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Alison Sommer '05: Filters, or lack there of (a top 10 list)
We all need filters. If we said everything that popped into our heads nobody but the true pure saints (or brain-dead zombies) would have any friends. There are many types of filters we employ at...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Practice FRQs
If you're not involved in the Advanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics course, you may ignore what follows.On Monday, I'll begin posting sample Free Response Questions (FRQs) for student...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Carleton Interscholastic (High School Meet) Information
The annual Carleton Interscholastic high school track and field meet will be held at Laird Stadium. Running and field events begin at 10 a.m. Heat sheets with the event schedule can be found by...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Stillerman Named to Academic All-District Team
Carleton College infielder David Stillerman was named to the Academic All-District Baseball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The award recognizes...
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 150
Dear Melanie,Why do you insist on using such a small font when posting to your blog. Sincerely yours, Nearsighted Nellie. Dear Nellie,These are always easier to read when you click on the image to make...
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Kelly O'Brien '12: thingsorganizedneatly: ed: Todd McLellan is blowing up!
thingsorganizedneatly:ed: Todd McLellan is blowing up!
View ArticleChet Haase: Important Vocabulary for Foreign Peoples (2)
As promised, yet wholly unexpected, here are some more important words to learn and use frequently. That is, here are some more words that are important, not words that are more important, unless...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Constellation Portraits: Thread Wrapped Around Nails
[ By Steph in Art& Drawing & Digital. ] A single, unbroken sewing thread is wrapped around a grid of carefully placed galvanized nails to bring human faces to life in stunningly intricate...
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Kevin Draper '10: Diss Guy Miss Guy, Vol. 38
Diss Guy: Jason CollinsI wrote and rewrote this section numerous times before eventually giving up: I just don’t have anything to say that Jason Collins didn’t already say so himself. I applaud the...
View ArticleCarleton News: Williams '14 Claims Beinecke Scholarship
David Williams ’14 (Chicago), a philosophy major, has won the esteemed Beinecke Scholarship. Each Beinecke scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional...
View ArticleCarleton News: Quartet of Carls Earn Fulbright Fellowships
Four Carleton College seniors have been awarded the highly competitive Fulbright Fellowship to pursue graduate work abroad. The recipients include: Milan Cvitkovic ’13 (Seattle, Washington), Shantrice...
View ArticleCarleton News: Computer Science, Math Whizes Wood-Doughty, Jones Rate...
Carleton College juniors Zach Wood-Doughty ‘14 (Madison, Wis.) and Nick Jones ’14 (Evanston, Ill.) have earned the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. John Cho ’14 (Los Angeles, Calif.) earned an...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Football: Six Knights Named to the 2013 NFF Hampshire...
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) recently announced the members of the 2013 NFF Hampshire Honor Society and six Knights made the list. The Carleton seniors that...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Season Ends as Knights Go 1-1 in Pool Play at...
The Carleton College softball team took part in the MIAC Playoffs for the first time on Friday. The Knights were the No. 9 seed in field and opened pool play with an 11-2 triumph over fourth-seeded...
View ArticleAvery Morrow '10: Foreign shrinekeeper in Shibuya
Green Shinto reports that a European is now a shrinekeeper at a major shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo. This position required top-level appointment.Unlike Green Shinto, I don’t consider this a “breakthrough”...
View ArticleNadya Murray '99: long time no interface
Okay, it's about time. Where I am now: Too much damn time at work, but otherwise it could be (knock wood) much worse. Listening to Taka Ohira's violin, some of it recorded before I was born and some as...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: The Stunning Instrument That Sounds Like an Orchestra
[ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery& Technology. ] Stringed instruments have been played since time immemorial, and naturally as technology improves plenty of people are trying to recreate that...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Johnson Pitches and Hits Knights to Split at...
Behind the arm and bat of Kevin Johnson, the Carleton College baseball team salvaged a split at Concordia College. After the Cobbers ran away with game one, 14-1, the Knights answered with an 8-4...
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