Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Theory
Recently, I was revising the political science theory section of my book for its 5th edition (coming about March 1). (Theory is a neglected part of the AP course. Except for distinguishing between...
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Kevin Draper '10: Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Icarus Edition
As we pass the halfway mark of the season, there are some players and teams that are dramatically outpacing preseason expectations. Are these surprising performances for real, or are some players and...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Real-Life Tetris: Items Fit Perfectly in Street Sculptures
[ By Delana in Art& Sculpture & Craft. ] Those of us who grew up playing Tetris credit the game with teaching us everything from patience to time management to packing skills. For Swedish...
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1-23-2013Town + Lisbon. 70 minutes. 10 miles.Cold (17 degrees) and breezy. Slow warm-up 4 miles (31 minutes), then 5 miles steady (6:24, 6:23, 6:20, 6:25, 6:27), then 1 mile easy back home. Felt a...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Brick Farmhouse Facade Illusion via Photo-Printed Glass
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture& Public & Institutional. ] For decades, no one could quite agree on what should go in this critical location between the town hall and central church in...
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Benjamin Lenzner: swagat from the southern hemisphere to south india...
arrived in the motherland, goa to be exact, a few days back. already making some good connections and visiting an area i've never been before, north goa, for some good new zealand to india connecting...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Basketball: Knights Can’t Harvest Comeback Win...
Skylar Tsutsui (scored 14 of her game-high 20 points in the second half, but a late rally for the Carleton College women’s basketball team ran out of time as the Knights absorbed a 60-51 setback at the...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Basketball: Triple Threat: Theisen’s Triple-Double...
Some days you got it all working. Wednesday was one of those days for Scott Theisen. The senior finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists as he posted the first triple-double in Carleton...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Post-materialist politics in China
Edward Wong, writing in The New York Times, makes a good anecdotal case for the emergence of some post-materialist politics in China. Will that change the political culture? In China, Widening...
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1-24-2013Town Loop. 59 minutes. 8 miles.Cold (8 degrees) and breezy. Slow and easy run. Felt OK.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Cafe At The End Of Time 17.0
End of Part 1Masunte on the coast of Oaxaca during the off season…the perfect beach. Frank rented a room over a restaurantthat was right on the beach. What...
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Alicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #144: Tasty Teether
So, I’m on my fourth week of Weight Watchers and for some reason (gee, I can’t imagine?) I was drawn to this nap photo. I must say, that teething ring is looking pretty darn tasty right now.I mean,...
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 135
Here is last week's comic -- to be followed later today by the most current strip!
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Kevin Draper '10: What If? A Mock Seattle SuperSonics Expansion Draft
Editor’s Note: The idea for this post was shamelessly taken from Akis Yerocostas, who did a very similar exercise a couple of years ago. If you love the idea, credit him. If you hate the content, blame...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Good thing the next election is two years away
No wonder PM Cameron is trying to attract some of the UKIP supporters with his promise of a referendum on British membership in the EU. Labour Ahead, Tories at Lowest Level Since 2010 Election in...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Vanguard party and democratic centralism
Yesterday I got a question from a colleague about some details that are relevant to at least three of the countries included in the AP comparative course. Why, I thought, should I not share this with...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 5M SF of Sleek: World’s Largest Subterranean Rail Station
[ By Steph in Architecture& Public & Institutional. ] The largest underground high-speed rail station in the world will connect Hong Kong to Beijing, and measure an incredible 4,628,481 square...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Intimidation from afar
Peter Whitehouse, who teaches at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL, sent me a link to an article about how the Iranian powers-that-be try to intimidate journalists and confuse their online readers....
View ArticleStudent Video Blog: How to Survive a Minnesota Winter
You don't actually need five scarves or three pairs of boots. But a sense of humor? Definitely!
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