Carleton News: Schmitt-Harsh Publishes on Urban Tree Distribution
Mikaela Schmitt-Harsh, Robert A. Oden, Jr., Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovation in the Liberal Arts in Environmental Studies, published an article in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening...
View ArticleCarleton News: Schier Co-Edits 'The American Elections of 2012'
Steven Schier, Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, has published a new book, The American Elections of 2012, out this month from Routledge publishers. The book assembles...
View ArticleCarleton News: Salomon Awarded Grant from the German Research Foundation
Noah Salomon, assistant professor of religion, has been awarded a portion of a grant from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft or DFG) to work on a collaborative project on...
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Kevin Draper '10: Diss Guy Miss Guy, Vol. 41
Diss Guy: LeBron JamesI don’t have strong memories of having watched Michael Jordan play basketball. He retired (for the second time) when I was 10, and I can only remember watching him play in the...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Kite Cameras: Aerial Photography Accessible to Anyone
[ By WebUrbanist in Gadgets & Geekery& Technology. ] Towers convey power, and height is both literally and metaphorically connected to broader and better views – but here come kites to...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Fun Fun Fun
I usually only take myself for a walkin the morning….I don’t take myselffor a walk in the evening because thatcould be trouble for myself and others.Read between the lines.I did take myself out tonight...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Last Call: 11 Drunk Dry Abandoned Liquor Stores
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places& Architecture. ] These 11 abandoned liquor stores are hangovers, as it were, from an era when Mom & Pop stores sold the kind of products Mom & Pop forbade...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: To T.G.
StormStorm, tormenta, wild clouds and lightning, yet,gentle rain, and a fiesta and church bells, provingnatural delight and basic goodness. Even when mylights go out... in the midst of love I will sit...
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Thomas Glessner Weaver '69: Property Along the Straight River South of Faribault
From Margaret G Weaver's Memoir Rememberings 1994 p45, describing the early 1940's in Faribault "The Agerters and the Weavers, enjoying the out-of-doors, decided to buy asmall parcel of wooded land...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Woodskin: Flexible Hybrid Material Makes Wood Modular
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Fixtures & Interiors. ] In essence, it has the look and feel of wood, but the flexibility of fabric, all rolled into one composite mesh that is durable but able to...
View ArticleAvery Morrow '10: A whale of a tale
Ahoy, me hearties! Are ye ready for a sail on the S.S. New York Times? Come with me through the colorful Sea of Invented Trend Stories, avoiding the Rocks of Outright Fabrication by a treacherous...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Poster of confusion
A local pub posted this on its Facebook page. It looks like a good illustration for a first assignment about the UK. The First Edition ofWhat You Need to Know: Teaching Toolsis now available from the...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 21st Century Cookout: 16 Modern Grills & Outdoor Kitchens
[ By Steph in Design& Fixtures & Interiors. ] If you’re tired of the ugly gas grill taking up space in your backyard, dreaming of a luxurious outdoor kitchen, or just wishing you had a cool...
View ArticleStudent Video Blog: Cooking 101 with Bon Appetit & Firebellies
Chefs from Carleton's food service, Bon Appetit, have teamed up with the student-organized cooking club Firebellies to offer a Cooking 101 class open to all students. What's on the menu this time?...
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Chet Haase: Head Games
I’ll tell you why I don’t use the handicapped stall in bathrooms, since you asked so politely.Years ago, I had a summer job in a technology firm. The bathrooms in my building had two stalls: one was...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: SoundTank: Mobile Sound System or Armored Vehicle?
[ By Steph in Technology& Vehicles & Mods. ] You might think twice about approaching a neighbor to turn down their loud music if it were emanating from the SoundTank, a mobile audio system by...
View ArticleKelly O'Brien '12: "What you want to do as a teacher is to make people aware...
“What you want to do as a teacher is to make people aware of the complexity of experience - that our little corner is real and very important, but it is not the whole. And we should make the effort to...
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Alison Sommer '05: What is thinspo and why is it so dangerous
In my older post, Eat Right and Exercise... whatever that means, I put in this "This is a No Thinspo Zone" image. A few weeks later I was chatting with friends on facebook, because several of their...
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David Ocker '73: Absolute Beethoven
I don't write about how I earn my living very often. My three readers ought to be thankful for that.If you don't know what I do, I work as a freelancer in the exciting world of music preparation,...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Statements
I think, therefore, I am.The worms are the spice.Sentient beings are Buddha.Work makes you free.I am not a crook.I did not have sex with that woman.We’ve been attacked by al quaeda.We’ve been attacked...
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