Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: British national holiday
As we approach the U.S. national holiday on 4 July, here's a reminder of another national holiday. The United Kingdom does not have a recognized national day, although the Queen's Official Birthday...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Chinese national holiday
As we approach the U.S. national holiday on 4 July, here's a reminder of another national holiday. October 1 is a public holiday in the People's Republic of China. The PRC was founded on October 1,...
View ArticleLibrary News: What's new? See new books and DVDs in Bridge.
We're trying out a new way to make it easier to see what's new in Bridge, the joint catalog of the Carleton and St. Olaf Libraries. You can view lists of new books, grouped by subject areas and sorted...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: 13 Crazy Air, Sea & Land Vehicle-to-House Conversions
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] When airplanes have made their last flight, ships are no longer seaworthy and school buses are finished ferrying children to and fro, where...
View ArticleTenzin Lendey '15: Summer's Musings
GIRLEgress alludes to emptiness. Widow with plump breastsReborn, my aunt of a past life.Like a split road, you like to deviate from what is taught.My root lama heeds good appearances. His lesson is to...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton Announces the First Annual Northfield Summer Film...
In collaboration with the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium, Carleton College is pleased to announce the first annual Northfield Summer Film Festival, running for four consecutive Tuesday evenings...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: President Enriquie Pena Nieto
With few votes yet to count, the PRI has been elected to power once again in Mexico. Mexico's former ruling party voted back to officeThe party that ruled Mexico with a tight grip for most of the last...
View ArticleDavid Schraub: BDS, The PCUSA, and Caring About Anti-Semitism
One thing that is evident to observers of the BDS movement is how thoroughly it is shot through with anti-Semitism. One sees this in ways ranging from allegations that Jews engineered the financial...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Top Models of Tomorrow: 5 Retro-Futuristic Car Designs
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] Though times and vehicular technologies change, at least one thing remains the same: concept cars drive vehicle design, both on and off the...
View ArticleThomas Glessner Weaver '69: Celebrating Life with Music - Connection to Ohio...
Here is the Pacific Ocean from the Sunshine Coast of Australia that I experienced early in my walk about for 2 months in Australia and Asia in August through October in 2011.Taking an Easy Does New...
View ArticleErin McKittrick '01: Update from Greenland – Narsaq
A little farther afield from our usual Alaska fare… This is Josh and Brian’s first report from their Greenland expedition: Unpeeling the Banana Coast. Videos are small clips that are taken unedited...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Fortunate Moments for Unfortunate Franchises: The Denver...
Sanctity in sports can be represented in two ways: by a record, or by a picture.Records, of course, provide us with statistical evidence of an unprecedented feat. If we choose to look at the numbers...
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