January 2, 2009 – 4:31 pm
This email to Carleton faculty and staff was forwarded to me:
Carleton is announcing today that it is closing River City Books, the College-owned bookstore located at 306 Division Street in downtown Northfield.
River City Books opened in March 2002 as a service and benefit to the Northfield community, but the lack of a [...]
December 28, 2008 – 10:06 pm
Allyson Herbst, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says (PDF - full text below).
A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says
By Allyson Herbst
Northfield residents last summer couldn’t help but notice a striking change that bloomed outside the Northfield [...]
December 22, 2008 – 2:41 pm
In yesterday’s New York Times: Private Colleges Worry About a Dip in Enrollment; Decreased enrollment, especially at small colleges with tuition-driven budgets, could mean significant cutbacks to programs and faculty.
First came the good news for St. Olaf College: early-decision applications were way up this year. Now comes the bad news: the number [...]
December 17, 2008 – 6:18 am
I took these photos last night of two, um, gender-neutral snow figures locked in a non-Platonic embrace.
How does one describe such a scene?
“Snowmen kissing” presents obvious problems, especially for something sitting in the front yard of the president of St. Olaf’s house.
December 17, 2008 – 6:15 am
Cloudy nights are a great time to cross country ski in the Carleton Arb. The glow from the lights along Hwy 3, the campus, and downtown Northfield make it very easy to see where you’re going.
And if it’s snowing like it was last night, the glowing effect is intensified. [...]
December 13, 2008 – 11:18 am
Ben Haynor is a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. He produced this 7-minute audio titled Eating Raw, Living Simple at Carleton.
Click play to listen. 7 minutes.
December 13, 2008 – 11:04 am
Aron Feingold, Matt Hart, Myles Radtke, Courtney Madowitz and Nick Rue are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 7-minute video titled Carleton Conservatives.
December 13, 2008 – 11:01 am
Chelsea Ronsse, Lauren Knoche and Nikoleta Rukaj are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 4-minute video titled A New Kind of Charter School. (It’s about ARTech – the Northfield School of Arts and Technology.)
December 13, 2008 – 10:57 am
Vivyan Tran, Sung Hyo Kim, Logan Nash and Mackenzie Zimmer are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 6-minute video titled Representative Journalism: The New Community Reporter.
December 12, 2008 – 5:46 am
Sam Benshoof, Briana Cain, Ryeon Corsi and Esther Pak are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 6-minute video titled Hard times on Division Street.
December 12, 2008 – 5:44 am
Dan Sugarman, Allyson Herbst, Evan Haine-Roberts, Anne O’Gara and Vincent Poturica are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 10-minute video titled Home Grown: Eating Local in Northfield.
December 10, 2008 – 8:04 pm
Dan Sugarman, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled Dismal as a candidate, Denison wins some fans in office (PDF - full text below).
Dismal as a candidate, Denison wins some fans in office
By Dan Sugarman
On the morning of November 8, 2006, Jon Denison [...]
December 2, 2008 – 10:25 am
Matt Hart, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled Carrying a Torch for Kids Who Dream of College (PDF - full text below).
Carrying a Torch for Kids Who Dream of College
By Matt Hart
In 2001, two third-grade girls from Northfield had a dream.
They [...]
November 28, 2008 – 11:57 pm
Mackenzie Zimmer, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled A Small Town with Big Ideas on Citizen Journalism (PDF - full text below).
A Small Town with Big Ideas on Citizen Journalism
By Mackenzie Zimmer
On any given day at the Goodbye Blue Monday coffee shop [...]
Locally Grown has been chosen to test an innovative project called Representative Journalism (RepJ). Bonnie Obremski is the RepJ reporter/journalist currently assigned to Northfield.
RepJ stories by Bonnie Obremski