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Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall

Jan 04, 2013

 

My armpits dripped with the stinkiest of all sweats: that of the “I’m-really-stressedout” variety. My heart raced, and I struggled in vain to fight back tears. Here I was, the day before…

Rediscovering Your Inner 12-Year-Old

Jan 04, 2013

 

"These kids are truly barbaric!” my mind screamed as I walked into the child-infested art room of the local middle school. Fifteen paper planes were flying, a rental clarinet was honking,…

Take Back the Night

Jan 04, 2013

Take Back the Night is an event focused on collectively speaking out against — amongst many other social problems — rape, sexual violence, domestic violence, violence against children, and…

An Idiot’s Guide to Procrastination

Jan 04, 2013
Author: Patrick Laine '08

Going to college is a big step. When I arrived on Grinnell’s campus as an enthusiastic first-year, I was filled…

Opening up with Grinnell Monologues

Jan 04, 2013

 

I am not a theatre person by any stretch of the imagination. I have terrible stage fright, I cannot memorize lines whatsoever, and once, I even threw up while giving a presentation in…

Students happily converse as they listen to the band Millard Fillmore in the Pub

Ye Newe Pub

Jan 04, 2013
The year is 1984. The legal drinking age in Iowa rises to 21. The state’s largest vendor of beer, according to legend, loses three-quarters of its customers. Two years later, the Grinnell College…

A Film Festival Spectacle

Jan 04, 2013

Let me tell you a little about Titular Head, Grinnell’s own homegrown film festival. Now don’t get the wrong impression. We’re not sophisticated filmmakers. We don’t watch in silence and clap…

We’ve Got Each Other—and That’s A Lot

Jan 04, 2013

Author:  Erin Sindewald '08

As an oh-so-recent Grinnell grad who has oh-so-recently experienced the final ticks of my college…

Furry Little Friends

Jan 04, 2013

 

While most colleges have some sort of mascot, a select few have unofficial ones that are even more popular amongst the student body. Here at Grinnell College, our unofficial mascot is…

I Take Fake Newspapers Seriously

Jan 04, 2013

When I first visited Grinnell, I was looking for ways to differentiate the College from other schools I had already been to. What was it about Grinnell that everyone said was so different and…

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