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  1. Civic Engagement

    Day in the Life

    If I haven't been awakened by the roosters already, my alarm gets me up about 6:30. I used to get up closer to 6:00 and go jogging with Ali twice a week, but I've gotten lazy and its getting to…

  2. 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,…

  3. 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…

  4. Tales of a Transfer

    Jan 04, 2013

    As my parents helped me unload the station wagon and carry my belongings up four flights of stairs on that hot afternoon in late August, the realization that this was the place where I would spend…

  5. 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…

  6. A word about blogs

    Jan 04, 2013

    For all of you out there faithfully following my blog, you may have noticed that some older posts have just reappeared as new posts.  I am working with wonderful advisors back at Grinnell on…

  7. Iowa Collegiate Math Competition

    Jan 04, 2013
    The Iowa Collegiate Mathematics Competition was held in Grinnell on Saturday, March 13. It is a team competition lasting three hours, with each team having up to 3 people. Fourteen Grinnell College…

  8. Nyden Publications

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    Publications

     

    Spinoza's…

  9. Serving the Community via Dorm Life

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    One of the first people I met when I came to Grinnell College as a student was my future friend Alyssa. As I hauled my huge bags out of the car, Alyssa approached me and my family with a…

  10. Student taking notes

    Write On

    Jan 04, 2013

    The Grinnell writer dropped her forehead onto her arms in abject despair. She lay there, limp and hopeless, like a corn doll abandoned in the rain. The husks of her notebooks lay about her,…

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