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Top 10 Things to Do When It Snows

Jan 04, 2013

Sleep: If it’s been snowing for days and the thermometer hits negative degrees, there really is nothing better than just going to sleep and dreaming of tropical places.
Go…

Your Friendly, Local, Brazilian Dance Fighting Club

Jan 04, 2013

Author: Kenji Yoshino '11

Is it a game? A martial art? Or a dance?

Capoeira…

A Day in Ben's Life

Jan 04, 2013

Ben Offenberg, a 6’5’’ senior biochemistry major and current president of the Student Government Association (SGA), shares a typical day.

8 a.m. After six hours of…

Stargazing Amid the Cornfields

Jan 04, 2013

Do you know what’s really cool? Seeing the stripes on Jupiter. The craters on the moon. The Andromeda Galaxy, which is approximately 2 million light years away.

I got to see all of them…

Fashionable Grinnell

Jan 04, 2013

Fashion at Grinnell is an extension of the freedom, social awareness, and acceptance reflected in college life here. After being at Grinnell for nearly a year, I appreciate not only the…

Friday Night Fun

Jan 04, 2013

It took a church basement full of grade-school kids to show me how much more there is to Iowa than just cornfields.

How did this happen? One Friday afternoon in the spring of my second…

Stargazing Amid the Cornfields

Jan 04, 2013

Author: Kat Atcheson '12

Do you know what’s really cool? Seeing the stripes on Jupiter. The craters on the moon. The Andromeda Galaxy, which is…

The Importance of Dorm Decorations

Jan 04, 2013

After a full day of classes, there is nothing more comforting than ambling up a flight of stairs and relaxing in my surrogate home, that is to say, my dorm room. When I open the door to my three…

Squid Attack: Life and Death in the Dining Hall

Jan 04, 2013

"SQUID!”

“Get it before it gets you!”

I was introduced to the tradition of squidding in my first year at Grinnell when, dining at ease with a group of friends, someone yelled …

The Grinnell Coincidence

Jan 04, 2013

Choosing a college is hard — no one is going to argue that. Which is why sometimes little things like a squirrel can help make those decisions a whole lot easier.

My parents and I…

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