Features

Warm temperatures and cloudless skies have Carleton’s fashion-savvy students flaunting bright shorts and floral tops. 

For those scouring the city on a student budget to find unique new spring pieces, you might find something at Aunt Olive’s. 

Part boutique, part café, Aunt Olive’s, located at Gilmour and Elgin Streets, is all about wearable vintage. 

“I concentrate on recycling older clothes that are not too over the top,” said Jamie Garner, owner of the boutique.

As the cold months of winter finally give way to the sunshine and warmth of spring, bulky winter coats, heavy boots and toques are replaced with the light and funky clothing defining the Spring/Summer 2010 season. Spring is all about renewal and starting fresh.

Imagine you’re in your final moments and your life flashes before your eyes. What do you see?

Do you see an image of yourself conquering life, and achieving your hopes, dreams and aspirations? Or is it a vision of regret? Are you disheartened with the realization that you didn’t quite live your life to its fullest? That somewhere along the road, you lost your drive, put your dreams on hold and now it’s too late to turn back time, too late for a second chance?

Everyone thinks about it, some talk about it, few actually accomplish it. Whether it involves skydiving or travelling, everyone should have some form of bucket list — things to do before their time is up. The Charlatan’s Kayla Calder took to the Carleton campus to find out what goals other students had planned for the rest of their lives. Among the jumpers, divers and Clarke Griswold’s, she found a trend emerging — the hope of creating literary gold.
 

The Charlatan: Where did you guys get the idea for the name The Buried Life?  

Duncan Penn: The name came from a poem written 150 years ago by a poet named Matthew Arnold. It spoke to exactly what we were feeling in our lives.

TC: What were some of the difficulties you encountered along the way, and how did you overcome them?