Urchins and flintnapping! SEPCs and NSO! A letter to Grinnell, living it up in downtown Grinnell, and surviving Grinnell winters! This issue of Ins & Outs covers it all. And since we hope you'll be a visiting us, get the inside scoop on what it's like to host a prospective student.
Admission
Fall 2009
Gates-Rawson Tower, with its elaborate central archway, is a campus landmark and the entrance to the open, green recreational space on north campus.
Courtesy of Grinnell College
Issue Date:
November 15, 2009 -
I’ve had my heart broken once or twice. Even you and I, Grinnell, have had a few fights, but we came out better for it in the end.
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Upon closer inspection, we discovered a five-foot-tall Easter Island head, carved out of the plowed pile of snow off the dining hall parking lot.
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The law schools, where we recruited 90 percent of our volunteers, banned our posters from their campus buildings in fear of political controversy; we had to secretly spread pamphlets in dormitories and classrooms.
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As one of my friends put it, “You’re hitting rocks with other rocks to make sharp rocks.”
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Loggia: n. (loh-JA) A roofed outdoor walkway attached to the side of a building. Sometimes described as an outdoor hallway. See Grinnell College campus.
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Living in a Fun-Filled WorldThere’s a lot more to Grinnell than cornfields, as I’ve learned over the past few years. Creative minds partnered with a town like this one make the best adventures and stories to share with people at home.
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A Play-by-PlayNever have I felt such a range of emotions. I was excited to be at Grinnell, worried that I knew no one, sad that I would leave my parents, eager to begin my college career, and petrified about everything else.
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In my first English class at Grinnell, I was awed by some of the upperclassman. Not only did they know their lit theory, but they also seemed to be involved in some mysterious, nebulous thing called the English SEPC.
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Each prospective student gets introduced to countless Grinnellians, and each of those Grinnellians approachs us yelling excitedly, “Is that a prospie?”
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If there was one thing Biology 150 was, it was a hands-on. The entire class ran on students’ curiosity and the questions we asked.
