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She's Bought a Completely White Painting

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:17 -0600

Art, by the French playwright Yasmina Reza, is really about friendship.

Somebody's Been Doing Genetic Experiments on the Oak Trees Again

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:21 -0600

Ever wonder why you hear whump! whump! when you walk past that oak tree outside of Olin? Wonder no longer.

More shots inside.

Man vs. Language: Language Wins!

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:39:16 -0600

Arika Okrent ’92 is a Carleton alumna and author of In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers and the Mad Dreamers who tried to Build a Perfect Language. In true Carleton form, when she graduated from Carleton with a major in linguistics, she decided to study the languages that were so weird and exotic that the other linguists wouldn’t touch them: the made-up ones. Last week, she was happy to share her years of experience with us in a talk.

Mad dreamers...

Apple Picking: A Short Shout Story with Pictures

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:20:33 -0500

The annual Carleton apple picking trip was a little while ago, but it's still fall, isn't it?

We still have an excuse to show beautiful photos of delicious-looking apples, right?

I think we do.

Dog with a Duck

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:41:17 -0500

As spotted in front of Sayles.

Vogon Poetry Slam

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:39:17 -0500

Warning: reading about this event may be hazardous to your health. Vogon poetry, first described in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is so bad that it causes anybody unfortunate enough to listen to it to want to stuff their ears with mud. So why would the Science Fiction and Fantasy Alliance want to recreate this stuff?

Vogon Poetry...

St. Olaf Photo Tour

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:56:06 -0500

The rumors about St. Olaf are true: the campus is full of drop-dead gorgeous ... buildings. Here's a photo tour of one senior's recent expedition to Carleton's mysterious sister college.

Quiz Bowl: Students vs. Faculty

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:11:22 -0500

You know you’re at Carleton when the Academic Quiz Bowl team generates as much maize-and-blue excitement as the football team. And they deserve it. In 2007, Carleton won the undergraduate Quiz Bowl national championships.

This year's tournament...

Fabulous Interactive Show of Humans

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:05:10 -0500

Juggling FISH club has been in hibernation recently, keeping a low profile among the daunting smorgasbord of student clubs and organizations on campus. This year’s crop of juggling FISHes has decided to end that hibernation with a bang. Fourth week FISH put on a multi-talent talent show, the Fabulous Interactive Show of Humans, in collaboration with talented students from all over campus.

Read on about the show...

The Female Orgasm Takes Carleton By Storm

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:14:45 -0500

The hands went up with surprising enthusiasm. "I've heard it's a myth." "I've heard some women can't have them." "I've heard you can run out." "I've heard it's totally awesome!" The huge, co-ed group of students that swarmed the Great Hall on Wednesday night was so excited to have a place to finally say what they'd been thinking about a topic that, in the outside world, remains taboo: the female orgasm.

The Illusion of Attention

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:11 -0500

How perceptive are you, really?

Spring Rolls Night with CHS

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:20:33 -0500

After a good dusting of snow all morning and afternoon, the weather here at Carleton is about as far away from springtime as one can get. But it’s always the right time to enjoy spring rolls. Last Friday night the Coalition of Hmong Students (CHS) shared the deliciousness with the rest of us courtesy of Asia House’s kitchen.

Read on to learn how to make spring rolls...