News
Osgood's contract extended
Attempt to poach Osgood behind April trustee action
Bad list of off-campus students delays Joint Board election
Expensive Noyce addition to be done in spring
As students enter the $40 million Joseph F. Rosenfield '25 Campus Center, they're standing across the street from an even more expensive building project.
Gender-equal class of 2010
A number of prominent articles and studies released over the past months have examined the phenomenon of a gap in performance between men and women in higher education. Many liberal arts colleges have as many as 60 women for every 40 men, and Grinnell itself has a female majority.
Arts & Entertainment
Movie Reviews
Movie Reviews: James Dean, drug lords and other troubled youth
Grinnell Review Corner
Sneak Peak at Striking Prints
A dripping black figure stalks across a swamp, towering hauntingly over a rowboat. A woman's disembodied head, complete with bow-tied plaits, floats above a line of marching soldiers. These and other prints by artist Kara Walker, recently acquired by Faulconer Gallery, radically assert the African-American presence in Civil War history.
Don't miss intense, melancholy Rainer Maria tonight
Three years have passed since Rainer Maria last shook the walls of Gardner Lounge. Tonight, the Brooklyn-based band returns to Grinnell, promoting their latest album, Catastrophe Keeps Us Together.
Opinion
Staff Editorial: Grab and Go's illustrious legacy
Wrapped in a riddle?
More Matter, Less Art a Column by Brendan Mackie
Random Rants
Vegans run scared from Jerk
Grinnell has done it. They've beaten the odds. They've created a diet that rewards laziness with weight loss, all thanks to the new student center.
This Week in Grinnell History
Letter to the Editor
Finding five fresh faces
Features
Meet the mayor of Grinnell
Gordon Canfield, mayor since 1999, talks about dowtown Grinnell, local politics, the college and Super Wal-Mart
Living with War
Ellen Harris '09 recently started a group called Adopt a Soldier, Write a Letter (ASWL). The group meets every Monday in the Haines First Lounge at 8 p.m. where each person writes a letter to a soldier serving in Iraq. The S&B sat down with her to talk about reactions on campus and watching Jon Stewart with a soldier.
Restaurant offers shopping while you wait
Cozy mismatched chairs, a spacious interior and scents of freshly baked pastries and pies greet my senses as I step into the Comeback Cafe cffeehouse and Eatery on the corner of Commercial and Main.
Day in the Life:
Sophia Dahab '08
Sports
Two-time All-MWC Collins leads young team
Tamrah Collins '07 knows what the eyes of her opponents look like after a kill. She has seen the look hundreds of times during her three years as a starter on the Pioneer volleyball team en route to two first-team all-Midwest Conference awards.
Gridders drop season opener, 57-31
Pioneer linebacker Brett Maloney '09 knows that when a football team's offense scores 31 points, they should win the game. But an explosive Kenyon College offense racked up 563 yards last Saturday at Rosenbloom Field to outgun the Pioneers 57-31.
Soccer team gets defensive to start season
Goalkeeper and team defense star as Pioneers begin season with two shutouts, one victory
