Point/Counterpoint: Camp Counselors wanted?
Tory Martinéz, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2013
Tory Martinez: This isn’t camp-this is college If you stick around campus for any amount of time, sooner or later you will hear Carthage’s popular nickname: “Camp Carthage.” It invokes images of time spent at summer camp growing up, and in many ways it’s surprisingly accurate- wood furniture,... Read more »
Taboo Talk: Going the distance
Emily Ramirez, Managing Editor
May 14, 2013
One thing that sucks about college is going back home and leaving your Carthage life behind, including your boyfriend or girlfriend either because you don’t live close to each other or one of you is graduating. Although we aren’t experts, we do have experience in this area and can offer a few tips. Talking... Read more »
Taboo Talk: Plus sized beauty
Alyssa Scott, Copy Editor
May 7, 2013
It’s possible that women criticizing their own bodies will start to decline as using plus size fashion models is “in” for the upcoming summer season. While H&M has been lauded for using a model most women recognize as being normal sized, Abercrombie & Fitch has also been ridiculed for its... Read more »
Point/Counterpoint: Technology today
Tory Martinéz, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2013
Tory Martinéz Many complain that smartphones and the ability to stay connected at all times diminishes our capacity to form solid relationships and really live in the moment. This is completely valid, but it is also easy to overlook the benefits of this connectivity. Back in the days before Internet... Read more »
Crimson Chronicles: Sealing the deal
Brooke Schleehauf, Web Editor
May 7, 2013
Spring has finally come to Carthage (hopefully—who knows what types of surprises Mother Nature will send our way in the coming weeks). Maybe you and your sweetheart have been swept away in the season and are considering partaking in the age-old Carthage tradition that you learn about on campus tours,... Read more »
Taboo Talk: Dove ad well intentioned but wrongheaded
Alyssa Scott, Copy Editor
May 2, 2013
Dove recently released a new ad entitled “Real Beauty Sketches” that has caught many peoples’ attention. In the ad, an artist sketches a woman he cannot see as she describes herself, and then someone else describes the same woman and another sketch is created. When the women see the results they... Read more »
Tory’s Top Ten
Tory Martinéz, Staff Reporter
May 2, 2013
Every assignment on every syllabus you have that was filed away as “too far away to bother with” is due in the next two weeks. Every day, you have to decide how best to spend your dwindling points and still eat enough to live. You laugh at your friends at other schools studying for finals, then... Read more »
The darkest hour
Tory Martinez, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2013
We’ve all been there- late at night, hacking away at the mountain of homework that seemed too daunting earlier, and the Wi-Fi is up and running. Until around 1 a.m., when suddenly, everything slows. No matter where you are on campus, this nightly occurrence is both frustrating and bizarre. Why does... Read more »
Crimson Chronicles: Bottoms up or sober up?
Brooke Schleehauf, Web Editor
April 30, 2013
When Wis. changed the drinking age to 21 in 1986, college students were not pleased. The Arrow published articles covering the age change in several issues throughout that school year, including an editorial entitled, “It’s Time To Sober Up.” The author of the uncredited editorial aptly points... Read more »
Crimson Chronicles: Inauguration footsteps
April 23, 2013
President F. Gregory Campbell’s inauguration was reported in an article dominating the front page of the Sept. 17, 1987, issue of The Arrow. A young, fresh-faced Campbell beams up at you as you read about his idyllic plans for the college, including, among other things, raising attendance while retaining... Read more »