Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: FreeDarko Imperial Outlet Back in Business
Hey, you know how you always give shitty holiday gifts? Grab something at the store as you frantically search for the candles that won’t drip all over your grandmothers Menorah? Used to hearing a...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: A-cero is Awesome: 12 Dynamic Ultra-Modern Dwellings
[ By Steph in Architecture& Houses & Residential. ] Spanish architecture firm A-cero is known for its striking modernist villas in its home country, as well as a growing body of international...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
11-5-2012Gillette Road. 38 minutes. >5 miles.Easy shakeout run during practice.
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: OKCupid Season Preview: Los Angeles Lakers (#3)
DetailsUsernameMORE_SHIPS_THANULocationSanta Monica, CAAge37/MDivisionPacific2011-12 Record41-252011-12 Adjusted Record51-312012-13 Predicted Record58-24Season GoalTranscendenceMy self-summary Lakers!...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Soccer: Carleton to Host First/Second Round Games...
Coming off its fifth regular-season conference title over the last six seasons, the Carleton College men’s soccer team (17-1-2) received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. The Knights were also...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton Orchestra Presents Fall Concert
The Carleton College Orchestra will present a public performance on Friday, Nov. 9 at 8 pm. in the Concert Hall. Titled “New Worlds,” the program will be conducted by visiting music professor Timothy...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton Philosophy Students to present Just Food Coop Class...
Carleton College philosophy students will lead their own class at Northfield’s Just Food Co-op on Wednesday, Nov. 7 beginning at 7 p.m., discussing what constitutes the humane treatment of farm...
View ArticleCarleton News: Photo Feature: Convocation features Baoting Li and Miao Song...
Convocation on the 19th featured Baoting Li and Miao Song and Dance Troupe. See photos of the performance by student photographer, Nina Shapiro here!
View ArticleKen Wedding's Reading Blog: Volcanic ash covers a crime scene
I found Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's book, Ashes to Dust, A Thriller, on the "new books" shelf at the Northfield Library. I had vague memories of reading Last Rituals a couple years ago and checked out this...
View ArticleGwen Kirby: Mark Strand!
Looking forward to seeing Mark Strand on Wednesday. If you are in Baltimore, you should come out and see one of the major American poets of the last fifty years.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Star Wars IV Survives: Real Life Tatooine Located in Tunisia
[ By WebUrbanist in Global& Travel & Places. ] Yes, you can spend the night in Luke Skywalker’s home, see the hermit habitat of Obi-Wan Kenobi up close, and view other remnants of the original...
View ArticleAmy Csizmar Dalal: acdalal
Long(ish)time readers of this blog know that I’ve been experimenting with a variation of the flipped classroom lately. I plunged in last spring with my Intro CS class, and it went so well that I...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
11-6-2012Town Loop. 59 minutes. 8 miles.Chilly (40 degrees) and raining! Slow and easy pace. Felt a little stiff again but not terrible.
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Brain drain
Developing nations worry about citizens who go abroad for educations and don't return. Should China worry about the emigration of successful middle class citizens? Will this tiny trend affect...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: OKCupid Season Preview: Oklahoma City Thunder (#2)
DetailsUsernameThunder_Struck_69LocationOklahoma City, OKAge26/MDivisionNorthwest2011-12 Record47-192011-12 Adjusted Record59-232012-13 Predicted Record60-22Season GoalThe Whole 'ShipMy self-summary...
View ArticleShrinking Footprints: Electrical Vehicle's Charge Forward
Carleton has a new (as of this fall) electrical vehicle charger. The charger promotes more sustainable commuting for staff, faculty and guests, as well as furthering the college's climate action plan...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Interactive Urban Light Art Installation Operated by...
[ By Steph in Art& Installation & Sound. ] A five-story ‘veil’ of light situated along the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany billows and contracts according to users’ finger movements on their...
View ArticleJamie Foehl '99: Not in my backyard
I do a lot of Behavioral Finance work and think about how to get people to save for retirement.I discovered a roadblock in my own backyard.I wrote a letter.Dear EMPLOYER,I’m writing you regarding...
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