Last updated: November 30, 2007
Volume 124, Issue 10

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....


Sports

BY CHLOE MORYL

When men’s cross country/track and field coach Will Freeman started his career at Grinnell, he began not with runners, but football players. “I was hired as a track coach and football ...

In the racquetball room in the PEC members of the cross country team including Sam Calisch ’10, Tommy Jamison ’09 and Ben Raphelson ’08, are in various stages of becoming reacquainted with...


News

By Sarah Mirk

Instead of pomp and circumstance, there’s roasted rack of lamb and two-potato gratin. And instead of a long walk past the crowd in May, there’s an intimate dinner with professors, classmates ...

By Jeff Raderstrong

Millions around the world would relish the opportunity to experience Grinnell cuisine, bad though many say it is. Last Tuesday night, students contributed their $11 dining hall meal ...

By Christina Reynolds

Road trips can take you places you wish never existed. Two weeks ago, a record 22 Grinnellians drove to Georgia for a taste of the worst U.S. foreign policy has to offer. Located...


Opinion

Zach Razavi

At Grinnell, students and professors are held to high standards. But only students are held accountable.Our grades are our ...

Mike: So, did you guys have a good break?
Wyatt: Thanksgiving was fantastic. I ate an entire turkey! ...


Arts

—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...