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BYMANDO MONTANO Though the majority of recent news coming out of t

Presidents office has focused on budget problems and spening cuts, over break there was rare news of expansion.

The week before the start of spring semester, the Collegannounced the addition of a new vice president position witthe promotion of Elena Bernal 94 to vice president of Diversiand Achievement. Bernal, who was serving as special assistanto the president for Diversity and Achievement, will changmore in title than in role.

Were not changing the job very much, were recognizinthat things are going well and giving her a title that fits witthe rest of the liberal arts college, said President Russell KOsgood.

Bernals role as vice president is similar to her previous poas special assistant. Bernal continues to oversee campus divesity enrichment programs such as Posse and Grinnell DiversiLeaders Program, to work with faculty in hiring and maintai

ing diverse faculty, and to set up administrative accountability ensure that admissions engages in multicultural recruitment.

Bernal said that while her role may not seem to change mucit represents a step towards an increased emphasis on diversiIts not one particular thing Im doing, Bernal said of her psition. Butits moni-t o r i n gacross sev-eral areas,how di- versity ande q u a l i t y come intoplay oncampus.

T h eb i g g e s tchange inB e r n a l s

position is that she will now supervise the Office of Institutional Research, which is conducting research for the CampuClimate Project, an investigation of student, staff and faculattitudes regarding diversity on campus. Bernal previously wthe head of Institutional Research at Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania before she came to work at Grinnell last year.

Bernal will continue to work as the administrative liaisoto students for the Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles PossShes been sort of a stronghold for me, said L.A. Posse member Steven Cross 11.

Osgood said that with Bernals promotion he hopes Bernawill bolster the environment of diversity on campus. Successfdiversity is a culture in which people are comfortable with thdifferences between them and learn f rom them, he said.

SGA gains experience, direction

Elena Bernal promotedto new vice president

Grinnell College Grinnell, IA

January 23, 2009 Volume 125, Issue 13

The Scarlet and Black First College Newspaper West of the Mississippi

SGA, see p. 2

Swimmer Paul Gagne 09 mentally prepares himself for last weekends Grinnell Invitation Swim Meet. LAWRENCE SUMOLONG

Were not changing the job very much,were recognizing that things are goingwell and giving here a title thatts withthe rest of the liberal arts college.

Russell K. OsgoodPresident

InsideInside 11 22 33 44New semester brings achange in Student Af-fairs as Smounker RLCdeparts....................p. 3

Read how Hilary Clin-ton Got Me Pregnant

in a review of the one-

woman show.......p. 4

Spanish Professor Jose Castillo speaks

of his life, students

and muscle tees...p. 5

Grinnell basketballteams face off against

conference foes, lay

up a goose egg.....p. 6

BYJ. FRANCIS BUSEIn the Oct 10 issue of the S&B, a quarter-year review of

SGA showed an organization hampered by inexperience, yetpromising increased productivity, as members grew accustomedto their roles in SGA. With the fall semester over and springsemester underway, SGA has excelled in certain areas andstruggled in others.

A general lack of experience continued to be cited as themain problem throughout the remainder of last semester. Idont think there was good leadership or direction, said Jama-land Senator Dylan ODonoghue 11. And there wasnt a lotof experience.

At the start of the year, the 10 members of Cabinet had acombined two years of SGA experience, and only three of the18 elected senators had previous experience on Joint Board.

For the majority of the year, opinions were few and far be-tween during Joint Board sessions, which, according to Looseh-ead Senator Phil Hagen 10, decreased from an average lengthof over three hours in 07-08 to about an hour and a half this

past semester. The absolute lack of contention over any issue iskind of shocking, Hagen said. I dont know how many timesthere has actually been a question of how the votes actuallygoing to end up.

SGA Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Hoye 09said the minimal discussion at Joint Board raised questions asto whether the meetings were for genuinely addressing studentneeds or simply passing SGA-borne resolutions. In years pastweve had the asshole or the devils advocate that sits there andgets people thinking, Hoye said. That has been a missingcomponent of [last semesters] Joint Board.

