Everybody Review
At Everybody, the play begins before you think it does. While the Usher makes (passive-aggressive) announcements about silencing your phone, you may wonder if his instructions are part of the…
A Trivial Matter
Let me set the scene for you: it’s a cold, clear Friday night, and under the twinkling lights of a newly-erected tent we find gathered twenty-six teams, several scorers, three…
Carleton Quirky: An After-School Special
I leap out of bed at 7 am. Yes, I mean that literally, and please don’t ask me why. Looking out my perfect Owens window, I stretch, watching the first…
Welcome to Laird and Meet the Editors
Welcome back to Laird, home of disgraced English majors and (one) elevator. We took a break in our regularly scheduled programing for a bit of construction, but now we, and…
A Review of Seafoam Slam Festival: A Murder Mystery
This is a repost of an ETB show, Seafoam Slam Festival: A Murder Mystery, which debuted in Spring 2021, written by Etienne Richart. Seafoam Slam Festival: A Murder Mystery, as…
Memorial for Owen Jenkins, Wayne Carver, November 4, 2002
This eulogy was written by Wayne Carver, very slightly revised and then read by George Soule at a meeting of the Carleton College Faculty on November 4, 2002. Paragraphs in…
Senior Softball: Au Revoir World!
Dateline: (A Lonesome) Bell Field (June 2, 2021) My last report from the Green Precincts of Bell Field, site of the English Department’s traditional picnic and “Seniors Versus The World”…
Meditations on Goodbyes
It’s the last week of classes and I’m thinking about goodbyes. It’s graduation in two weeks for my senior friends and I’m thinking about goodbyes. It’s the final article for…
Tickling and Cullen Skink: Tim and Connie take on our Paired Professor Profile
Hello Miscellany readers, and welcome to the first of our new series: Paired Professor Profiles! (P to the 3? Let us know what you think). We, your faithful editors, were…
The Comps Symposium: A Happy Ending, a Sad Goodbye
On May 8th, we celebrated a timeless English passage: Comps symposium, featuring various excellent, zany presentations. Comps is the closest thing English majors have to a Christmas; it’s the academic…
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