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From the archives: Carleton wants Rottblatt dead

Anonymous, Contributing Writer April 19, 2024

Note from the Editors: This article was originally published on April 22, 2022. The Carletonian is 147 years old, with over 3,400 issues published since its inception. To reflect and learn from the newspaper’s...

From the archives: Seniors should pledge to consider social effects of future jobs

Jamie Long, Contributing Writer April 19, 2024

Note from the Editors: This article was originally published on May 21, 2004. The Carletonian is 147 years old, with over 3,400 issues published since its inception. To reflect and learn from the newspaper’s...

What’s in a home?

Zoe Roettger, Features Editor April 19, 2024

As fourth week comes to an end, I encounter more and more reminders that in six weeks, I will leave behind the awkward yet grace-giving status of freshman-hood to embrace the label of “sophomore.”...

MEN-struation at Carleton

Isaac Kofsky, Viewpoint Editor April 19, 2024

I’ve been feeling terrible all day. My stomach is hurting, my head is pounding, and I haven’t gotten a peaceful night of sleep in days. As I hurry to my PE class, I think I must be coming down with...

From student potential to employee performance: The postgraduate paradigm shift

Hal Beresford '06, Contributing Writer April 19, 2024

Through senior year of college, the fortunate among us grow up in environments where others generally have our interests at heart and want us to learn and develop. While exceptions exist, parents, teachers,...

The Curb finale was pretty, pretty pretty good

Bax Meyer, Managing Director April 12, 2024

When I first watched the first episode of the twelfth and final season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," I was anxious. Not the usual gut-wrenching, second-hand embarrassment anxiety that I’ve come to expect...

A plea for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict

Anonymous, Contributing Writer April 12, 2024

As a child of Jewish Soviet immigrants, I grew up hearing stories of my family’s immense efforts  to escape antisemitic oppression. My mother’s mother still remembers her family’s move across the...

Nothing spoils an appetite more than BonApp

Natalie Cai, Columnist April 12, 2024

The smell of basil, oregano and tomatoes perfume the air of the Watson kitchen as the ragu comes to a finish. The pasta, waiting on the other boiler, is drained and the sauce is poured into the Dutch oven...

Objects, sentimentality and letting go

Rahim Hamid, Staff Writer April 12, 2024

I have never really understood thrifting in America. The idea that passing down objects from one person to another was commercialized felt inherently wrong to me when I got here. This isn’t to say that...

The real cost of modern technology

Alice Mongane, Contributing Writer April 5, 2024

In November 2011, a conversation between Apple CEO Tim Cook and popstar Dua Lipa went viral. What a dystopian experience it was, as a Congolese person, to watch the reentry of the Democratic Republic of...

Navigating the use of preimplantation genetic testing

Helen Moses, Contributing Writer April 5, 2024

On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling that embryos created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) are considered children. This ruling has sparked a lot of public discussion, as it has the...

Anyone can be a scientist: the role and importance of citizen science

Anya Mitton-Fry, Contributing Writer April 5, 2024

Many students come to college wanting to major, do research and pursue a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Despite all of this interest, it can be difficult to know how...

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