But some were quick to point out that this years SGA Cab-inet and Joint Board arrived with a purposefully more relaxedattitude than last year, and that comparisons between this yearsand the previous years SGA, headed by former SGA PresidentMegan Goering 08, were unfair. A lot of people really didntlike last yearthey thought it was too aggressive and too con-tentious, said Hagen. The cabinet came in saying they were

Sheree Andrews, budget stringency and Wu-TangBYARI ANISFELD & DAVID LOGAN

Whether you were abroad in France, the past six months,forgot over winter break or were simply too drunk too pay at-tention to last semesters news, the S&B is here to help. Whatfollows is a summary of last semesters highlights, from the fi-nancial crisis and the election to GZA and Stephen Briscoeshirts.

Student Life: One of the more contentious issues of lastsemester centered on the departure of Sheree Andrews, the for-mer assistant dean and director of Residence Life, and otherperceived changes in Student Affairs. Student anxiety, whichwas primarily directed at recently hired Vice President of Stu-dent Affairs Houston Dougharty and Dean of Students Travis

Greene, was piqued in response to rumors about changes to thealcohol policy and the structure of Student Staff, and a per-ceived lack of transparency in the administrative decision-mak-ing process. Those anxieties reached their height after sixteenfaculty members submitted a damning letter to the editor in theS&B in which they condemned actions surrounding Andrewsrelease.

After an outpouring of student frustration, SGA Cabinetorganized a campus-wide open forum at which administra-tors fielded questions from students and faculty. The forumdebunked some of the rumors around campus and staked outsome common ground, but ended on a sour note when Dough-arty and letter signatories Ralph Savarese, English, and VictoriaBrown, History, exchanged pointed barbs, accusing one another Semester, see p

of dishonesty.In addition to the furor over administrative changes, t

campus saw a record number of alcohol hospitalizations, a rover funding a proposed student trip to protest the Schoolthe Americas, and the untimely passing of former student ChHade.

On lighter notes, the College began exploring the possibilof the cheaper and environmentally friendly trayless dining. Tschool also began distributing t-shirts honoring Director of Scurity Stephen Briscoe, and popular pizzeria Jimbos reinstatits delivery service after a brief hiatus attributed to financial dficulties.

Financial: Amid great upheavals in the financial marke

A quick retrospective of fall semester 2008, what happened on campus while you were abroad

Position signals commitment to diver-

sity and achievement, Osgood said

Swim teams return from sunny Florida to host invitational

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Plans back online without SecretsWorld Headlines China has censored videos of President Barack Obamasinauguration speech. Censors removed the words and com-munism from Obamas mention of facing down facismand communism in official translations, as well as Obamasswipes at countries who blame their societys ills on theWest and those who cling to power through corruption

and deceit and the silencing of dissent. English versions ofthe speech were not changed from their original form.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro wrote in an opin-ion column that President Barack Obama had noble in-tentions. Current Cuban President and Castros brother,Raul Castro said Obama seems like a good man, I wishhim luck. The compliments to the recently inauguratedpresident come after Obama pledged to c lose the Americanmilitary base and prison at Guantanamo Bay and improveCuban-American relations, but said he would not lift the46-year-old embargo on the communist state.

Cyber security experts have detected a malicious wormnamed Conficker or Downadup, which they say is spreadby USB memory devices, such as mp3 players and flash-drives. In a sample of 2 million computers, the virus wasfound on 6 percent of a ll computers, and has been reportedin 83 countries.

National Headlines Two parents in Wisconsin were charged with reckless ho-micide days after refusing for religious reasons to take theirdying daughter, Kara Neumann, to the hospital. The couple,followers of Unleavened Bread Ministriesan internet-based church that preaches faith-based healingkept theundiagnosed diabetic 11-year-old at home until a relativecalled authorities. If convicted, Dale and Leilani Neumanncould face up to 25 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.Professor Shawn Peters, Religion, University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the case will likely set a precedent for similarcases around the country. Over 300 children have died dueto parental religiously motivated objection to health-carein the past 25 years, according to an Iowa-based advocacygroup.

