Close to home and in your face!
For the last three columns, I have retained a fairly wide perspective in my disturbed ramblings, ignoring happenings in our own neck of the woods (or rather, cornfields).
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Craving a fall break cuisine
We’ve been back at Grinnell for two weeks now and fall break seems like a distant dream. The memories of those nine glorious days seem to be drifting away: all the sleep we got, the TV we watched, the homework we never did, the family we saw, and of course, the food we enjoyed.
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Montana’s curious gender politics
During the first week of July, my friend Maggie invited me over for dinner, and as we dined in her self-sufficient garden, we happened upon the topic of gender-identity on the frontier—a decidedly intricate topic. Back in Chicago, I chalk up any woman capable of igniting a fire or who possesses the ability to chop wood to the less heterosexually inclined of our sex.
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Letter to President Bush
Dear President Bush,
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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 us. After all, complaining in a public forum is always more fun than doing it alone.
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