Grinnell College is just one part of Grinnell, Iowa. Read about students coming from abroad to Iowa, seeing all of Iowa on the RAGBRAI bike tour, exploring the city of Grinnell, and Squirrels! Squirrels! Squirrels!
Edited by Molly Rideout '10.
Admission
Fall 2008
Issue Date:
November 20, 2008 -
But let me share with you a little secret…: academia gives you permission to write papers about some of the coolest things in existence, some things you’d never even been able to mention to a teacher in 11th or 12th grade
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At 2 a.m., we confront the morning breeze and walk downtown. The synchronized stoplights serve as a guide to Main Street and finally to the Danish Maid Bakery
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As I later found out, 59 other students from 33 countries around the world had also arrived in Grinnell on the same day.
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Nowhere else would you be able to find so many friendly people statewide willing to put up with thousands of sweaty, dirty cyclists.
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My bubble journey began by running into a sea of bubble wrap extending from one end of the hall to the other.
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My summer had lots of great memories, from wrangling goats to the goat that always yelled if we didn’t give her corn, to more peaceful moments examining the impact on vegetation.
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What was it about Grinnell that everyone said was so different and progressive? For me, the answer was the school has a fake newspaper.
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There is so much more to the town of Grinnell than a college.
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Our squirrels help enhance the Grinnell College experience (they’re like members of our student body, only with a bushy tail).
