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  1. Campus & Community

    Burling Library

     

    In high school, I was always one to come home after sports practice and go study in my quiet room — I concentrate more easily when it’s quiet. Before coming to Grinnell, I was nervous…

  2. Caucus Season

    Jan 04, 2013

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     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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. Nakamura named to All-MWC First Team for 4th year in a row

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    For the fourth time in her career, Grinnell College women's soccer player Miki Nakamura '10 (left) has been named to the All-Midwest Conference First Team.

    Nakamura, a…

  7. Raife is MWC Men's Tennis Performer of the Week

    Jan 04, 2013
    Grinnell College’s Sam Raife ’10 (pictured), from Des Moines, Iowa (Roosevelt), has been named the Midwest Conference Men’s Tennis Performer of the Week. Due to injuries, Raife played up two spots…

  8. Nicotine research by biological chemist and student research team

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    As millions of Americans struggle with nicotine addiction, Grinnell College biological chemistry researchers have made a discovery that could guide efforts to design drugs to block the…

  9. The Evolution of Language

    Jan 04, 2013

    Carmen Valentin, newly tenured in Grinnell's Spanish department, also has scholarly and personal interests on two continents -- in her case, Europe and North America. A native of Spain, she…

  10. Singing Outside the Mold

    Jan 04, 2013

     

    I was extremely active in my high school’s choir. I spent more time, and certainly got more joy out of it, than I did in most of my classes. Not that I was a fantastic singer, but I found…

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