Iowa HeadlinesA police chief from Sutherland, a northwestern Iowa townof 700, was convicted of third-degree theft on Wednes-day after stealing and selling hogs from and to neighbor-ing farms. Chief David Johannsen, who made more than

$7,000 selling the hogs to a rival livestock company, is onunpaid leave from his position at the Sutherland Police De-partment.

Compiled by J. Francis Buse and Ari Anisfeld

January 23, 200NEWS2edited by Ari Anisfeld and J. Francis Buseanisfeld@grinnell.edu; busejohn@grinnell.edu

The cause is not yet to becommunicated, but it wasnot libel/slander.

Ian Atha 09

SGAfrom p. 1

After a cease-and-desist, Secrets and Notes conspicuously absent from website

23FridayUSED BOOK SALE:JRC 101, 1-3 p.m.CHINESE NEW YEARCELEBRATION: JRC101, 4:30 p.m.

GRINNELLINKINTERNSHIP INFO:CDO 104, 1127 ParkStreet, 4:15 p.m.GRINNELL CORPSLESOTHO PRESENTA-TION:JRC 225, 8p.m.

WELL-TEMPUREDCLAVIER, BOOK 1CONCERT:HerrickChapel, 11 a.m.USING PIONEERLINK:CDO 104, 1127 ParkStreet, 4:15 p.m.WRITERS@GRINNELLDISCUSSION: RADIOART: JRC 202, 4:30p.m.OCS WELCOMEBACK RECEPTION:JRC 101, 4:30 p.m.THOMAS DEAN LEC-TURE: ARH 120, 7:30p.m.PEACE CORPS INFOSESSION: ARH 102,8 p.m.

GRINNELLINKINTERNSHIP INFO:CDO 104, 1127 ParkStreet, 4:15 p.m.WHEN NEWS BREAKSPRESENTATION: ARH302, 4:15 p.m.WOMENS BASKET-BALLVS. MONMOUTH:Darby Gymnasium,5 p.m.BRIDGMAN PACKERPERFORMANCE:Bucksbaum RobertsTheatre, 8 p.m.

CANOPY NIGHT: Faul-coner Gallery, 1 p.m.

VOLUNTEERFAIR: JRC101, 3 p.m.RESUMESAND COVERLETTERS: CDO 104,1127 Park Street,4:15 p.m.COMMUNITY MEAL:Davis ElementarySchool, 818 HamiltonAvenue, 5:30 p.m.MINDFUL EATING101: Guided Read-ing: Smith HallLounge, 8 p.m.WORLD LITERATURELECTURE: ARH 305,8 p.m.PEACE STUDIES PRE-SENTATION:JRC 209,8 p.m.

NICARAGUA SERVICETRIP INFO MEETING:ARH 131, 4:15 p.m.CANOPY NIGHT:Faulconer Gallery,4:15 p.m.

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Monday ThursdaySaturday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday

BYNEIL FINNEGANIts no secretthe popular cyber-forum site GrinnellPlans

is incomplete.On Dec 15, Ian Atha 09, who owns the server space host-

ing Plans, disabled access to the website after receiving a cease-

and-desist notice. Three days later, on Dec 18, Plans returned.Although the core of Plans was up and run-ning, most users quickly noticed that the oft-used Secrets and Notes features were not.

After operation had resumed, Atha saidhe decided with Plans administrators to tem-porarily disable Notes, a discussion board forPlans users, and Secrets, a service that lets us-ers post anonymous messages that must firstbe approved by Plans administrators.

We wanted to get Plans back up as soon as possible, andthe way we could do that is by temporarily disabling Secretsand Notes, said Plans Administrator Mark Root-Wiley 09.

Atha, who received the notice when, would not commenton the source of the notice or the reasons behind it but in ane-mail to the S&B in December wrote that the cause is not yet

to be communicated, but it was not libel/slander. Also, it wnot about particular content, but about alleged practices. Athdeclined to comment further.

Root-Wiley declined to comment on the content of thcease-and-desist notice or whether it was related to Secre

or Notes. During the time that [Plans] is down, were gointo be looking at the terms of use, Root-Wilesaid. Until that point we felt that it would bappropriate to have Secrets and Notes not up anfunctioning.

