Northfield, Northfielders in the news

Los Angeles Times (reprinted in Star Trib)
College students study 'abroad' in California
To make his crash course on California culture as realistic as possible, Prof. Michael Kowalewski requires his Carleton College students... It's quite a departure from Carleton's pastoral setting (Northfield's motto: "Cows, colleges and contentment").

Star Tribune
List of mandated classes grows
About 80 percent of Northfield High students now take a year or more of arts classes, such as band or choir; the school might look at increasing arts offerings, by adding a dance class, for example.

GOP, DFL leaders plan to debate
... the two leaders would first meet during the State Fair, which will open Thursday, then again in Bemidji, Duluth, East Grand Forks, Mankato, Moorhead, Northfield, Rochester, St. Cloud and Worthington.

Minnesota colleges get high marks
Carleton College in Northfield was fifth among liberal arts colleges and was noted for its senior project, undergraduate research and study-abroad programs.