Last updated: November 15, 2007
Volume 124, Issue 9

SPORTS

By Matt Zmudka

Little bit of proverbial oil and The System, head coach David Arseneault and the Pioneer men’s basketball team are ready to fight once...

By JULIA BOTTLES

Two years ago, a league formed that offered students the chance to show off their wiliness in an opportunity most haven’t had since the fifth grade. Every Monday and Wednesday 15 teams gather ...

Compiled by Jai Garg and Sarah Cassona

Two weeks ago, 19 teams set out to dominate and ultimately win this time-honored tradition of Assassins. You all probably know how it works: teams must take out their targets with water pistols,...

BY MIKE KOBER

In order to develop a steadfast mind and rigid physique, I prepared hardcore for Team Assassins. I took on the training regimen of Nicholas Angel, the over-achieving police officer in Hot Fuzz,...

By Jordan Kujala

With one Al Harris helmet to the knee of Vikings wunderkind Adrian Peterson, my interest in the NFL has decreased ten-fold. I realize now that there just might be a Minnesota rookie curse ,...

BY DRAKE BALLEW

“If you want to hear the real story about James Taggart puking …” Ian Warlick ’10 recounts while we talk in the Grill, “Alumni weekend is the only time you’ll get a chance.” Warlick is alluding...


News

By Daniel Moskowitz

After students recently passed an initiative demanding need-blind admissions for international students, the office of Admission has given renewed attention to the process of international ...

By Ali Sargent

The new Kistle Science library, with its graffiti-free walls and new-building smell, is a pleasant study environment for anyone looking to clear their head. Kistle opened at the start of this year, ...

By Chris Neubert

In February 2006, while setting up for the annual 80s Harris party, former ACE coordinator Julia Bottles ’08 suffered a severe foot injury after a party platform collapsed because of a broken safety latch ...

By Drake Ballew

A new service to bring a regular bus route to Chicago from Grinnell promises to ease student travel stress before breaks and on weekends. On Friday, November 9th, the first of what will be ...

By Abby Rapoport

The Student Programming Committee (SPC) now has $650 to allocate over the remainder of the semester. “That is basically nothing,” said Brad Bishop ’08, SGA treasurer and head of SPC. ...

By Abby Rapoport

With pre-registration ending again yesterday, seemingly little had changed from last semester. Students are stressed about getting into classes, and Registrar Gerald Adams has once again ...

By Stephanie Nordstrom

Grinnell’s homegrown service corps will be adding a new location to its list of established service sites. This February, applications will be accepted for a Grinnell Corps fellowship...


Features

By Sarah Mirk

To assess the college’s substance-free lifestyle, known lover of alcohol Sarah Mirk returns one weekend to her sober ...

By Julia Bottles

While most Grinnell students may think there are only the five to 10 standard eating options in town, the surrounding areas...


Opinion

By Abby Rapoport

First of all, you absolutely must not watch the Macy’s Day Parade with your family. All those floats ...

It takes way more than half a day to prepare a turkey fit for an average family—never mind the stuffing,...


Arts

By James Anthofer

After a troublesome past few years, a non-Norris band practice space is established in hopes to make for a musician-friendly campus...

By Matt Zmudka

Hidden from the traffic of campus, the summer work of Thomas Agran ’09 is on display in a dark, quiet space. Agran is curator for ...