Saturday 05/17/2008

• Elizabeth Tamny '88

  HALLO! Froehlicher Samstag, internet denizens.
  
  " Woody Allen talks of Spain, threesomes at Cannes " reads one of Yahoo's fantastic headlines today, ever-bizarre they. I know I'm not the only person who thought of Don Giovanni readin that. Madamina, il ... more

• Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Unwelcome similarites

  Melody Diskison, who referred me to the articles about Chinese food and agriculture, also pointed out a blog entry by David Dayton at Silk Road International . Dayton, with a masters degree in cultural anthropology, has been a business consultant ... more

• KRLX 88.1 Free Radio Northfield: Imitation = Flattery?

  
  
  Chicago duo, Walter Meego, make traditional electro-pop with standard verses and choruses that could fit nicely on the soundtrack to any John Hughes film. The two met while students at the University of Illinois in 2003 and have recorded ... more

• Dan Schofer '00

  5-17-2008
  Kennesaw Mountain Park . 97 minutes. >13 miles.
  Nice hilly, scenic trails. Easy 10 miles with Marie (out 40 minutes and back a bit quicker). Then added 3 more miles and 8x15 second hill sprints.

• Erik Hanberg: Murder on the Orient Express

  This week I watched Murder on the Orient Express from the 70s. Its
  been in my queue forever so I was glad I finally got to it.

  So it was surprising to see it would be shown on the Amtrak ... more

• Dan Schofer '00

  5-16-2008
  Georgia Tech . 40 minutes. >5 miles.
  Easy warm-up and cool-down at night with Marie for her 1500 race at Georgia Tech ( 4:24.55 ). Afterwards enjoyed dinner at The Varsity .

• Tom Swift: Men At Work

  Charles Bender was a pitchers pitcher. Though he could throw hard, he wasnt one of those guys who relied on the strength of his arm. He used a variety of deliveries often flicking his leg high; he was ... more

• Nat Case '88: Don't forget the primates

  Just back from a week visiting my folks and my high school reunion. Nice bunch of people.
  
  I spent a bunch of the day on Monday with my friend Nathan who was in my class in second and fifth grades ... more

• Amy Reynaldo '88: Saturday, 5/17

  Newsday 5:48
  NYT 5:24
  LAT 4:35
  CS 4:14
  
  Brother Mike! Mike Nothnagel! I love that his New York Times crossword includes the phrase NO MAYO. At the last ACPT, Mike and I had a conversation about the evils of certain ... more

• Christopher Tassava: The Internet Is Great - Free Music Edition

  This afternoon I used Twitter to post this:
  

  tassava: Half-wishing I had some current music that I liked, but unashamedly enjoying some Smiths. "Warm summer days, indoors..."

  
  

  A bit later, a Northfielder posted at me:

  adam_gurno: @tassava: http://tinyurl.com/6p4aha Totally ... more

• Christopher Tassava: Thoughts While Rollerskiing

  I find that rollerskiing, far more than running or biking, lends itself to contemplation, or at least to thinking. Today's outing was marred by my first rollerski crash in three years and, now, three distinct patches of road rash ... more

Friday 05/16/2008

• Carleton Athletics: Women's Golf: Wood Fires Second-Best Round in Program History on Final Day of NCAA Championships

  Katrina Wood fired a final round four-over par 76 to complete her first trip to the NCAA Division III Golf Championships. Only a three-putt on her final hole of today’s round kept her from matching the school record for low ... more

• Arjendu Pattanayak: arjendu

  
  

  I had a recent conversation with Christopher, who is from the part of campus that figures out where the money is for academics to use, and helps us get it. We were talking about a bunch of things, and ... more

• KRLX 88.1 Free Radio Northfield: Like It Is: Multicultural graduation, retention, and intercultural dialogue

  This week on Like It Is, Robert speaks with WhitneyRichards-Calathes, student organizer of Carleton's first annual Multicultural Graduation. After a controversial battle for funding, Richards-Calathes and fellow organizers were allocated $500 from Carleton Student Association Senate. Robert speaks with Richards-Calathes ... more

• Shout: Quidditch for Muggles

  

  

  We’ve finally found an off-season use for broomball brooms (and it’s not for keeping the Lyman Lake geese at bay). Over the midterm break, Carleton held its first-ever Quidditch tournament on the field behind the Rec Center. The broomball ... more

• Shout: Brilliant Bots

  Move over, Ultimate Frisbee. Carleton College has just won valor in a sport that is entirely different from the typical – robot building. The weekend of April 12 & 13, the Carleton Robotics Club took a field trip to ... more

• Carleton News: Brian Woodcock Named a Resident Fellow and More

  Brian Woodcock, visiting assistant professor of philosophy, was recently named a resident fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. On March 7, he gave an invited lecture “Quantum State Collapse Along a Light Cone: History and Objections” in ... more

• Erik Hanberg: You know it's nice in Tacoma when ...

  ... on Thursday night you have dinner on deck.
  ... on Friday morning you have breakfast on the deck.
  ... on Friday you walk to work.
  ... on Friday night you have happy hour on the deck of Paddy Coynes. ... more

• Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 12 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace: Reversing the Typology of the War Memorial

  Peace is always beautiful - Walt Whitman

  Humans really know how to commemorate their fallen and the incredible monuments dedicated to war stand as evidence. Seeing those, a few will probably say that death is beautiful but this article ... more

• David Schraub: Von Spakovsky Withdraws

  "Controversial" nominee for a seat on the Federal Elections Commission Hans von Spakovsky has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position after a 6-month stand-off between President Bush and Congressional Democrats. It was a battle worth fighting -- von ... more