‘Uncivil Discourse’ frames Mountain Mining
This week, the mountains came to visit Grinnell students yearning for some peaks through the topic of Susan Hirsch’s convocation, “Mountains and Metaphors: Conflict over Mining in a Time of Uncivil Discourse.”...
OCS starts new Global commons
A new student-faculty group, Global Commons, is in the process of establishing itself on campus this semester. This hybrid group, designed to complement the services of the pre-existing Off-Campus Study (OCS) office and...
Tutorial, curriculum re-examined
Choosing a tutorial is an integral part of the first-year experience. It’s the only class we have a part in choosing before arriving on campus and also the first we attend once here. But while the tutorial system looks...
D-Hall Giveth and Taketh Away
With eight professionally certified chefs on staff and a veritable army of student bakers, cooks and staff, the Dining Hall is a complicated entity with a seemingly simple job. On top of dealing with the sheer numbers of people...
College Constructs New Facility for Youngest Students
Ask anybody what they expect to find on a college campus and they would probably list a host of resources including residence halls, academic buildings and athletic facilities. A preschool would probably be the last thing on...
In spirit of Noyce, College to Raise four Pigs
Although we can readily see miles of farmland and often times the smell of livestock seems to just roll through Grinnell like a smelly tsunami, the distance from producer to plate seems...
Campus Environmental groups Gear up for Water Bottle Battle
Take a look around you, and count the number of plastic water bottles you see. You know the type—the clear disposables that seem to be just about everywhere. If environmental groups have their way, though, that’s about to...
Kington Initiates Strategic Plan
The beginning of the 2011-2012 school years marks the beginning of yet another round of strategic planning. In the first convocation of the new school year, President Raynard Kington...
TIME May Change ME (but I can’t Trace time)
College hires ‘Renaissance Rabbi’ Grinnell College welcomes Garson Herzfeld as the new Interim Associate Chaplain for the 2011-2012 academic year. He takes the place of Howie Stein, the former rabbi at Grinnell, in...
South Korean Ambassador addresses Grinnell
Those who were lucky enough to grab a seat in the packed JRC 101 this Wednesday night were treated to the rare opportunity to see a foreign diplomat in action. This week, Grinnell hosted Dr. Han Duk-soo, South Korea’s...
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News While students were still on break, all on campus was not idle. The Strategic Planning team, in particular, was working...
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Opinion Since its inception last fall, the reaction I receive most frequently from my fellow students when I tell them about...
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