Carleton Athletics: Men's Soccer: Knights Jump to No. 16 in National Rankings
The Carleton men's soccer team moved up six spots in the most recent NSCAA national ranking to No. 16, and No. 2 in the Northern Region.
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Beyond Sofa Beds: 7 Creative New Kinds of Sleeper Couch
[ By Delana in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] When you want to have a place for house guests to sleep but don’t have a spare room in which to put them, a sofa bed can be a lifesaver. This...
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Erik Brooks: Who Has These Books?
Who Has This Tail? comes out October 16th, and I just received my author copies in yesterday's mail. The book looks great, and once again the design team at Holt did a wonderful job of making sure that...
View ArticleCarleton News: Transgender Athlete Kye Allums to Speak at Carleton College
Kye Allums, who made history as the first openly transgender athlete to play on an NCAA Division I college basketball team, will present his story, entitled “A Transgender Athlete’s Story,” at Carleton...
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John Tischer '71: A Buddhist Teaching: How The Reality Tunnel Maintains Itself
The Five Skandas“Skanda” is a Buddhist term, which, in translation, means “heap”, like, agglomeration. It is a model of how mind recreates it’s reality tunnel constantly…moment to moment.There are...
View ArticleCarleton News: Grammy Award-winning Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist George...
Carleton College is pleased to present multiple Grammy and Hoku Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr. in concert on Friday, October 5 at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Labeled...
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Tenzin Lendey '15: Untitled
Hesitate upon invitation, nightclub.Refrain from drink, alchohol. Consume more healthy, carbohydrates. Eat civilly, fork/knife/spoon. Be. Less. Hedonistic.Put on new clothes. Conservative dinner...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Neighborly Art: Surreal Sky Bridge Spans 2 Typical Homes
[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Installation & Sound. ] Houses can be isolating in both positive and negative senses of the word, but what happens when you break down – or bridge – the gap created...
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 120
The wolf "recovery" in eastern Washington hit another large snag last week with the complete and total elimination of the Stevens County Wedge Pack. Thor and Melanie pay some tribute here and hope for...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Cross Country: Knights Drop One Spot to No. 21 in...
After taking a week off from compeition, the Carleton College women’s cross country team slipped one spot in the most recent USTFCCCA national poll. After receiving votes in the pre-season national...
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Benjamin Lenzner: where's the line of scrimmage?
depends which side of the equator the team's on...up top it's mc as qb 'n' kink and i getting our grade school days back on, running routes and most certainly playing tackle football...and that's pedro...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Reform or more of the same old?
Mexico's president elect is working with the incumbent to bring some reform to labor laws. The PRD and the "dinosaurios" in the PRI oppose the changes (for very different reasons). Will the incoming...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Book Mountain: MVRDV Designs Glass Pyramid Library
[ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] Reading enthusiasts in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands can climb spiraling towers of terraced bookcases beneath a shimmering glass pyramid...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Co-opt the opposition
The Russian government demonstrates another method of control.Your students do know what "nomenklatura" refers to, don't they? What does that say about Morozov? How do the Kremlin's efforts compare to...
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Kevin Draper '10: Diss Guy Miss Guy, Media Day Edition
Diss Guy: Iman ShumpertI don't know whether I'm more excited about the fact that Iman Shumpert's rocking a classic 'Will Smith Fresh Prince' high top fade, or that he just went Office Space on the...
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John Tischer '71: Japan
a bell rings in an empty skyit’s time for the new tea, thefirst tea of the seasonthe bazaar at the templestrangely absent of sellersI remember the Mikosan’s*dance…like seeing somethinghundreds of...
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Erik Brooks: The Methow Song
I talk about this in every school visit, but as a writer and artist your "sense of place" is a powerful inspiration. One's home is an important touchstone to so many other things - be it fascinatingly...
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Chet Haase: When I am King: Fightin' Words
When I am King...Candidates will just fight it out.Presidential debates are an odd and obsolete phenomenon of our culture. Theoretically, we expect candidates to get up on stage and battle each other...
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