Tuesday 05/21/2013

• Kevin Draper '10: Series of the Week: San Antonio Spurs (2) versus Memphis Grizzlies (5)

  

  Can one really not want liberation, and instead choose captivity?

  I shall explain.  Last Thursday, after seven months of loyal viewership, my Warriors were eliminated by the Spurs.  They put up a valiant fight in the face of an ... more

• Carleton Athletics: Women's Track and Field: Quartet Barely Miss National Bids

  The Carleton College women’s track and field team had a strong spring season and four Knights just missed earning a bid to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. Ruth Steinke, Colette Celichowski, Amelia Campbell, and Kao Sutton all turned in ... more

• Kelly O'Brien '12: Photo

  
  
  

• Cheryl Klein: What I'm Publishing: Summer 2013

  If anyone ever accuses me of publishing only one kind of book, I will first laugh uproariously and then, stone-faced, point them to this blog post:
  

  
  

  

   ZOE'S ROOM (NO SISTERS ALLOWED)

  by Bethanie Deeney Murguia

  June 2013

  The Queen of ... more

• Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: We'll do it our way, thank you

  Liberalizing the economy and strengthening democratic centralism seem to be the goals of the new leadership in China. Can it be done? Oh, and by the way, they'll not have any Chinese Khrushchevs or Gorbachevs there.
  
  China Warns Against ‘Dangerous’ ... more

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• Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Auto Draft

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• Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Infinite Garden Multiplies Miniature Forest with Mirrors

  [ By Steph in Art & Installation & Sound . ]

  

  Peering through a hole in the hovering white skin of an unusual installation at the 22nd International International Garden Festival of Chaumont Sur Loire, France, seems to transport ... more

Monday 05/20/2013

• Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: Doin’ It in the Park

  Let May 17th forever be known as the day you failed me.

  “Me? What did I do? I don’t even know you.”

  Good point. By “you” I mean the collective audience of people reading this blog, people that write ... more

• Carleton Athletics: Baseball: Hayden Tsutsui Earns All-Region Honors, Named Midwest Region Rookie-of-the-Year

  Outfielder Hayden Tsutsui was named to the 2013 D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region First Team and picked up distinction as the region’s Rookie-of-the-Year. He joins Wheaton College (Ill.) pitcher Michael Kaufman as the only rookies voted as first-teamers across the eight regions.

• John Tischer '71: Prayer Flags

  
  

  They’re still up

  after a couple of years

  after the wind and the rain

  bleached by the sun

  tattered and frayed

  but even now,

  in the storm,

  still whispering

  into the wind.

• Carleton Athletics: Dale Kramer '78 Inducted into DIII Track and Field Athlete Hall of Fame

  The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) recently announced the 2013 inductees for the Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame. Carleton alum Dale Kramer ’78 is one of this year’s inductees for his ... more

• Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Alternative Landmarks: 12 Monuments As They Almost Were

  [ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional . ]

  

  The Sydney Opera House might have been little more than a squat concrete building resembling a factory, and a visit to the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the ... more

• John Tischer '71: "What day is it?"

  
  

  It’s boring to get

  from day to day.

  Some find peace in that…

  routine…certainty…

  Put on a good face…

  you just have to try

  a little harder than before…

  If you can’t make it, fake it…

  you won’t be ... more

• Dan Schofer '00

  5-20-2013
  Town + Country Lisbon. 56 minutes. 8 miles.
  Mild, wet, and breezy. Started out very slowly but eased into a decent pace. Felt pretty good.

• John Tischer '71: Poem At Work

  
  

  “Not now, you bastard! I don’t have pen

  and paper!”   And I was driving down the

  freeway 100 mph with the top down…

  I skidded to a halt at the side of the road

  and rummaged through the ... more

• Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Background for clueless teachers

  If, like me, you don't have direct exposure to Hispanic culture or you never had a Hispanic student in class to clue you in, here's a thoughtful and guilt-free explanation of why the Mexican president is  called Enrique Peña Nieto ... more

• Alison Sommer '05: Anxiety awareness: oh, the things I get myself into...

  Photo by Bing Shui, from apps.carleton.edu/events/tedx/

  Yesterday I was officially invited to speak at the TEDx talks at Carleton College on October 12th! I will be working on my first draft of the full speech this month, then I guess ... more

• Cheryl Klein: All About THE PATH OF NAMES: Behind the Book, Q&A, & Giveaway!

  

  Because I have the last name "Klein" and I live in New York City, a lot of people I meet here assume I'm Jewish -- an assumption that I'm fine with, even as I called myself the "imprint shiksa" ... more