the Voice :: Carleton College

Carl Quiz: Nancy Braker ’81

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:54:24 -0500

You Know You’re at Carleton

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:58:25 -0500

As a freshman last year, Anatasha Plummer ’10 had trouble explaining to her boyfriend back home the essence of Carleton...

Brain Power

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:57:32 -0500

Carleton students, long championed for their intellectual prowess, now can delve into its origins: the human brain....

Sister Act

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:56:28 -0500

In high school when sister swimmers Becky Alexander ’09 and Kate Alexander ’10 (Portland, Ore.) were in the same race...

Hand Dance

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:55:23 -0500

It started as a whim, but it sparked a national obsession. “Daft Hands,” a video performance by Austin Hall ’10...

Housekeeping

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:52:01 -0500

The Carleton campus is abuzz with lifted food bans, a new recycling program, and the arrival of the OneCard—an all-in-one ticket...

Cinemaniac

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:51:00 -0500

Northfield doesn’t offer many opportunities for celebrity sightings, but cinema and media studies major Alison Jarzyna ’08...

Captain, My Captain

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:48:44 -0500

Love Anani ’07, now working in Houston as an office assistant for a home health care agency and applying to medical school...

Return to Dixieland

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:45:28 -0500

Far from big-city lights, Carleton hardly is considered a jazz haven. Yet in the late 1920s, a jazz genius—cornetist and Dixieland jazz bandleader...

It Takes a Village

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:37 -0500

For students at a residential liberal arts college like Carleton, there’s no place like home—be it a dorm room, town house, or off-campus apartment.

Rankled

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:43:19 -0500

It seems inconsistent for the Voice to cite Carleton’s place in the U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual ranking...

Warm Regards

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:02:23 -0500

Congratulations on the amazing fall 2007 issue. Every piece conveyed what makes Carleton a special and unique place...

The Cat’s Meow

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:26:03 -0500

Toff, Carleton’s famous cat-about-campus, just can’t stay out of the news. Unlike most celebrities in the spotlight, however...

Southern Pride

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:00:05 -0500

Carls who live in the Deep South occasionally feel somewhat removed from the current life and times of Carleton...

Not for Public View?

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:01:39 -0500

I was disappointed with the 2008 calendar that featured Carleton students rather than Carleton places...

Laird 100: Living and Learning Together

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:09 -0500

Walking with the Gods

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:19:45 -0500

Brave Carls scaled the slopes of Mount Olympus on a Carleton Alumni Adventures trip to northern Greece—and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

Place Setting: Women's Volleyball Locker Room

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:46:35 -0500

Cheryl Klein and the Book of Secrets

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:17:34 -0500

As continuity editor for the Harry Potter books, Cheryl Klein ’00 kept track of an elaborate world of complex characters, magical rules, and strange incantations.

Click Here to Update . . . the Presidential Campaign

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:35:27 -0500

Will this be the year of the YouTube president? Some politically astute Carls weigh in on how influential the Internet will be in this election.

Work Force

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:21:20 -0500

In his new role as director of the Career Center, Richard Berman helps Carleton students and alumni discover what it takes to find meaningful work in an uncertain world.

Going to Extremes

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:15:45 -0500

Dangling from cliffs. Dodging avalanches. Jumping wakes. It's all in a day's fun for five Carleton sports enthusiasts who push themselves to the limit.

Web Extras

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:45:01 -0500

Special web-only Voice content.