
Bald Spot: News from around campus
Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution
The Revolution, Carleton’s newest theater group, performs two shows during the ninth weekend of winter term—without anyone ever writing a line.
Class of 2013 by the numbers
Statistics on this year's freshman class
Good for the Environment
Kelsea Dombrovski struggled with choosing a major, so she—along with six of her classmates—was overjoyed when the Carleton faculty approved a new environmental studies major in May.
Summer of Science
On a sunny July afternoon, two high school students created a small earthquake near West Gym by pounding a sledgehammer on a metal plate at distinct intervals along a line in the grass....
Noteworthy
Notes on a new Mellon Foundation grant, a prestigious athletic award, and the College's placing in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking
Plainly Written
Carleton isn’t exactly “home on the range,” but the prairie and farmland around Northfield is familiar scenery for writer Dan O’Brien.
It’s a Requirement
After a nearly four-year process, the Carleton faculty has adopted a new set of graduation requirements, the first large-scale change the College has made to its curriculum in at least 40 years.
Eat the Lawn
Those of us who were on campus over the summer enjoyed a harvest of home-grown vegetables, thanks to members of the student groups Farm Club and Food Truth.
In Transit
An urban subway and a nature center don’t have much in common, but associate professor David Lefkowitz ’85 combines the two in a recent Art Gallery exhibit.
Flower Power
The large-flowered Penstemon grandiflorus is found in prairies in the Great Plains and the Upper Midwest—and in Carleton’s Cowling Arboretum and McKnight Prairie.