- College enters yellow coronavirus alert level, signaling heightened campus awareness
by Jacob Maranda
St. Olaf moved into the yellow COVID-19 Alert Level on Friday, Oct. 23, after the College’s randomized surveillance testing discovered three positive coronavirus cases in two days between Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. A jump in the COVID-19 positivity rate throughout Rice County and a high number of close contacts […]
- Will the NFL beat COVID-19?
by Caroline Peacore
When the pandemic hit, along with other leagues across the world, the NFL was forced into new protocols for a sport and economy very heavily based on in-person interaction. Unsurprisingly, the NFL has sordidly failed at approaching the pandemic, reducing risk and promoting sound morals. In comparison to the NBA […]
- A case for Lamelo Ball: The Timberwolves’ should-be #1 draft pick
by Ezekiel Warren-Weigmann
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a joke. Ever since losing legendary center Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics in 2007, despite sporting names like Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler and Karl Anthony Towns, all bonafide superstars in their own rights, Minnesota has struggled with relevancy. Over those 13 years, the T-Wolves have […]
- From Northfield to the NBA: The Freddie Gillespie Story
by Eli Tan
Five years ago Freddy Gillespie sat in his freshman dorm room at Carleton College, preparing to face Bethany Lutheran in what would be his collegiate basketball debut the next night. Gillespie would come off the bench to log 15 minutes for the Knights in their season opener, finishing with six […]
- “Braiding Sweetgrass” author and professor Robin Kimmerer delivers virtual lecture for Carleton
by Sophia Rice
Is land a source of belongings? Or a source of belonging? This and other questions about how we relate to nature were considered by Robin Wall Kimmerer in a virtual lecture Friday, Oct. 9 as part of the Frank G. and Jean M. Chesley Lecture series hosted by the Carleton […]
