A brief response to Fox and Friends
This week’s edition of “Fox and Friends” devoted a segment to criticizing Grinnell College’s gender-neutral policies and in doing so disregarded the reality of living on a campus that is accepting of different...
Netbook love and hate in the 21st century
Netbooks might not be as flashy or cool as a tablet, but they’re capable of a whole lot more. They have physical keyboards, for one, and storage space is almost never an issue. And while their batteries may not last quite as long...
Pioneering education: investigating the great divide between students and academic affairs
At Grinnell, we rarely try to assess how different offices work with each other, and what sort of impact their collaboration can have on the student body. It may come as no surprise, but the relationship between Student Affairs...
Better know a dining hall: Breaking news, cheese is tasty
This week in Dining Hall paradise, we will be exploring the limitless potential of one of my favorite foods: cheese. I apologize in advance to all the vegans/lactose-intolerant out there, this week’s column will prove...
The College adopts invasive policy concerning SGA spending
President Raynard Kington adopted a policy this week that all College-funded trips must be substance-free. According to Kington, this new interim policy is due to three reasons: our previous policy was a legal liability, a...
Troy Davis and international repercussions
Dear readers, you should know that this column stems from my fascination with how people eat. Nervous dates with new acquaintances, chatting sessions with old friends about shared memories, $1000-per-plate political...
Point-counterpoint: to compensate, or not to compensate
During Joint Board on Wednesday September 29, Andrea Conner presented the Student Staff Compensation Conversation. Senators, SGA officers and S&B editors took part in a discussion regarding the pros and cons of...
Better know a dining hall: Mistry serves it up fresh
It’s easy to enjoy the Dining Hall, but sometimes the vast array of meal options makes it too easy. With buffet-style dining and mountains of delectable dishes waiting to be devoured, the “Freshman (or First-Year)...
Human readable: Dropbox salvation
How many times have you woken up in the morning, only to realize you’ve forgotten to print out an essay or reading? When we’re pressed for time, we can rarely spare ourselves a minute to wait for our computers to boot up,...
Bread and Puppet Theater resurrects social activism on campus
This Monday evening, Bread and Puppet Theater, together with some thirty members of the Grinnell College community, performed an “Insurrection Mass” complete with papier-mâché zebras and scriptures fed to the mouth...
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