Several students last Saturday gathered to celebrate the Russian New Year, one of the country’s most popular holidays. The event drew Russian students as well as friends and others to a fun night of contests, games, food, and gifts.

“One person’s trash is another’s three piece suit,” said one dapper attendee at the Anything But Clothes (ABC) party held last Saturday in Great Space. Sponsored by the newly formed Party Crew, students arrived in costumes made of floppy disks, book covers, pizza boxes and generous amounts of duct tape.

From Sunday, Jan. 9 through Thursday, Jan. 13, hundreds of Carleton students participated in the school's annual Volunteer for Carleton fundraiser. Lured by a hope of giving back to their school and a promise of free food, a record number of students raised thousands of dollars through their efforts.

Carleton students, faculty and staff joined in a panel discussion on Tuesday to discuss the recent South Asian tsunami and its far-reaching effects.

For the second year, members of Carleton's Christian community joined together for Christian Unity Week.

Last Saturday, Carleton's Culinary House held a "Tropical Delusion" for
the many students who have already felt the effects of Minnesota's drastically
cold winter.

Junior Scott Vignos spent fall term on an off campus program in Australia offered through the School for International Training (SIT). Along the way, he shared his experiences through weekly journal entries and photos. Australia Journal

Dean of Students Mark Govoni, who recently announced his resignation, received a farewell toast from students last Friday at the late-night breakfast, a Carleton tradition held the night before finals begin.

Every fall for the past 10 years the students in geology professor Bereket Haileab's Introduction to Geology class have conducted test on water quality in Rice County to learn about the relationship between people and their environment. This fall Haileab altered the process in order to encourage his students to question how people impact their natural surroundings not just in Minnesota but across the country.

About 30 students gathered last Saturday night to learn about the situation in the Sudan at a dinner and discussion co-hosted by Amnesty International and Culinary House.

The Semaphore Repertory Dance Company presented their bi-annual dance concert last Friday and Saturday evening, to an Arena Theater filled to its capacity with Carleton students and faculty.

Crowds of elaborately dressed-up students packed Skinner Memorial Chapel this Sunday as the Carleton College Orchestra, dressed in full Halloween attire, opened the annual midnight Halloween concert with a rendition of “YMCA.”