Some of you have done It so many times that it’s lost the transformative aura of mystique. You still enjoy it, but with repetition diminishing the unadulterated novelty and almost illicit appeal, the idea of it no longer excites you. Many of us might want to do it more often…
Most mornings I set my cell phone alarm to sound twice: once an hour before I want to get up and then again when I actually want to get up. When the first alarm sounds, I open my eyes just long enough to leave my dream state; then I turn…
By now, the student body is probably aware that the dining contract is up for bid. Over the next few months, the Dining Task Force will be working to evaluate Carleton’s dining service options. In January, the Dining Task Force will make its recommendation to the College Council, which will…
Entering the Myers stairwell a few days ago, I was struck by the message of a poster on the wall. It proclaimed, “25% of college women will be victims of sexual assault or rape.” Astonished, I stopped and looked closely at the poster to see if I had missed anything.…
A while back I visited Duke Clinic and Hospital, and was shocked to see: Domino’s Pizza Hardees Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream booth I wanted to throw something at the genius who decided that a hospital to maintain food outlets that serve the very foods that make millions of Americans ill, be…
This week, we are going to focus our editorial on the drinking culture that has developed in our generation. The term “drinking culture” refers to a set of practices involving alcohol consumption shared by the community—we choose to focus specifically on the college community. As members of this culture, we…