Root-Wiley said he does not expect anchanges will be made to Secrets and Notes anpredicts they will return by the end of the semeter. You can expect to see them up sometime the next two months, he said. [But] its kin

of early in the process of figuring that out, so I cant guarantanything.

Plans users, such as Leah Krandel 09, have lamented thabsence of Secrets in particular. Im totally miserable becauthat was my favorite study break, she said. Now Ive had resort to going on Facebook, which is totally inferior.

going to be a diffe rent SGA than last year.SGA Vice President of Student Affairs

John Burrows 10 defined his duty as a cabinet member to bal-ance working on long-term projects and daily duties, includ-ing working with administration and College committees. Imtrying to balance all that committee work against all those longterm projects, Burrows said. Burrows said he currently serveson at least eight committees with other members of the Col-lege.

Burrows said many goals mentioned in his campaign, suchas improving student wellness and rescheduling academicbreaks, were in their beginning phases. Especially towards theend of [last] semester youre seeing a lot of projects started oreven worked on or accomplished, Burrows said.

Burrows said that his goals have changed as new issueshave arisen, i.e. the issues encountered with Student Affairs aswell as students frustration being unable to communicate withadministrators.

SGA President Neo Morake 09, who listed diversifying thecurriculum and revamping the off-campus living application inher original campaign statement, echoed a sentiment similar toBurrows. Morake stated that work had begun on the curricu-

lum near the end of last semester and was well underway, whilework had yet to begin on reworking off-campus applications.It was harder to focus on [my goals] at the beginning of

the semester only because [it took] time to figure out the role

of President and dealing with all the other issues that were happening like the alcohol poisoning, our response to that and st

dent staff concerns, Morake said. I was focusing on leftovprojects and whatever else was coming up.According to former SGA President Chris Hall 07, man

of the projects completed during his time on Cabinet were nsparked until going into winter break. SGAs projects in th06-07 academic year included adding the second vice presdent position to cabinet, creating the STIFUND and workinon an in-house drug policy.

ODonoghue said that growing experience amongst sentors and emerging leadership by cabinet members, specificalBurrows, led to more proactive Joint Board sessions over thlast weeks of the semester.

In the beginning we were all just sort of aimlessly wandeing around like What are we doing?, ODonoghue said. Bby the end it felt like we were doing the right thing peopwere actually thinking up proposals and dealing with real isues.

Hoye also said accomplishments such as encouraging ansecuring student spots on the Committee on Academic Staning, which deals with academic probation and dishonesty, a

evidence of progress in SGA last semester.Its the only committee that deals directly with student isues that didnt have a student representative, Hoye said. We

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Smounker RLC departs

Grinnell, nation celebrates Obama Inauguration

President Russell K. Os-good reported that, as of

November, the endowment had dropped ap-proximately 25 percent over the current fis-cal year. In a series of letters, Osgood warnedthere would be budget stringency for severalyears. While warning the school of the poten-tial for future cuts in a campus-wide letter, Os-good wrote that the College would prioritizefinancial aid, projecting an increase in the aidbudget of $5 million, or 16 percent. He alsowrote the College would continue to invest inour faculty and staff, while slowing strategicinvestment and capital projects, such as build-ing a new library. Osgood wrote the Collegewould allow some faculty and staff positions toremain unfilled and decline large outlays thatwere low-priority.

Politics:The Campus Democrats launchedan intensive get-out-the-vote effort, dissemi-nating stacks of posters and campaign litera-ture and stationing group members through-out campus, exhorting students to vote locallyand vote early. The campaign raised bothturnout and tempers as students voted at earlysatellite voting locations on campus. Thoughmuch of the campaign events proceeded with-out incident, some of those ballots would laterbe challenged by members of the PoweshiekCounty Republicans. Their challengesthat

some student registrations did not meet thestates residency requirementsfailed.

