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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Sign of trouble ahead?
The National Youth Service Corps was created in Nigeria to bridge the huge cleavages in the country for part of the elite: university graduates. Graduates were expected to participate in service...
View ArticleLibrary News: Carleton College Announces New Name for its Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECARLETON COLLEGE ANNOUNCES NEW NAME FOR ITS LIBRARY“Toff Memorial Library” will honor beloved campus catNORTHFIELD, MN, April 1, 2013 – Carleton College announced today that it...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
4-1-2013NW Quadrant of Mount Vernon. 56 minutes. 8 miles.Chilly (30s), sunny, and breezy. Ran 6 laps of the 1.33 mile loop. Felt pretty good.
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Kelly O'Brien '12: "…Until the lions have their own historians, the history...
“…Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” - Chinua Achebe
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Kevin Draper '10: Games of the Meek: April 1-7, 2013.
Last year, with two weeks to go in the season, I did Games of the Meek, where I gave the teams that failed to appear in The Diss’ Games of the Week a lackluster day in court. Judgement included an...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: What can the government do?
If people believe the government should protect them from rapid inflation, the Iranian government has a lot of work to do. Can it do that work? Sanctions push Iran inflation above 30 percentIran's...
View ArticleCarleton News: Newman in Star Tribune: Choosing a College? Here's What Counts
Louis Newman, director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching and the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, wrote a commentary piece for the April 1 edition of the...
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Alison Sommer '05: A to Z Challenge
Despite being fairly new to this whole public blogging thing, or maybe because of it, I've signed up for the A to Z blogging challenge. So now I am committed to writing 6 days a week through April with...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: The Future That Never Was: 12 Funny Gadget Predictions
[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery& Technology. ] Yesterday’s visions of today were surprisingly accurate in some cases, but in others, they were humorously off-base. We’re not zooming around our...
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Happy Bodies: Becky
I continue to resist the argument that shaming someone “for their own good” is ever an effective mode of changing behavior. Whether it be teen pregnancy (which is a whole other discussion), or fat...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: David Stillerman Selected as MIAC...
David Stillerman (Evanston, Ill.) took over starting shortstop duties and moved up to the No. 2 spot in the Knights' lineup, and the changes certainly seemed to suit the junior. Stillerman led Carleton...
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Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: SB Nation Launches New Blog, Idiots Don’t...
SB Nation Expands At An…Interesting TimeThis morning popular Sonics blog Sonics Rising debuted as the newest member of the SB Nation blog network. At first glance it is a curious move; after all,...
View ArticleJulia Larson '13: All in-text links (should) now open in new tabs/windows.
A technical update to older posts to improve linking!Happy reciping,Julia
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Julia Larson '13: (eat s'more) better butter!
"Eat s'more bedder budder"? Is that what you said? I could've sworn . . . Oh, right, that's because you did just say "bedder budder." Don't believe me? Try saying "better butter" aloud. Still don't...
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Julia Larson '13: {Squash}ed by an Angel{-haired variety}
Sometimes clips I watched on television as a child are remarkably vivid memories. Sure, I "experienced" watching these scenes, but it's just plain weird to have Disney feel like a first-hand...
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Julia Larson '13: Not five, not four, not two, just six [ingredients]]]]]
Like Run DMC& the Beastie Boys, I have riffed on the rap countdown tradition in my title. Props to hollaing/hearkening back to those before oneself (even if not rap. And also props to satirizing...
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