Senior Challenge poorly marketed
Steve Kent ’67 began the Senior Challenge in 1988 as a way to “introduce seniors to Grinnell’s tradition of generous, annual alumni support,” according to Grinnell’s website. Grinnell’s Alumni Council matches...
Saving a life
Keeping your batteries in good shape can mean the difference between finishing a paper and running out of juice. Whether you’re using a Windows machine, a Mac, or a tablet, there are several ways you can stretch out your...
The politics of girls
Like most white people of educated, liberal backgrounds, I believe firmly that the pinnacle of HBO programming and television in general is The Wire, a sprawling, hyper-realistic study of the war on drugs in inner-city...
Letter: It ain’t necessarily so. Post-graduate career survey results
So you want a job, but those that appeal to you (or are available) are on the “dark side” – they are in corporate America. You find yourself scuttling through the shadows to the CDO to find out how to compete, and mumbling to...
Letter: Police, interrupted
To Whom It May Concern: Over the past year at Grinnell we have noticed an unprecedented amount of arrests and police activity on campus. The increasingly visible presence of the police on campus is disconcerting to...
Academic Redshirting raises crucial issues
Last Monday, April 2, President Kington wrote an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun entitled “Academic redshirting: Give them a little more time,” highlighting a failure by institutions of higher education to recruit...
Note-Taking Made Easy
At the end of the day, we’re all here to learn, and taking notes is a fundamental part of class. If you choose to take your notes electronically, there are a number of things you’ll have to take into consideration—least of...
Letter: Reigniting the Fire
Dear Grinnellians, Only five weeks remain until I will (fingers crossed) meet Raynard Kington and several more of you at our shiny, new amphitheater, where I will receive that fancy piece of paper which is, allegedly, the...
Letter: A Soft Rock Response
I understand that there has been recent concern among some students regarding the genre of music slated to perform at Block Party. I think this problem stems from a misunderstanding of the content and quality of the performers...
A meditation on slacktivism
It’s so easy to be a slacktivist. When you see something on Facebook or Twitter that moves you or interest you, you can re-post, like a status, type a hashtag within seconds. Maybe you don’t consider it activism; the ...
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