The Carletonian

Earlier this year, a SOPE (Students Organized for the Protection of the Environment) proposal to purchase two drying racks for each floor in the dorms. The drying racks have been ordered and half of them should arrive soon and be ready for use in the next week.

Mreakkk mreakkk. If you wander near Kettle Hole Marsh, it is nearly impossible to avoid the enveloping the racket of the chorus frogs. The western chorus frog is the smallest frog species in Minnesota, but you wouldn’t know that from their boisterous noise-making!

This Sunday, April 22, will mark the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day was first established in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin. He had been troubled by the devastating oil spills in Santa Barbara the year before.

While running or walking through the pine plantation in the northern tip of the arb, one might not realize the obstacle it poses to restoration.  Covering 30 acres, the dense pine forest holds quite a bit of wood. The pines aren’t native to this part of Minnesota.

Week of Apr. 12 - 18, 2012

Oxford University Professor Will Speak in Conjunction with Gould Library Photo Exhibit, Carleton Invites Community to its Annual Holocaust Remembrance Service and Vigil, The Reub Presents Carleton’s “Prof Rockers,” The Counterfactuals, World-Famous DJ Spooky Visits Carleton for Residency and Performance This Week

Friday, April 20- Thursday, April 26

Do you have an awesome sustainability initiative that you would like to see at Carleton? Do you want to gain experience planning and heading projects? Then you should consider applying to be a Sustainability Assistant (STA) for the 2012-13 school year!

Carleton Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Trumpeter Swan Restoraton Project in Minnnesota, Annual Drag Show and Panel this Friday, Student Film Society Continues at Carleton College and Carleton Joins in World Book Night.

Week of Apr. 4 - 11, 2012

All non-freshmen will remember the abomination that was last year’s springtermnospring.  This spring term has been far more comfortable, with temperatures over the last month averaging fifteen degrees warmer than during the same time period of 2011. 

Spring Term Schedule Breakdown