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  1. Think Locally (But Bring a Sweatshirt)

    Jan 04, 2013
    Author:  Colette Boilini ’08

    It’s a balmy summer morning in San Francisco, and…

  2. 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…

  3. Rediscovering Your Inner 12-Year-Old

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    "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,…

  4. The Grinnell Coincidence

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    Choosing a college is hard — no one is going to argue that. Which is why sometimes little things like a squirrel can help make those decisions a whole lot easier.

    My parents and I…

  5. Stargazing Amid the Cornfields

    Jan 04, 2013

    Author:  Kat Atcheson '12

    Do you know what’s really cool? Seeing the stripes on Jupiter. The craters on the moon. The Andromeda Galaxy, which is…

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    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…

  7. Un Feliz Año Nuevo en Guatemala

    Jan 04, 2013
    Author:  Stephanie Rosenbaum ’08
     
    As a travelin’ woman, I’m proud to say that I have never spent New Year’s Eve at home during my time in…
  8. 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…

  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. Floored by Read Second

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    Sometimes in college residence halls, there are floors so great their inhabitants are designated by floor name. My first year, there were “those kids from Loose Second.” The next year, it…

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