<p>Check this link out for one of the newer annual traditions at Carleton:</p>
<p><a href="http://dvdfest.org/%5B/url%5D">http://dvdfest.org/</a></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>ya everyone should check these out. After watching these, Carleton definitely became a top runner for me b/c i could tell that the students think of creative ways to have fun. It's a good way to see students and some glimpses of campus if you've never been there. The mustache club is the best. Also, without a doubt the Carleton website is best college site I've seen b/c its frank and not afraid to crack some jokes. It felt a lot more genuine than other ones that just have the same pictures and scary admissions stats. They even give tips for essays. Only a few more weeks till regular decision...</p>
<p>wow cooolll</p>
<p>I looovvee these things.</p>
<p>Everyone check out "Friday Flowers," if you can! I watch it whenever I'm in a bad mood and it cheers me right up. So sweet!</p>
<p>Definitely watch the Short Attention Span Theater from 2006.</p>
<p>Also, I know a lot of the people in these videos, which is fun.</p>
<p>(daughter of fireflyscout)</p>
<p>I've showed my so many of my friends the end of Short Attention Span Theater (from when there is that hilarious "scanning ID card" scene through the "Like a Prayer" bit) and each time they're like "This place was MADE for you!"</p>
<p>Not sure if that's a good thing by their accounts, but it makes me even more excited! :D</p>
<p>Yet another crazy Carleton tradition - </p>
<p>Meet Toff, the campus cat. Be sure and watch the video.</p>
<p>I loved the short films. I keep picking up snippets of really cool things at Carleton--the librarian trading cards, the Reformed Druids, the DVDfest--that I hadn't heard of. So, I'm curious: what are your favorite quirky (or simply representative) things about Carleton?</p>
<p>I don't think prospies hear as much as they should about Spring Concert, Rotblatt, Mai Fete (though it has gone downhill), or basically any other tradition important to a lot of Carleton students that involves drinking. I think prospies generally hear too much about Dacie Moses, the Druids, Toff, the tunnels, and other somewhat cutesy things that aren't really a part of present Carleton culture at all.</p>
<p>So, dietcokewithlime or anyone else who cares to answer, would you say that the Carleton culture largely involves drinking? Would someone who doesn't drink have as much fun or would that be socially isolating?</p>
<p>Drinking is a large part of Carleton culture, no way around that, but you can choose not to drink and still have fun and have plenty of friends. Sub-free floors are a good source of non-drinking bonding if you request to live on one, and the freshmen on those floors tend to become pretty tight-knit though some of that depends on how gung-ho the RA is. People will be pretty respectful of your decision whether to drink or not, and nobody is going to force you to do things you don't want to, Carleton's not like that at all. You can go to parties and not drink at all and nobody will care (unless you are one of those angry-looking sober people who doesn't want to be at the party standing in a corner glaring at everyone, that's not so appreciated). That said, if you're adamant about not being around anyone who may have been drinking, you're going to shut yourself off from a lot of opportunities and possibly alienate yourself from other people. Carleton students very often pregame for things like Ebony performances, Sayles-Hill all-campus theme parties, private parties, and while Spring Concert and DVDfest aren't set up to be a huge drinking events, Spring Concert definitely is and lots of people go to DVDfest drunk. If you have an extremely low tolerance for being around weird drunk people, then you might find that your weekend activities are going to be limited to hanging around the rooms of other people who don't drink rather than going out.</p>
<p>Thanks for your honest and thorough answer. It seems to me that Carleton is pretty typical, in terms of drinking, for a place with a bunch of 18-22 year olds in one spot. I don't get the sense that partying is what defines Carleton, but it's there and many, if not most, students join in.</p>
<p>Compared to most non-religious schools, Carleton is almost certainly below-average in terms of drinking. Compared to just about any school with a frat scene... I mean, there's no comparison. I don't think it's very difficult to fit in socially as a non-drinker.</p>
<p>Thanks for adding your observation, Americanski. It's so nice to get multiple perspectives because it helps form a clearer picture.</p>
<p>wow was watching the videos... I LOVED the friday flower thing.... its so sweet. It made me feel like crying cos I will be leaving four of my bffs and all my other close friends from highschool and my family when I go off to carleton. Its really sad cos I prolly won't be seeing most of my really close friends ever again cos i go to an international school everyone is going off to places all over the world... ok i'll stop my rant here.</p>