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  1. The Sea Urchins and Me

     

    The purple spines bristled as I lifted the sea urchin from its container. Water dripped down the curve of its body as I turned it over to examine the whitish underside. Nestled in…

  2. Humanities Majors Can Like Science Too

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    I arrived at Grinnell my first year as a wannabe physicist and a wannabe writer, and I had no idea which of these subjects I wanted to follow. If I had been stuck with such diverse…

  3. Finally Feeling Fit

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    In my last day of Phys Ed in high school — I can recall the crisp December afternoon quite vividly — I gave a whoop of joy and did a cartwheel across the soccer field (and by “did a…

  4. Bringing Imagination to Life

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    The Neverland Players was started around six years ago by a Grinnell student who, while visiting a friend at Northwestern, saw a great children’s theatre production and decided to bring…

  5. Act Your Shoe Size

    Jan 04, 2013

    “You know, now that you’re starting college, you’re really an adult. You’ve got to be grown-up now.” How many of us have heard that from those *cough* well-meaning adults in our lives? To some…

  6. The Beauty of Prairie Butterflies

    Jan 04, 2013

    Before last summer, the only butterfly I could identify was a monarch, and the only prairie plant I knew was a coneflower. Thanks to an internship grant from the…

  7. A student band performs outside

    Random Acts of Music

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    Grinnell College is not a music school, and does not have a large music department. But someone forgot to tell the students.

    Last semester, I had the treat of working with Simone…

  8. With dinner finished, students chat over their empty dining hall trays

    Options at the Dining Hall

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    The dining hall is one of my favorite places on campus. I remember the first meal on the evening of my arrival at Grinnell. The sheer size of the hall, the large number of dishes on offer,…

  9. Learning about Learning

    Jan 04, 2013

    Change often happens without notice. One day, I’m just a student, taking classes, thinking about ideas — and suddenly the school year is nearly over, and it hits me just how much I’ve learned,…

  10. ABBA Fans Unite

    Jan 04, 2013

    It’s a strange feeling, accomplishing a goal you didn’t know you had. It’s happened to me a few times at Grinnell, most markedly, when my former professor, Tim Arner, turned to me in the campus…

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