Sechyi says something
Recently I caught up with Grinnell College student Sechyi Laiu to ask him a number of questions about the fast-charging Memphis Grizzlies. Since he had never heard of the Memphis Grizzlies, we worked through a series of other alternative topics.
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Everybodyˇ¦s a winner
A couple of days back I was talking with a Math major who informed me that John Kerry had eclipsed the magical delegate number of 2,162, thereby securing the Democratic nomination. Upon hearing the news, I got in my friendˇ¦s face, pushed my index finger into his chest and sternly said: ˇ§Look, silly Math major, life isnˇ¦t about numbers, itˇ¦s about power.ˇ¨ After showing him irrefutable empirical evidence of my claim in the form of the 2000 election results, the Bush tax cuts and Republican Medicare reform, he quickly dropped any assertion that it was time for me to get out of the race.
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Have you hugged your roommate today?
A hem ... and God said unto man: ˇ§It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for himˇ¨ (Genesis, 2:18) The eloquent Cicero later on also noticed that ˇ§nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendshipˇ¨ (On Duties, Book II) Deeply imbued with this honorable tradition of gregariousness, twenty centuries later, Grinnellˇ¦s office of Housing deems it absolutely necessary to ˇ§provide students with a structured support system to meet academic, social, and emotional needsˇ¨ by presenting you with a ... roommateˇ¨ (Student Handbook, 75)
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Random Rants
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.
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