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

Arts

- Drake Ballew

Tomorrow night, concertgoers are in for a treat. The pairing of Mason Jennings and Pieta Brown at Herrick Chapel is sure to delight even the most casual folk fan. Hailing from Minnesota and Iowa, ...

BY JAMES ANTHOFER

Burling Library plays an integral role in the Grinnell experience. From first seeing students huddled in concentration around tables or napping in the tops of treehouses during a tour...

—Aru Singh

Having said that, the fifth installment in the Harry Potter movie franchise (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) is one of the best of the series and Potter fans can take some satisfaction...

Christian Kittery and Hanna Hakim ’08 rehearse a new work choreographed by Hakim for “Fall Forward,” the annual Dance Troupe performance. Danny Zamora ’08 and Eleanor Nelson ’10 also...


News

Edwards spoke last week, Biden coming Monday, with Obama following Tuesday ...

By Drake Ballew

Students preparing to register last spring were frustrated to discover that a large number of faculty leaves, sabbaticals and retirements left many departments in limbo. “The loss ...

Interviewed by Matt Zmudka

Dr. Mary Gilchrist challenges students to be active in global public health, questions use of blogs during an epidemic ...


Features

By Sarah Mirk

How does a small town keep a secret this good? Few students eat at the Comeback Café, probably because it is farther than one block from campus and because the establishment is mysteriously ...

6:45 a.m. The General, my guinea pig, starts squeaking. I pretend to ignore him. I tell myself no one else can hear him....


Opinion

Addy Najera

What comes to mind when I think of a naval piercing is a hot surfer girl, a badass biker; someone who spits in the face of authority. Unfortunately, as I write this I am picking off the ...

Kevin Marcou

Ifyou read my column weeks ago, then you may have concluded that we Americansare, shall we say, delicate in approaching topics like sex. But I insisted thatwe’re still perfectly willing...


Sports

BY JAI GARG

With 462 points in four games, it was business as usual for the Pioneer men’s basketball team, as they finished their preparation for the start of conference play with a 3-1 record....

BY CHLOE MORYL

For both Sarah Spencer ’08 and Allison Louthan ’08, the Division III Cross Country Championships marked a fitting way for the two to end their careers. By finishing sixth and 32nd, ...