This Wednesday marked the thirty year anniversary of the Serbian invasion of Bosnia, where the ethnically charged Army of Republika Srpska waged total warfare against the Bosnian countryside. This invasion would mark the beginning of a three-year-long conflict that would see the destruction of millions of homes and a genocide…
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I was going to write an article about my thoughts on Carleton removing the mask mandate. The main idea was going to be that I personally wouldn’t be wearing my mask any less, but that I understand why Carleton ended the mask mandate. Then I tested positive for COVID-19. I…
When it was time to pick my major in my sophomore year, I decided to choose something that was just STEM enough to make my parents happy and just humanities enough to make me happy: psychology. It was all fun and games until one of my professors shared the recipe…
Two weeks ago, the world changed irrevocably. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a massive, unprovoked invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine. With millions of people displaced, thousands killed and Ukraine’s cities under indiscriminate shelling by Russian forces, Putin is well on his way to carrying out the complete destruction of…
Getting sick is never a pleasant experience, and being away from home and your primary care provider while at school only adds to the stress. Even before wearing masks became common practice, I generally never got sick; I remember the last time I got sick before coming to Carleton was…
On the evening of February 23rd, I was dressing up for the dance club. After seeing that Putin was giving a speech, I immediately turned on the news. For the last eight years, I have lived in the reality of war; however, in light of the dramatic escalations of tension…
It happens that I now find myself about to graduate from Carleton. This piece—my last Viewpoint—is a little different from the others in that it is a retrospective of my time here, my thoughts condensed on how I’ve changed and what I’ve enjoyed and not enjoyed about college. When I…
WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! With the arrival of Winter Term came my newest distraction: Euphoria. When I first watched Euphoria, I was 16 and had never seen a nude body on television. Now, after my fair share of my HBO Max subscription, I truly believed that I was ready for Euphoria’s…
April 18, 2014 Diplomatic ties between the United States and Russia have been recently shaken by the crisis in Crimea. To better understand how these strained foreign relations might impact life at Carleton College, The Carletonian reached out to two Carls studying abroad in Russia for perspectives closer to the…
I like yogurt and granola as much as the next person—perhaps more, given that it’s one of the few things I can reliably eat in the dining halls. And I appreciate that the LDC has granola. I’m really not sure what I would eat for breakfast every day without it.…