Dan Schofer '00
4-29-2013Mud Rd. + Abbe Hills Loop. 57 minutes. 8 miles.Mild (50s) and breezy. Felt a little sluggish again. Relaxed and easy pace.
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: There are labor unions in Iran?
Well, there used to be unions in Iran. Unions supported the democracy movement in the last century. They were active supporters of the Islamic revolution.But now? Not so much. It's worth reminding...
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Thomas Glessner Weaver '69: Spring Weather in Minnesota - Time for Biking!
Reading in the Magazine, hard copy, a gift from Steve B, my disc golf mentor, about the role of blogging during the Arab Spring. And sensing putting anything out on the web is now a part of co...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Golf: Wells, Moede Finish Inside Top 10 But...
Taylor Wells posted a final-round, 10-over par 82 to finish in a tie for sixth and Kelsey Moede recorded her eighth top-10 finish in nine tournaments as No. 23 Carleton ended up sixth at its home...
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Alison Sommer '05: Yo-yo Ma made me skip class
Okay I'm cheating, Yo-yo Ma is not really the topic of this post, but Yo-yo Ma starts with the letter Y and he is a famous cellists. And I also play the cello, and this post is sort of about that. (I...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Missing Frames
A sense of being is created by theillusion of the continuity of senseperceptions, just as our minds are fooled into feeling that a movie isreally happening.…but there are missing frames inour...
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Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: Cautiously Optimistic About ESPN Forecast
A few weeks ago ESPN debuted ESPN Forecast, a panel of 216 ESPN employed or affiliated basketball experts. ESPN Forecast is an attempt by the worldwide leader to institutionalize the wildly popular NBA...
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 149
A little late on posting last week's strip, but here it is... Kid logic. You gotta love it :)
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Private Playgrounds: 13 Amazingly Fun Houses
[ By Steph in Architecture& Houses & Residential. ] If you had your own pirate ship fort, multi-story slide, climbing wall or indoor skate park, would you ever want to leave your house? Some...
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Benjamin Lenzner: house sitting on a fence.
house sitting in new zealand, while still looking for a home, though getting close.driving this morning, crack of dawn, to university, right round the corner from the house i'm sitting, on a fence...
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Amy Csizmar Dalal: acdalal
This term I am teaching in Carleton’s “interactive classroom”, more commonly referred to as the Sandbox. This is my first time teaching in this particular classroom, although I’ve admired it from afar...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Buildings That Don’t Exist: Fake Facades Hide Infrastructure
[ By Steph in Architecture& Cities & Urbanism. ] From the sidewalk, this Paris building looks just like those around it, complete with doors, windows and balconies. but take a look at Google...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Bagley, Davis Help Knights to Another Split
Kaitlin Bagley had five hits on the day, and Keelin Davis tossed another gem as the Carleton College softball team split its third straight doubleheader. Host Hamline University prevailed in game one,...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Big Innings Doom Knights in Sweep at Hamline
First-year Hayden Tsutsui went 6-for-9 on the evening to raise his MIAC-leading batting average to .480 for the season, but the inability of the Knights’ pitching staff to avoid the big inning led to...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Shifting policy on birth control in Iran
During the Iran-Iraq war, the government urged people to have larger families. After that, a massive program to encourage birth control was begun to reduce rapid population growth. Now the supreme...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
4-30-2013Gillette + Country Lisbon. 67 minutes. 9 miles.Warm and windy. Felt really sluggish.
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David Ocker '73: Not A Happy Camper
Here are four things I guess you need to know about my piece entitled Not A Happy Camper. Or not.1) The title is misleading. Any notion of sadness or self-pity or uncomfortable overnight woodland...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: In The Fold: 10 Futuristic Folding + Flexible Computer Ideas
[ By Delana in Conceptual & Futuristic& Technology. ] The concept of computers has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. They have gone from room-sized monstrosities to desktop beasts...
View ArticleCarleton News: Music Critic and Journalist Jeff Chang to Discuss Colorization...
Award-winning music critic and journalist Jeff Chang will deliver Carleton College’s convocation address on Friday, May 3. Chang’s presentation, “Who We Be: The Colorization of America” (titled after...
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