To grads and brads, may you succeed in your future endeavors, like holding together many sheets of paper or the joints of a cut-out puppet.

On going out of the door.

In which I sort of reflect on the end of my first year at Carleton and you might see why one of my floormates says my brain is like a bag of cats.

A roving reflection.

A somewhat spotty list of things that make Carleton great!

How do the sciences compare at smaller, private schools versus larger research institutions?  Check out this article in the MN Private College's newsletter that puts the private colleges in the larger MN and national context!

Chefs from Carleton's food service, Bon Appetit, have teamed up with the student-organized cooking club Firebellies to offer a Cooking 101 class open to all students. What's on the menu this time? Samosas, a deep-fried specialty of India.

Some happy pictures to encourage spring to keep springing.

The phenomenons of the internet shed some light.

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm down to my last romantic pair of classes at Carleton.

Well, spring has sprung us right into summer at Carleton.  The weather has changed as drastically as the legislation up for consideration on same-sex marriage in this great state. 

For the later, last fall Minnesota narrowly voted down an amendment to our constitution that would have banned same-sex marriages, and later today, Governor Mark Dayton will sign into law a bill legalizing these marriages.  If you're interested in more information on that political narrative, this Minnesota Public Radio blurb is a great start, and you can explore from there.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/05/13/politics/minn-senate-approves-samesex-marriage

As to the former, this May we will go from snowfall early on, to today's mid-90-degree high.  Anytime we have unusual or interesting weather, one of my favorite things to do is explore the Carleton weather website.  It's locally-gathered data and you can manipulate it in all sorts of interesting ways.  Find the highest highs, the lowest lows, the snowiest snows and anything else you're curious about!  I'll get you started by looking at May's temperatures thus far...
http://weather.carleton.edu/rawplot.php?year=2013&month=05&day=01&hour=08&year2=2013&month2=05&day2=14&hour2=09&check1=temp&end=end&graphtype=line