The semester also brought a number ofhigh-profile speakers to campus. Former Sec-retary of the Navy Richard Danzig trumpetedthe security policies of an Obama administra-tion, while movie star couple Demi Moore andAshton Kutcher also stumped for the demo-cratic hopeful, drawing a crowd of hundreds toJRC 101. Eric Palmer, the Democratic candi-date who won the local seat in the Iowa Gen-eral Assembly, spoke with students; Republi-can Danny Carroll was notably absent. To helpcommemorate the towns commemoration ofVeterans Day and honoring of World War IIveterans, the College hosted a speech and lun-cheon with former Senator Bob Dole.

SGA: The new SGA began with a rockystart. Citing problems with communica-tion and institutional knowledge, SGA often

seemed uncertain of its role on campus. A

discrepancy over ballot counting proceduresin October tainted the results of the semestersfirst round of initiatives and communicationswith the student body were initially inconsis-tent.

As the semester progressed, however, suc-cess became more prevalent. SGA exploredrevisions to policies on gas reimbursement andcats in the dorms and, for the first time ever,secured a student position on the Committeefor Academic Standing.

Sports: David Paige 09 began the year bynearly swimming a marathon in the Obermill-er Pool to raise awareness for Charcot-Marie- Tooth, a common yet obscure neurologicaldisorder which Paige himself has.

The football team finished with its bestrecord in five years and the womens tennisteam lengthened their streak of consecutiveconference championships to five. The menscross country team won their conference meetwith a perfect score, the first time a team hasachieved perfection since 1976. The teamssuccess eventually carried them all the way tothe national meet in Hanover, Ind., where theyplaced 26th.

Arts: Student artists made a strong show-ing last semester. Brian Cavanaugh-Strong 09wrote and directed Travelers: A Musical in OneAct, in which we peeked into the worlds of

strangers on the Greyhound. Freesound orga-nized a music festival called Music Still HatesYou, which featured over twenty bands fromcampus and the Midwest.

Concerts Committee brought Wu-Tangclansman GZA, who performed his seminalalbum Liquid Swords, and Brooklyn-basedindie world music band Yeasayer played Gard-ner on Halloween. Chilean folk collective Inti-Illimani performed in Herrick Chapel.

In a short course and exhibition, studentsused biological methods, such as bacterialcolonization, to produce life-infused artworks.In another unique production, new theatreprofessor Craig Quintero directed his unique visuals based play One Hundred NightsDreams in September.

SemesterFrom p. 1

BYANNA GILBERTFor the fourth year in a row, Student Af-

fairs has undergone a mid-year rearrange-ment of the RLCs duties.

The week prior to winter break, JimMcCarthy resigned from his position as

Smounker Residence Life Coordinator andaccepted a position at Rochester Institute ofTechnology. Dean of Students Travis Greenecited McCarthys need to be close to his fam-ily and hometown of Buffalo, NY as a prima-ry reason for McCarthysdeparture.

McCarthys father diedunexpectedly in Septem-ber and in an e-mail sent toall Smounker residents, hewrote, I have been strug-gling to cope with his losssince, and that he hopedmy move home will allowme to care for my motherand sisters.

McCarthy expressedhis concerns about his family to Student Af-fairs and began a preliminary job search in

order to move back East at the end of theschool-year. Neither McCarthy nor StudentAffairs expected that he would receive an-other position so soon.

Student Affairs has not begun a searchfor a new RLC. The economic reality pre- vented [Student Affairs] from searching,

Greene said. Also, Greene pointed out thatthis was the first year that there have beenseven RLCs. However, the new distributionof RLC duties is different than in previousyears.

Clangrala RLC Rachel Meseke will be

taking over all of McCarthys responsibili-ties. In order to free her time for Smounkerresidents, she will no longer be working atthe Center for Religion, Spirituality and So-cial Justice. In previous cases, clusters have

been divided and RLCshave not given up anyprevious duties to maketime for the change.

Each of the past three years, the College habeen forced to alter RLCsduties due to departuresand other extenuatingcircumstances. LooseheadRLC Kim Hinds-Brush, who has taken on extraduties in previous years,

said splitting makes it harder to spend timewith residents.

Younker resident Fonz Jenkins 10said McCarthy will be missed by manyof his residents and other members of theGrinnell community. He was a great lis-tener and offered assistance in any way hecould whether it was looking over a paper,talking, or just hanging out, Jenkins said.

