Students speak out about what’s on their minds in 142 words, and you’re invited! If you have a random rant, email it to me at anderseb@grinnell.edu. After all, complaining in a public forum is always more fun than doing it alone.
Oh the days when things were fun. What has happened to this campus? Why does everything here suck when compared to the golden era of our first few years? Why, we remember back when we could have fun all through the day and all through the night, when we would have “bad time” good times and then there were just the plain old “good time” good times. But now, all that has changed. Things just aren’t as enjoyable as they used to be. Parties were definitely more fun before and we distinctly remember the dining hall food being much more fun. Don’t even talk about the lack of any attractive people.
Perhaps it is the slow but inexorable deterioration of the human condition, perhaps it is the Second Law of Thermodynamics, perhaps it is the terrorists, but things used to be way better.
—Jason Arends ‘01, Carl Damerow ‘02, and James Soliah ‘02
I bet you are all bracing yourselves for the winter. One of the things most of you have done is getting a flu shot. Like most students, I went to the Health Center hoping to get my flu shot. Unfortunately, the Health Center staff told me that the flu vaccines ran out last week! The reason, I was told, was because “the college ordered 850 shots.” Given that there are about 1,350 students at Grinnell, why would anyone go on to order 850 flu shots, knowing perfectly well that they won’t be ample? Why? It’s sad that some of us now have to face the winter ill prepared. I envisage that whoever is responsible for ordering flu shots will not reiterate the same mistake next year. I hope and pray I will survive this winter, this first one in my life.
—Trymore Magomana ‘07
For those who follow the schlock that is printed in the random rants, in the S&B’s previous issue Dan Grossberg responded to a rant I had written, but erroneously addressed me as Dale Mackey. In response I, the stalwart defender of modern morals that I am, have taken it upon myself to defend the innocent reputation of Ms. Mackey, and to counter any claims that we are, in fact, the same person. Now, when you see some poorly executed article in these pages with my byline, please do not go and harass Ms. Mackey about the contents. When Ms. Mackey executes a laudable performance in some theater production, please do not congratulate me. And, to that one guy, yes I do wanna go out with you, but you must realize that I am not the petite demure girl you had once thought.
—Brendan Mackie ‘07
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