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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being a Student Adviser

Jan 04, 2013

 

Twelve first-years. Twelve! While staff training week taught me how to handle pretty much every conceivable conflict I might encounter as a student adviser, or S.A., it left out that…

A Pants-Optional Affair

Jan 04, 2013

I consider myself a pretty conservative dresser. My shorts are always mid-thigh or longer, my T-shirts cover my naughty parts in their entirety, and my swimsuit comes in only one piece. All in all…

People Watching and Study Buddies

Jan 04, 2013

 

I’m a person who is very set in my habits. I get out of bed at the same time every single morning and try to go to bed at the same time every night. I go to the library pretty much every…

Studio Rats

Jan 04, 2013

When I was a little boy, I used to love to play and imagine what I was going to be when I grew up. I would take my plastic dinosaurs outside, bury them in my backyard, and then dig them up,…

My Computer Outweighs Me

Jan 04, 2013

 

Two years ago when I was getting ready to head off to college, my parents told me I could have a laptop. Stoked beyond all reckoning, I surfed Dell’s website to decide what model I wanted …

Rollicking Roomies

Jan 04, 2013

Author:  Mona Ghadiri '11

Like every other eager Grinnellian, I had a countdown to the day I would get the chance to find out who my roommate would be…

Self-Defining Self-Governance

Jan 04, 2013

Author:  Caitlin Carmody '08

Two years ago I led a small group discussion about self-governance during New Student Orientation. I tried my best to explain the fairly nebulous…

Today’s the Day the College Kids Have their Picnic!

Jan 04, 2013
Author:  Erin Sindewald ’08

It is a clear blue day, the flowers are in bloom, and the birds are chirping songs of…

That Swing Thing

Jan 04, 2013

 

A tall, smartly dressed man with slicked-back hair and gray suspenders slides up to me, hand outstretched. I smile and place my hand in his, accepting his silent offer. He walks me out to…

HIV Testing and Drag Shows

Jan 04, 2013

Author:  Lindsay Robinson ’09

As a first-year student, I dabbled in a little bit of everything. I went to half a dozen meetings every week and signed…

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