Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Journalism's comparative politics
William Wan and Liu Liu venture into comparative politics and political culture while discussing the upcoming leadership transition in China in the Washington Post. Can your students identify the...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Light Bulbs As Art: 14 Shining Examples
[ By Marc in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ] As environmentally friendly CFL bulbs are becoming the norm, the old fashioned light bulb that everyone in the last few generations grew up with is...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton Presents Cuba’s Premiere Choral Ensemble, El Coro Shalom
Carleton College is very pleased to present Havana, Cuba’s acclaimed choral music ensemble El Coro Shalom on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall. This not-to-be-missed performance is free...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Soccer: Funk-alicious! Knights Clip Bluejays in OT
Senior Derek Funk’s second collegiate goal was his second game winner of the week. But this one came in much more dramatic fashion as the Carleton College men’s soccer team overcame a second-half...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Volleyball: Knights Serve Up Two More Triumphs
Sarah Nielsen collected 13 kills in the night’s first match, then smashed her previous career best with 17 more against Northland College to keep the Carleton College volleyball team undefeated this...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Reality Rebranding: Corporate Logos Get Brutally Honest
[ By Delana in Design & Graphics & Branding. ] The average American child can recognize popular brand logos long before learning to read. Viktor Hertz is a Swedish artist who takes the most...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Cross Country: Huderle 7th, Knights 5th at Les Duke...
Marcus Huderle placed seventh overall to lead the Carleton College men’s cross country team in its season debut. The Knights finished fifth out of 13 squads competing at the Les Duke Invitational.
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Diss Guys Miss Guys, Vol. 9
Diss Guy: Jamaal WilkesIn a week of long speeches, Jamaal Wilkes was the only one who truly realized that brevity is the soul of wit. Former president Bill Clinton delivered a 50 minute speech at the...
View ArticleChet Haase: Twitter Grammar: Who Cares?
Here's a screenshot from my Twitter homepage this morning. Maybe the writers at Twitter should read that tweet. Or maybe they purposely sacrifice grammar for character count. What's an 'm' between...
View ArticleErik Hanberg: The Audacious Charles Dickens
I spent some quality time last weekend finishing A Tale of Two Cities. The last time I read it was my freshman year of high school. I’m not sure how much I actually understood of it back then. 18...
View ArticleChet Haase: Ode to Beer
I suppose last week's video poem didn't quite get all the rhyming out of my system. Maybe it just made things worse.Here's a little ditty about drinking. I like the rhyme scheme from Poe's The Raven, I...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Soccer: Knights Unable to Complete Rally, Lose...
Claire McGillem scored a second-half goal for the Knights, but the Carleton College women’s soccer team was unable to completely erase a two-goal gap as they absorbed their first setback of the season,...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Cross Country: Knight Put 5 in Top 20, Win...
In its first meet of 2012, the Carleton College women’s cross country team won the team competition at the All-American Invitational hosted by Luther College. The Knights placed five runners in the top...
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