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Rediscovering Your Inner 12-Year-Old

"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,…
Having Due Fun with Fondue

Jan 04, 2013

Author: Elizabeth Bologna ’08

“There’s nothing to do!” It’s the mantra of young adults everywhere, the perennial complaint of high schoolers and college…
Employment Opportunities

Jan 04, 2013

Employment Opportunities
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Watching and Wanting

Jan 04, 2013

Television is a funny medium. It brings us together through shared viewing experiences, and it isolates us in a pool of light in a darkened room. We look to the ubiquitous box for…
Grinnellian Explores Climate Change on World Stage

Jan 04, 2013

Most Americans watched events at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, unfold from afar. One Grinnell senior’s own initiative took him to Copenhagen last December to…
Well Rounded, Like a Soccer Ball

Jan 04, 2013

Author: Alex Exarhos '10

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Caucus Season

Jan 04, 2013

Author:

Smita Elena Sharma '08

The Iowa caucuses came a few weeks early this time around, on a chilly evening three days into the new year. College was…
The Midnight Flight of the Mattress Riders

Jan 04, 2013

Beneath Grinnell’s academic veneer, there lies a secret world. In this world, shadowy figures converge by a signal known only to them, unleash weeks of pent-up glee, and vanish in the haze…
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…
Art Looking Life in the Eye

Jan 04, 2013

South African artist Diane Victor has traveled to the frozen fields of Iowa to complete drawings for…