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Carleton Athletics: Men's Basketball: Knights Trump Auggies as Theisen Joins...

Shane McSparron matched his career high with 21 points, and Scott Theisen joined the 1000-point club as the Carleton College men’s basketball team defeated visiting Augsburg College, 63-58. The victory...

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Carleton Athletics: Women's Basketball: Knights Lose Nail-Biter at Augsburg,...

Skylar Tsutsui scored 16 of her game-high 21 points in the second half and the Knights set a school record for free-throw accuracy, but the Carleton College women’s basketball team absorbed a tough...

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Dan Schofer '00

2-6-2013Town. 30 minutes. 4 miles.Easy shakeout run. Felt OK.

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Dan Schofer '00

2-7-2013Town + Lisbon. 59 minutes. 8 miles.Chilly (34 degrees) and raining lightly. Extra slow and easy run.

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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Rival to Rupert Murdock?

Not even Rupert Murdock can get a toe hold in the Mexican media markets, but the world's richest man might be about to. Will that have an effect on Mexican politics? Carlos Slim closer to entering...

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David Ocker '73: The Super Bowl Baby Trilogy - Reposted

American culture is just chock full of fun holidays which combine the celebration of competition with crass consumerism. For example there are the Oscars (and Grammies and a slough of other pointless...

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Carleton News: Photo Feature: Winter Fun!

Carls take full advantage of the plethora of wintery activities available when the bald spot and Lyman Lakes freeze over and campus is blanketed in snow. Here's a peek at the skating, sledding, and...

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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Abandoned Cement Factory & Silos Transformed into Offices

[ By Steph in Architecture& Offices & Commercial. ] An incredible abandoned cement factory, covered with ivy and partially in ruins, has been transformed into a massive office complex that...

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Carleton News: Carleton Players Present Martin Crimp’s Bold and Innovative...

The Carleton Players have announced the premiere of their winter production, Martin Crimp’s groundbreaking play “Attempts on Her Life.” Performances will be held in the College’s Weitz Center for...

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Library News: ARTstor OIV now compatible with Mac OS 10.8

A new version of ARTstor’s Offline Image Viewer (OIV) for Mac OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8 is now available for download. This version includes all the features of the previous release.

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Library News: ILLiad unavailable Friday morning, February 8

ILLiad, our online InterLibrary Loan software, will be down on Friday, February 8 from 9 am to noon for a scheduled system upgrade.Our apologies for any inconvenience.

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Kevin Draper '10: The Delicate Line Between Doctor and Boss.

There is no nation that sends more people to work sick — and additionally, provides little to no support to those who are sick — than our beautiful United States of America.  The New York Times reports...

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Alicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #146: La-Z-Boy

Sometimes, while riding pink vehicles and snuggling your taggies, you just have to kick back in your man chair. Or, as in this case, under it.A VERY La-z-boyHey. A baby’s got to protect the delicate...

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Student Video Blog: History Detectives

Associate professor of history Serena Zabin worked with student researchers to learn more about  British soldiers involved in the 1770 Boston Massacre.

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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Engineering Marvel: The Mysterious Ruins of Nan Madol

[ By Steph in Global& Travel & Places. ] The only ancient city ever built upon a coral reef, Nan Madol is a marvel of ancient engineering so complex, no one can figure out how it was conceived...

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Carleton Athletics: Women's Tennis: Knights Open Title Defense by Dominating...

The Carleton College women’s tennis team started defense of its 2012 MIAC regular-season title with a convincing 9-0 victory over Hamline University. The Knights dropped only seven total games in the...

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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Rule of law in Nigeria

The journalistic reports boil this case down to "he said" vs "he said." Can the Nigerian court system sort out the evidence to reach a verdict? Nigerian Farouk Lawan charged over $3m fuel scam...

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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Spring Festival in China

It used to be Chinese New Year. Then politics intervened. Now, it's spring festival. Chinese leaders attend Spring Festival reception in BeijingChinese leaders Hu Jintao (C), Xi Jinping (5th R), Wu...

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Chet Haase: Things I Believe: Thoughts for Friday

You can't please everyone, but you can always pleasure yourself.He who does not try cannot fail.Lucky in love, happy in life.Lucky in business, annoying.The proof is in the pudding. I have no idea how...

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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Church Bells To Doorbells: 8 Churches Turned Into Homes

[ By Marc in Architecture& Houses & Residential. ] Churches are some of society’s most stylistically beautiful buildings. A large amount of building design comes down to functionality and...

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