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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Wealthy Putin?
Rumors have floated around political and journalistic circles inside of and outside of Russia about President Putin's fabulous wealth. Given the wealth of many of the insider oligarchs and politicians...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: No corruption for you!
While the PRC leadership makes loud noises about stemming corruption and punishing corrupt officials, people have to know that only the officials are allowed to decide what should be stemmed and who...
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Taryn Dentinger '98: Snowiest April EVER!
Yep, my horse is basically camouflage these days - white with black and blue just like the world around here. We've gotten something like 40 inches of snow in the past two weeks. There is more snow on...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Submerged Cities: 7 Underwater Wonders of the World
[ By Steph in 7 Wonders Series& Global. ] Sucked into the sea by earthquakes or intentionally flooded to create dams, ancient and contemporary cities lurk just beneath the surface in bodies of...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Quick quiz
Dr. Nick Hayes, professor of history who holds the university chair in critical thinking at Saint John's University in Collegeville, MN, while writing about Chechnya in MinnPost today said that "Grozny...
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Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: More Memes, Less Words from USA Today
USA Today, furthering their meteoric rise in digital sports media, launched their latest site For The Win this morning. For The Win’s introductory post is full of 2013 phrases like “shareable” and...
View ArticleCarleton News: Nobel Laureate Professor to Deliver Carleton’s Mohrig Lecture...
Robert H. Grubbs, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, whose many honors include the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will deliver the annual...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton College’s Foro Latinoamericano Asks What’s Next for...
Carleton College’s Department of Latin American Studies is preparing for 2013’s installment of the Foro Latinoamericano, a series of events focusing on a single issue related to Latin America. This...
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Alison Sommer '05: Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars!
Being a Star Wars fan is part of what makes me me. It's a comfort, it's an inspiration, it's so much more than just a few badass movies. So I think now might be a good time to explain how that all...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Intoxication, Captured: Frantic Head-Spinning Oil Paintings
[ By Steph in Art& Drawing & Digital. ] If you’ve ever been intoxicated enough to feel as if the world were spinning around you at 100 miles per hour, these oil paintings by Alexandra Pacula...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Details, details, trivia, details
The longer you study something, the more you learn about it (hopefully). When I began teaching about China, the Cultural Revolution was in full swing and my cousin-in-law's husband was a barefoot...
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Alison Sommer '05: Tattoo you
My left leg as of 4/22/13, it's not finished yet.I have tattoos. I love my tattoos. I know a lot of people have strong opinions on tattoos, I have strong opinions on tattoos, people also tend to have a...
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Kevin Draper '10: Series of the Week: Miami Heat (1) versus Milwaukee Bucks (8)
Editor’s Note: With the playoffs in full swing, we’ve brought back “Series of the Week” to supplant the “Games of the Week” feature. These will be extended weekly discussions on a particular team,...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Seconds to Years: 3 Scales of Time-Lapse Photography
[ By WebUrbanist in Art& Photography & Video. ] With the rise of digital technologies, photographers are finding increasingly fascinating ways to capture minutes, hours, days, weeks, months...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
4-19-2013Town + Country Lisbon. 65 minutes. 9 miles.Cold (34 degrees) and windy! Easy pace. Tired but overall OK.
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4-20-2013Town Loop. 30 minutes. 4 miles.Early morning run before track meet. Cold (30 degrees) and sunny.
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4-21-2013McClelland + Day + Green Ridge Loop. 86 minutes. 12 miles.Mild (50 degrees), sunny, and very windy! Relaxed but decent pace. Tired and sore. [Week: 74 miles]
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