Northfield Voices: Town & Gown
Cinema & Media Studies Audio Workshop, 2009

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
By Kat Morriss and Megan Lynn

The issue regarding student housing rentals in Northfield is a complicated one, but it is important to recognize where the interests of students, landlords, and neighbors intersect. Our hope is that this project, which explores a variety of perspectives, will foster communication and understanding among the different groups concerned.

LAYING DOWN THE LAW
By Myla Fay and David Nonberg

At Carleton College, the various persons and policies that govern the party scene tend to take a more liberal approach to the issue of drinking on campus. In this piece, we were able to speak with the people who were in charge of enforcing these policies. From RA’s to the Northfield police, Laying Down The Law highlights how a liberal policy shapes the on and off campus dynamics between students and community.

WILL WORK, FOR COMMUNITY
By Mary Henke-Haney and Ben Blink

Carleton’s academics and social scene largely isolate students to campus, but one thing easily lures them to town. Money! We talk to four Carleton students who found employment in Northfield, and subsequently had their schemas’ rocked about student conduct in town and their place in this community. Adding perspective is St. Olaf grad and Northfield mayor Mary Rossing.

LEAVING A BIGGER TIP
By Cole Wrampelmeier

There are some pretty strong stereotypes about students and residents that each group has about the other. Have these just come from bad encounters at closing time or has the student-resident relationships been strained? Leaving a Bigger Tip explores the students’ business connection to Northfield and how they find their place in the community.