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Alison Sommer '05: Passing notes
Passing notes was my favorite "subversive" act in high school (maybe because I could no longer cut class for imaginary cello sectionals). I'm not talking about little notes that have a sentence or two...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Spectral Studio: 20 Sq M Space Uses Light & Dark as Decor
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Fixtures & Interiors. ] In an Paris apartment with just over 200 square feet, it is almost impossible to imagine anything but the more bare essentials resulting a...
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Kevin Draper '10: Your Annotated Smartphone Bathroom Reader for Sunday, May...
Post Warriors elimination, I’m watching more baseball than anything else.The Jarrett Jack Complex Kevin Draper HoopspeakThe Diss’ co-editor does his thing over at Hoopspeak, where the topic of...
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Margaret Taylor: 200px-Iron_Dragon's_Daughter
I’d read some reviews of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter on Goodreads, so I was forewarned that the author pulls a nasty trick on us around page 80. That still didn’t prepare me for how angry this book was...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Uninvited civil society
Most textbooks make a point of arguing that Communist Party control of Chinese civil society is key to maintaining the party's power position. What if civil society is not controlled? Social Media in...
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Cheryl Klein: All About THE PATH OF NAMES: Behind the Book, Q&A, & Giveaway!
Because I have the last name "Klein" and I live in New York City, a lot of people I meet here assume I'm Jewish-- an assumption that I'm fine with, even as I called myself the "imprint shiksa" for my...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Background for clueless teachers
If, like me, you don't have direct exposure to Hispanic culture or you never had a Hispanic student in class to clue you in, here's a thoughtful and guilt-free explanation of why the Mexican president...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Alternative Landmarks: 12 Monuments As They Almost Were
[ By Steph in Architecture& Public & Institutional. ] The Sydney Opera House might have been little more than a squat concrete building resembling a factory, and a visit to the statue of...
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Alison Sommer '05: Anxiety awareness: oh, the things I get myself into...
Photo by Bing Shui, from apps.carleton.edu/events/tedx/Yesterday I was officially invited to speak at the TEDx talks at Carleton College on October 12th! I will be working on my first draft of the full...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Poem At Work
“Not now, you bastard! I don’t have penand paper!” And I was driving down thefreeway 100 mph with the top down…I skidded to a halt at the side of the roadand rummaged through the glove box…found an...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
5-20-2013Town + Country Lisbon. 56 minutes. 8 miles.Mild, wet, and breezy. Started out very slowly but eased into a decent pace. Felt pretty good.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: "What day is it?"
It’s boring to getfrom day to day.Some find peace in that…routine…certainty…Put on a good face…you just have to try a little harder than before…If you can’t make it, fake it…you won’t be the only...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Dale Kramer '78 Inducted into DIII Track and Field...
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) recently announced the 2013 inductees for the Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame. Carleton alum Dale Kramer...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Prayer Flags
They’re still upafter a couple of yearsafter the wind and the rainbleached by the suntattered and frayedbut even now, in the storm,still whisperinginto the wind.
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Hayden Tsutsui Earns All-Region Honors, Named...
Outfielder Hayden Tsutsui was named to the 2013 D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region First Team and picked up distinction as the region’s Rookie-of-the-Year. He joins Wheaton College (Ill.) pitcher...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Monday Media: Doin’ It in the Park
Let May 17th forever be known as the day you failed me.“Me? What did I do? I don’t even know you.”Good point. By “you” I mean the collective audience of people reading this blog, people that write...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Infinite Garden Multiplies Miniature Forest with Mirrors
[ By Steph in Art& Installation & Sound. ] Peering through a hole in the hovering white skin of an unusual installation at the 22nd International International Garden Festival of Chaumont Sur...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Auto Draft
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