The Carletonian

As part of Carleton’s Strategic Planning review process, thirteen working groups have been addressing issues facing the College since fall term. The Carletonian continues to speak with the working groups about their tasks and goals for improvements over the next ten years.

The whale was made by members of the ninth grade members of Stepping Up Into Science at Northfield High School. The project helped students learn about various scientific concepts, such as air pressure, diagrams, measuring techniques, and whale biology.

While comps is a universal requirement at Carleton – serving not only as a capstone, but also as a way of preparing for the “real world” – each person’s experience tends to be unique.

Miari himself, jumps backand forth between the past, mired in memories of his inherently contradictory heritage, and the problems anticipated in the future once he and his Jewish-American fiancée are married.

Joel Salatin, farmer, author and owner of Polyface Farm, opened his convocation speech last Friday by expressing his distress with current times.  Salatin first shot to fame when featured in Michael Pollan’s 2006 bestselling book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma."

The Carleton women accumulated four individual all-conference performances as well as an All-MIAC showing in the meet’s final event.

The Carleton College men’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the three days of competition with a fifth-place showing in the team competition. The final day included individual performances by Erik Klontz ‘13 and Benito Ramirez ‘14 as well as an All-MIAC performance in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The Carleton College women’s basketball team rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half but was unable to upend cross-town rival St. Olaf, dropping the season finale, 60-57.

The most striking element of the Knights outing at the meet was the sheer number of impressive performances. First-year Garo Anguiano-Sainz started his day by demolishing the ten-second barrier in the 60 hurdles with a time of 9.53 and then ran 24.31 in the 200 meter.

The highest placing Knight of the day, however, was Miss Haley Johnson ’13.  I’m not really sure I believe that she was sick—I think she just wanted a nap. She slept through the early portion of the meet to place third in the 1000m run, breaking the three-minute barrier and putting her as the fastest 1000m runner in the conference right now. 

Even though St. Olaf made five of its six shots in overtime, the Knights kept battling and pulled out the win thanks to two Sawatzke three-pointers. The second one came from well beyond the arc with 22 seconds remaining to bring the Knights within one point.

During spring term, it is easy to forget that the same principles and qualities that have gotten us through Carleton still apply. We are still the same hard-working, conscientious students we have always been. While spring term is often hailed as the one term with #norules, we cannot forget how far we have come.

Another auditor checked out the furnace and the water heater. She was shocked to find an 80 gal water heater, which is double the size of most water heaters. This would be a major source of energy consumption since 80 gal would have to be continually heated.

Have you ever stood in the prairie in the Lower Arb and imagined that you were seeing the land before European settlement, that it stretched in all directions, and that if you walked over the next hill, you might see a herd of bison?