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Sure, Grinnell College is surrounded by seemingly endless cornfields. The bustling metropolises of Des Moines and Iowa City are each about an hour away. Still, you won’t believe everything you can do…

 

With more than 100 students crowded around the television, mouths dropping open, eyes fixated on the single small screen, one would imagine we were watching the Super Bowl or the season…

 

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…

THE READING LABORATORY provides individual and small-group instruction in reading and study skills, emphasizing reading efficiency, vocabulary building, and methods of effective study (concentration,…

 

For those of us not taking time off during spring break, it at least provides a chance to take a deep breath, enjoy the spring weather, and catch up on those pesky tasks we've been meaning…

Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!  2012 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great English novelist, Charles Dickens.  Characters such as Tiny Tim, Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist,…

 

43 Microfilm reels + a guide

This publication is indispensible for the study of the origins and practice of 1960’s and 1970’s feminism. This is a primary source archive of first-hand…

Author:  Nik Jameson '11

I am sometimes called “Prospie Host Extraordinaire” because I match up prospective visitors with suitable hosts in my job for admission. But…