Staff Editorial
Last week Concerned Black Students (CBS) met with admission counselors Seth Allen and Doug Badger to discuss the firing of Chicago recruiter Marlene Jacks. CBS and others familiar with Jacks tried to convey that she was the...
Letter to the editor
In response to an article and letter in last week’s S & B concerning a proposal to add students to the Committee on Academic Standing, I would like to explain somewhat more fully my reasons for opposing the...
Staff Editorial
From the perspective of a member of our editorial staff who attended last week’s Posse Plus Retreat, discussed and edited by the entire S&B staff. The Grinnell Posse Plus Retreat is an annual event that allows both...
The Unorthodox Traditionalist
On my GOOP trip, Ross Preston told me that I should have a talk radio show where I could tell people my weird ideas and have people call in to argue with me. Then I realized that not enough people listen to the radio to make a talk show...
Ask SHIC
Dear SHIC, I just got back from a three-week erotic journey on a Disney cruise in the Bahamas. Every day, my Winter Break lover and I would sneak into our parents’ steerage cabins and re-enact a page from the Kama Sutra,...
Letter to the editor
The Committee on Academic Standing (CAS) governs calendar revisions, classroom and academic misconduct, graduation requirements and many other academic policies. It is also the only committee that directly impacts...
Letter to the Editor
After a recent e-mailing of the Russian Department newsletter, a response from a student was delivered en masse to everyone on the list. It read, “Why would I get this? What in the world made you think that filling up my...
Living the dream on the juiced up shores of Jersey
Here’s the skinny: I think I speak for the majority of twenty-somethings with a taste for the pastiche when I say that MTV’s monumental series, “Jersey Shore,” is the most addictive program to hit basic cable since the...
After the party: why your alma mater matters
The most frequent question I was asked over Winter Break was not “Are you wearing a fake beard?” but “Did you hear the This American Life story about Penn State as the #1 party school in the country?” I went to Penn...
Staff Editorial
Compared to other school’s, our alums don’t give as much “back” to their school after their tuition payments are through—according to the US News and World Report, Grinnell alums give back at a rate of 43 percent, a...
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