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03/07/2025

News | On Feb. 18, soon-to-be Director of Academic AI Initiatives George Cusack hosted a roundtable discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI). The dis- cussion hosted faculty, staff and students from across Carleton to discuss the role of AI at Carleton. This year, according to a Fall Term Carleton Today, was designated as “The Year of AI Curiosity.” The discussion reflects the ongoing discussion of how AI should be regulated or incorporated at Carleton.

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By Mal Atack ’27

03/06/2025

News | Research programs at Carleton and schools nationwide were plunged into uncertainty after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a plan to cut $4 billion in grant funding. The Feb. 7 directive was frozen by a federal judge days later, but the proposals signaled the Trump administration’s drastic shift away from decades-old practices on which collegiate research has long relied.

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By Ian Rothfeld ’27

03/03/2025

News | Carleton recently announced its decision to implement a permanent test-optional policy for admissions. The change, announced on Feb. 13 in a newsletter by College President Alison Byerly, marks the college’s embracing of a five-year pilot program originally created to support applicants during COVID-19, suspending the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores.

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By Madeleine Goldberger ’28
Photo by Harry Pound

02/28/2025

Features | On Jan. 20, the Carleton Student Association (CSA) Senate unanimously voted to spend $20,000 of the CSA’s budget for the 2025-2026 academic year to pay the salaries of CSA executives. The amount is similar to the amount CSA allocates to Carleton’s 10-15 most-funded clubs. Despite the unanimous nature of the vote, several CSA Senators had mixed thoughts on the vote.

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By Brandon Moore ’25

02/25/2025

Features | Last weekend, the Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts (CANOE) hosted their biggest significant trip of the year to “Book Across the Bay” (BATB) an event in northern Wisconsin and a 10-kilometer race across Lake Superior. Unfortunately, this year’s BATB event was even more unique because it was canceled for the first time due to high winds and snow that would have put participants and volunteers at risk. However, the Book Across the Bay organizers decided to continue the festivities, saying in their email to those signed up that “the show must go on.”

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By Ella Parke ’27
Photo by Becky Reinhold ’25

02/23/2025

News | On Jan. 20, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which ordered the termination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related “preferences, mandates, policies, programs and activities” on both a federal level and in the private sector. The effects of these directives on Carleton could be far-reaching, but so far, no changes to DEI policies or programs have been made.

By Lila Mankad ’28

09/02/2024

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