BY KATE MACDONALD
Dale Vangrevenhof
There is a saying that you never truly know what you have until you lose it.
What Dale Vangrevenhof had was a job. What he lost was much more.
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BY DEBBIE WONG
Armed with scientific calculators, students at Carleton College were doing math – but not just any math. They were adding up calories and cents, selecting foods to buy from a small-scale model grocery store they’d built in the classroom. Their goal: to satisfy their dietary needs with limited money.
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BY EMILY HARTLEY
The Ragstock Used and New Clothing Store. Photo by Veasey Conway.
Jane Greenwood is in constant motion, lifting boxes, sifting through clothing and pacing up and down the aisles in the back room of the Clothes Closet.
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BY LEAF ELHAI
Homes at Viking Terrace. Photo by Hai Ngo.
When his car broke down in mid-November, José Ramos and his family faced a difficult decision. The cost of replacing the vehicle’s broken water pump put a considerable strain on José and his wife Angelica’s budget, but the repair was “a necessity,” Angelica and José...
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BY KATIE WILLIAMS
Tyler BoddySpargo, Dia Davis
A food drive last Friday on the Carleton College campus raised enough money to buy 65 pounds of fruit juice, milk, yoghurt and other foods that were donated to the food shelf at the Community Action Center (CAC) in Northfield.
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BY BRIAN GILBERT
Listen to: A Podcast with Janet Lewis Muth
Growing Up Healthy
What major factors contribute to good health? Janet Lewis Muth has three possible answers: access to affordable housing, access to public transportation, and access to affordable, healthy food.
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BY DEBBIE WONG
A yearning for learning
On a recent sunny Wednesday afternoon, I found myself, a 19-year-old college student, listening to a psychology lecture with 13 other students. Nothing unusual about that, of course, except that every one of the students was over 50.
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BY MEGHAN KEANE
These red brick buildings are green.
“It’s hard to tell it is so environmentally friendly, it just feels like a really nice dorm,” says Lauren Masterson, a Carleton College freshman and resident of Cassat Hall, one of two new recently-completed dormitories getting rave reviews from residents.
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Apron? Check. Nametag? Check. Plastic gloves … where are they?
A staff person pointed back in the kitchen next to the tray of grilled cheese.
It was 4 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, and Carleton College sophomore Dia Davis was getting ready for another “Thursday’s Table” family meal at the Community Action Center (CAC) of Northfield....
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BY JEFFREY JUUL
On Sept. 30, a new Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Bridgewater Commons broke ground just south of downtown Northfield.
The restaurant may be an early sign of recovery, but some members of local government has said the city should offer more tax incentives to businesses in order to attract business to Northfield and...
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