Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Successful simulation on Nigerian politics
Juliette Zener, who teaches in Massachusetts, posted this on the AP Comparative Facebook page. If you missed it, here is her message and recommendation. Globalization and Nigerian Oil SimulationI just...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Swimming and Diving: 200 Free Relay Picks Up...
At the MIAC Championships last month, seniors Erik Klontz and Mamoru Kanazawa teamed with first-years George McAneny and Stephen Grinich won the 200-yard freestyle relay to give the Carleton men’s...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Knights Fall to Carthage Despite Harmon’s Gem
Despite a stellar pitching performance from senior pitcher Ted Harmon, the Carleton College baseball team dropped its fourth straight game, this one a 7-6 decision to Carthage College. Harmon recorded...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Swimming and Diving: Pilhofer Competes in 100...
Although she did not qualifiy for the finals in the 100-ayrd butterfly, senior Sophie Pilhofer still had a successful second day at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships as she...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Pragmatic reform in an ideological state?
The Chinese do make pragmatic changes in the name of giving "Chinese characteristics" to things like socialism. Can the powers that be do something similar with the one child policy?Thanks to Beverley...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: To whom do you complain?
When you think reporters get it wrong, to whom do you complain? A letter to the editor? Is there such a thing for broadcast media? It's in some people's interest to describe the plan in the UK as...
View ArticleDavid Ocker '73: Winter 2012 from The Seasons
I have completed and posted my fifth Season, entitled Winter 2012. This is the second Winter in the series. The entire series, unsurprisingly, is called The Seasons.Winter 2012 uses a twelve-tone row...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
3-22-2013Scobey + Pospisil. 58 minutes. 8 miles.Cold (21 degrees), sunny, and calm. Started slow but decent pace by the end. Felt OK.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Treehouse Taster: 3 Wildly Different Types of Tree Houses
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture& Houses & Residential. ] Regular readers will know that this site love tree houses of all types, but in researching articles a few have slipped through the...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Diss Guy Miss Guy, Vol. 32
Diss Guy: Tim HardawayBelieve it or not, something piqued my attention last week that had nothing (well, almost nothing) to do with basketball. Rob Portman, a conservative senator from Ohio, changed...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Swimming and Diving: Knights Take Part in 800 Free...
Day three of the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships saw Carleton compete in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The Knights finished 19th with a time of 6:58.29.
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Knights Surrender Late Lead for Second Day in a...
The Carleton College baseball team relinquished another late lead, dropping its fifth consecutive decision by a score of 5-4 to Wesleyan University. Hayden Tsutsui drove in all four of the Knights’...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Required reading
There are many things necessary for adequately preparing to teach about Nigerian government and politics: getting a handle on regime structure; understanding the demographics and economics of the...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
3-23-2013Town + Track. 82 minutes. 12 miles.Chill (28 degrees) and nice! Warm-up 3 miles, then 4 miles steady on the outdoor track: 6:08, 5:58, 5:53, 5:46 for 23:48. Felt pretty good. Long cool-down.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Geometric Projections: Light Art Radically Reshapes Nature
[ By WebUrbanist in Art& Photography & Video. ] Everyone knows there are mathematical patterns to be found everywhere in nature – though few such geometries are as explicit and dazzling as...
View ArticleErin McKittrick '01: Alaska’s Future? — Walking around Cook Inlet to see what...
800 miles of coast – Preschooler speedCook Inlet A hundred and seventy million years ago, sea-monster-like plesiosaurs swam between volcanoes. Lava flows poured into the warm sea, buried by mud and the...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Knights' Offense Explodes Thanks to Fireworks...
After surrendering late leads in the past two games, the Carleton College baseball team made sure to close the door Saturday afternoon, prevailing by a score of 17-11 against Wesleyan University....
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