Carleton News: Carpenter Releases Latest Novel, "Theory of Remainders"
Scott Carpenter, professor of French, has published a debut novel titled Theory of Remainders. A suspenseful literary novel set in the lush backgrounds of Normandy, Theory of Remainders tells the story...
View ArticleCarleton News: Donelan Publishes on the Twlight Saga's "Twihard" Phenomenon
Carol Donelan, associate professor of cinema and media studies, has had her article "Vampires Suck! Twihards Rule!!! Myth and Meaning in the Twilight Saga Franchise" accepted for publication in...
View ArticleCarleton News: Whited Awarded International Patent
Matt Whited, assistant professor of chemistry, was recently awarded an international patent with co-workers at the University of Southern California and University of Michigan for "Compounds Capable of...
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Kevin Draper '10: Your Favorite Basketball Writer Is Probably a Little Bit...
Today’s big basketball-related internet controversy surrounds comments Bill Simmons made on The B.S. Report, his weeklyish podcast. Specifically, about nine minutes in, Simmons said the following about...
View ArticleCarleton News: Schier Discusses Bachmann’s Exit from Congress in USA Today
Steve Schier, Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, recently commented in the May 29th edition of USA Today on the exit of Minnesota’s congresswoman, Michelle Bachmann, from...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Lorca And The Firing Squad
Did he have a poem in mindwhen he stood against that wall?Did the killjoys know who he was?Were they just waiting for breakfast?They took him out at dawnlike characters from Kafka…like taking out the...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
5-28-2013Day off. Elliptical 15 minutes, then lifting, then elliptical for 15 minutes.
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Botel: Floating Hotel with Modular Detachable Room Boats
[ By WebUrbanist in Boutique & Art Hotels& Global. ] You may have to move rooms when you arrive at your hotel, but has your room ever had to move you? Instead of static spaces, the sleeping...
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 154
Memorial Day (observed) by our fine furry friends at Harts Pass...
View ArticleCarleton News: McCammon '13, Kieffer '13 Win Fulbright Fellowships for Work...
Carleton students Muira McCammon ’13 (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) and Dana Kieffer ’13 (Iowa City, Iowa) have both been awarded highly competitive Fulbright Fellowships to pursue graduate work abroad in...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Binder Clip Handbag: Office Product-Inspired Tote Purse
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Products & Packaging. ] It is a familiar trope these days, but fun nonetheless: take a common object, tweak the scale and transform the materials, and you get a new...
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Alison Sommer '05: There should have been more Darth Vaders
(As a preamble to this geeky post, I want to mention that I will be staying away from Extended Universe material (aka Star Wars novels, comics, and video games) as much as posible for this post. I'd...
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David Ocker '73: Inspiration and Punishment
No one ever asks me where I get my ideas. Sometimes I have ideas I would be better off ignoring.For example, listen to this little bit of piano music. Eleven seconds!It's the end of a cadenza played...
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Happy Bodies: Becky
I’m pretty sick of the Freedom of Speech argument being invoked whenever someone gets called out for being an asshole. Like recall the terrible humor of Daniel Tosh. When many, many people called him...
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