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

Headline

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


Presidential candidate John Edwards speaks to a filled Harris Concert Hall last Tuesday afternoon. AMI FREEBERG

News

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 ...

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...


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....

Caucus

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—David H. Montgomery

Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate for president, will on campus on Monday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. for an event billed as a “Meet and Greet.” Biden will appear in the Forum South...

By Paul Carlson

S&B writer and Obama supporter Paul Carlson ’11 tells about his visit to the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Nov. 10....

BY DAVID H. MONTGOMERY

John Edwards’s speech last Tuesday was notable not for what he said, but what he didn’t say. The third-place Democrat and firebrand did not mention Hillary Clinton....


Opinion

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...

Zach Razavi

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


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...


Sports

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, ...

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 ...