Over the winter break, the college hired W. Houston Dougharty, the current Dean of Students at Lewis and Clark College, as its new Vice President of Student Affairs. ...

The Down Under Pub, now closed for a four-month remodeling, was a Grinnell standby and the "place to be" for the passably 21 on Wednesday nights. ...

On the evening of Jan 21, students and faculty gathered in the JRC to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. ...

An uncommon mid-year change in RLC staffing has caused swift action in the Student Affairs office and left over half of North Campus with unfamiliar staff. ...

Hundreds of swimmers from across the Midwest arrived in Grinnell last weekend, expecting an intense and competitive meet. But before they could begin the final meet, the swimmers joined in their ritual hokey pokey dance, showing the fun mood for the evening, despite the rivalry....

Only a few days after New Year's, the men's basketball team was back in action, not in the humble abode of Darby Gym but in sunny California; Hannah Wolf exploded for 38 points and ten rebounds as the women's team rolled to victory against Lawrence 76-63, their first conference win of the season.

"Sex!" reads a calendar in the kitchen. "For what college costs there should be more of it." A Reefer Madness poster decorates the wall above a huge drum set. South Park memorabilia sits along shelves, hangs on pegs in the living room and the show's characters form the pieces of chessboard on the coffee table ...

This week, as part of the constant effort to expand the minds and horizons of Grinnellians, the Films committee will hold a screening of a classic saga of revenge and redemption, love and betrayal. ...

From graphic novelists to oratorio writers, this semester's Writers@Grinnell lineup promises to host writers for nearly every taste. The program, in which writers come to Grinnell to read from their works and host roundtable discussions with classes, began Thursday evening with Josh Elder's reading of his "Mail Order Ninja" and "Love Bytes" ...

"The Saga food service is one of those institutions that is generally accepted along with registration, red tape and Iowa winters--tolerated, griped about, but mostly just there. What we neglect to look at, though, is not the good we eat, but the food we waste. Quad hall diners alone manage daily to fill up two or more large garbage cans with wasted food. ..."