HWCS plan Trip to Denmark
Grinnell’s Hall Wellness Coordinators (HWCs) are planning a nine-day trip to Denmark to learn about the healthy lifestyles of the Danes next January. The students will stay at Aarhus University, as well as with a Danish...
Trustees Approve Turbines
The Grinnell Board of Trustees voted to fund the wind turbine initiative to the tune of $13 million last Friday. The decision was largely expected but is the result of over 15 years of discussion. Begun in 1996, the proposal...
Commentary – A Chinese Student On Covering Xi
When Mando Montano’12 and I drove by the Mississippi River in Muscatine, the water was clear and green, reflecting the blue sky and the white clouds above it. “This is so Iowa!” I thought to myself. I still remember my...
Films Causes Budget Blow up at Joint Board
On Wednesday, Joint Board battled over the SGA Spring Semester Budget, with senators and cabinet members trading fire over the $25,000 allocated to Films. Although more similar to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington than Saving...
Four Grinnellians Finalists For Truman Scholarship
Over this past weekend, Anika Manzoor ‘13, Amanda Muskat ‘13, Jenny Peek ‘13, and Charity Porotesano ‘12 were notified that they had been selected as finalists for the Truman Scholarship. A highly competitive...
ARH Examined For Possible Improvements
Although the Grinnell campus is dotted with a brand new sports facility, new dorms, and an improved Science building, the College has a long list of improvements yet to be implemented. Last renovated in 1989-1990, the Alumni...
D-hall Bowls Extremely Hot When Microwaved
Grinnell loves to tout its progressive ideals, but when it comes to the Dining Hall, Grinnellians feel that they need to have certain things, among them dishes that can be popped in the microwave. “The main reason why we...
Standard & Poor’s John Chambers ’77 breaks down the meltdown
John Chambers ’77, managing director of Standard and Poor's Ratings Agency and the chairman of the Sovereign Ratings Committee—which downgraded the United States credit rating last August—visited campus last week...
Financiers Discuss Recovery
The Rosenfield Program hosted a symposium titled, “The Global Financial Crisis,” featuring experts John Chambers ’77, managing director of Standard and Poor’s and chair of its sovereign rating committee; Steven...
Turbines Cometh
Last semester, President Kington signed the Presidential Climate Commitment, pledging to move Grinnell College towards carbon neutrality. If all goes well, three wind turbines will soon put us halfway there, the...
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