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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Urban LEGOs: Conceptual Cure for Civic Blight Blindness
[ By Steph in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Chances are, you’d notice all of the vacant lots in your city if massive LEGO structures were used to call attention to the wasted space....
View ArticleCarleton News: Celebrate the Hmong New Year!
Carleton College will host a celebration of the Hmong New Year in the Severance Great Hall on Saturday, Nov. 3, featuring performances of traditional and contemporary Hmong song and dance. The...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Soccer: Corcoran, Voorhees Send Knights to MIAC Finals
The Carleton College men’s soccer team—ranked No. 12 in the NSCAA national poll—opened the MIAC Playoffs with a 2-0 victory over Saint John’s University. Will Corcoran found the net in the 62nd minute...
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Carleton Athletics: Volleyball: Knights Win Five-Set Thriller, Beat St. Olaf...
The Carleton College volleyball team advanced to the semifinal round of the MIAC playoffs with one of their most thrilling victories of the season. The Knights, who were swept by St. Olaf College three...
View ArticleLibrary News: Visit the Swingline Cemetery for Halloween
Stop by the Swingline Cemetery in front of the library today (Halloween) to pay your respects to our dearly beloved staplers who gave their lives in service of binding your papers.
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Kevin Draper '10: OKCupid Season Preview: Dallas Mavericks (#10)
Details UsernameDIRKS_OFFICE LocationDallas, TX Age44/M DivisionSouthwest 2011-12 Record36-30 2011-12 Adjusted Record45-37 2012-13 Predicted Record47-35 Season GoalProfitable NBA Playoffs My...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Ready for retirement
Not only is Premier Wen ready for retirement, his family is set for at least a couple generations to come. By the way, when this New York Times article went online, the Chinese government quickly...
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Kevin Draper '10: Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Conventional...
Editor’s Note: For this edition of Wildish Speculation and Outlandish Guesses, I have averaged the responses from all of The Discussants. What will the playoff seeding in the West look like? 1.4...
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Margaret Taylor: IMG_1122
Traveling home from the National Association of Science Writers meeting today felt strange. The airports were half-empty from all the cancelled flights into and out of New England. I’m fortunate that...
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Dan Schofer '00
10-31-2012Mud + Irish + Palisades. 58 minutes. 8 miles.Chilly (29 degrees), sunny, and breezy. Relaxed and easy run. Felt OK.
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Erik Brooks: A Harts Pass Happy Halloween!
In honor of Washington State Poet Laureate, Kathleen Flenniken -- who is currently visiting with 3-5th graders throughout Okanogan County, hosting an open mike night at the Salmon Creek Coffee Co. on...
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Kevin Draper '10: OKCupid Season Preview: Indiana Pacers (#9)
Details UsernameHoozierMAMA69 LocationIndianapolis, IN Age34/F DivisionCentral 2011-12 Record42-24 2011-12 Adjusted Record52-30 2012-13 Predicted Record50-32 Season GoalConference Finals Sneak My...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Cities on Rails: Mobile Master Plan Turns Trains into Towns
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Modular thinking is brilliant and infectious, expanding and spreading from industrial-revolution technologies to three-dimensional...
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Kevin Draper '10: OKCupid Season Preview: Memphis Grizzlies (#8)
Details UsernameMemphis_Geek LocationMemphis, TN Age31/M DivisionSouthwest 2011-12 Record42-24 2011-12 Adjusted Record52-30 2012-13 Predicted Record48-34 Season GoalUpset a Big Boy My self-summary...
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Jamie Foehl '99: Kentucky
If you asked me to name all 50 states I might forget Kentucky.And when I think about Kentucky, well, I don't really think anything (except maybe the Derby). Until mid-October. Apparently there is...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Volleyball: Nielsen, Youso Voted to All-MIAC Squad
Carleton College seniors Jessa Youso and Sarah Nielsen were both voted to the All-MIAC squad. The duo provided the Knights with a prolific 1-2 punch at the net as the pair ranked fourth and fifth...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Golden Oldie: Imposing rule of law
Rule of law through treaty (from October 2006)The rule of law may sneak into a political system in unusual ways. In this case, through an old Cold War institution. And the motivation for accepting the...
View ArticleAlicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Who is on Your Child’s Emergency Form?
I have to apologize, because this post is only a little funny. Here’s the semi-funny part. On Halloween, I actually managed to provide an overly authentic blood spill in the parking lot of MY CHILD’S...
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