Shout :: Carleton College

Measure for Measure

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:48 -0600

An ambiguous dark comedy by Shakespeare, brought to you by the Carleton Players.

Variety Show: Nightingales, Traditions, and WHOA Hip-Hop Dance

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:57:13 -0600

On Saturday night, the Nightingales took the stage dressed in everything from bubble wrap to plastic bags to a black spandex catsuit with a fur collar. They sang their first song, TLC's "Unpretty", without any explanation of their bizarre garb, then eventually got around to explaining that in honor of their guests for the night, the Macalester Traditions, an all-male a capella group from Macalester College, they were dressed as Carleton traditions. These included Friday Flowers, Toff (the black catsuit), Heaven and Hell, the albino squirrel, and one girl who appeared to be dressed normally until she came up front and the rest of the Gales sang the opening notes of Like a Prayer.

The concert...

Feed My Starving Children

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:30 -0600

What is it that Carleton students get up to when they engage in the community?

They might help a nonprofit organization package food that is going to be shipped to children in developing countries, for one thing, like at last weekend's Feed My Starving Children event.

Fall Dance Concert

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:28 -0600

This year, the Theater and Dance Department’s fall dance concert featured not only Semaphore, but two guest artists: Time Track Productions from the Twin Cities and our very own Ebony.

The Fall Dance Concert...

Cujokra: Purgatory

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:13:01 -0600

Last weekend, Evans held its traditional Heaven and Hell dance, where students can choose to party in Heaven or Hell. But wait: there’s that other place you can go, too. That would be Purgatory, according to Dante. Cujokra provided that third option for Carls who were not too naughty, but not too nice, either, with an improv show on Friday night. Unlike, well, Purgatory, students didn’t mind hanging around there for a while.

Purgatory...

New at Carleton: The Carleton Comics Journal

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:38 -0600

The Carleton Comics Journal is the latest to join the ranks of Carleton’s student-run publications, alongside the Carletonian, the CLAP, and Manuscript. New this term, the CCJ is the brainchild of Scott Donaldson ’10 and Jacob Canfield ’12.

The Carleton Comics Journal...

Western Archery Club

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:13:12 -0600

We already know that Carleton is home to some pretty unusual student clubs. We’ve got Naginata Club, Moustache Club, Reformed Druids of North America, and so forth. It’s long said on the Student Orgs web page that we also have a Western Archery Club, but the group has been keeping a fairly low profile on campus.

Not any longer. Bill Brinkman ’12 and Michael Hanna ’12, this year’s co-presidents, have decided to pack Archery Club out of storage – literally.

Archery club...

Halloween 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:09 -0600

Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, so Carleton students went all out to make sure it was a Halloween to remember.

Halloween...

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.