The economic reality prevented[Student Aairs] from searching[for a new RLC].

Travis Greene

Dean of Students

Once again, RLCs asked to take on new responsibilities

From top left, counterclockwise: John Domini, English, and Kelly Brouse 09 watch the Inauguration in the Grill after the JRC 101 became too full, where the Rosenfie ld Program sponsored a showing.[The] speech had the soaring and inspirational themes that def initely ranks it with the other top tier speeches, said Director of Rosenfield Program Sarah Purcell 92, History. Samuel Forman 11 trav-elled to Washington, D.C. as classes began to view the inauguration first hand, along with 2 million other people who flooded into the capitol city. PAUL KRAMERAND CONTRIB-

For links to more detailed reporting, check

out this story at web.grinnell.edu/sandb.

going to have two studentson trial membership and

the goal is to get students on the full committee[next fall].

Other successes included helping retainfunding for the School of the Americas trip,reworking student group transportation policyand holding the well-attended forum betweenstudents, faculty and Student Affairs.

With the new semester, new Senators mustbe elected to Joint Board. Harry Krejsja 10, a

former Senator who is advising the ElectionBoard, said that many of the problems from last

semesters Election Board that some blamefor early problems in SGA had been compensated for.

A bunch of [previous Election Boardmembers have come back from abroad, anweve trained new people, Krejsa said. Wegoing to leave behind a guide on how to ruelections and not just assume that the peopfrom this semester will remember next timaround.

Senator applications are available unt

Sunday, Jan 25, and elections will be helTuesday, Jan 27.

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BYREBECCAHELLER

Existential crises, daily pressures, and the looming threat ofmotherhood are combined with provocative politics in Hil-lary Clinton Got Me Pregnant, a one-woman show writtenand performed by Iowa actress Megan Gogerty. Grinnellianspacked into The Wall Theatre on Tuesday and saw a piece thateffortlessly mixes the personal with the political, offering audi-

ences a creative way to reflect on the past eight years and con-clude an historic inauguration day on a comedic note.The show opens with Gogerty, a diehard Hillary Clinton

fan, standing in line at a Clinton book signing, obsessed withthe character of Clinton more than her politics. But the im-pact of Sept. 11 turns her into a political junkie. Gogertysnewfound activism brings a weekly current-events chat withher mother, a past Peace Corps volunteer with a shrine to thesaints of liberalism, which includes a bust of JFK.

Throughout the show, Gogerty is animated, able to conveyboth hysteria and exuberance, delivering jokes and thoughtfulreflections with vibrant energy. When recounting Bushs re-election in 2004, Gogerty lies on the floor curled in the fetalposition. Later, when describing her pregnancy, she stuffs apillow under her shirt and waddles across the stage. Subtlelighting, periodic soft music, and a few simple props accom-modate Gogertys larger than life personality.

Clinton makes her triumphant return late in the show withthe start of the epic 2008 campaign. Gogerty questions whetherto devotedly support her idola hesitant Hillary who has be-

come the Senates version of Hermione Grangeror back abold, articulate Obama. In a nutshell, Gogertys struggle epito-mizes that of many Democrats who found themselves torn be-tween two equally viable candidates.

Ultimately, she decides that Clinton missed her momentand should have run in 2004, opting instead for the transfor-mative candidacy of Obama. Gogertys major political shift isfollowed by a major and unexpected change in her life: she getspregnant. Like politics, Gogerty notes that giving birth is notpretty or tidy.

The play, a loose but linear exposition of the last eight years,is thoughtfully playful. Gogerty is brilliantly real as she recallsthe self-deprecating lows and epiphany-inducing highs of her

personal life and political views. The show is an enjoyable wayto relive the Bush years in a personal, lighthearted fashion.

Gogerty ends the show on the eve of the 2008 election, thevictor still unknown. With Barack Obama newly sworn in as

our 44th president, though, the audience cannot help but smiWe already know the ending.

Making marching bands cool againBeauty and

the Beast(1991)

Beauty and the Beastis a true gem of a film, layering freshand vibrant characters on top of that wonderfully timeless qual-ity that is essential to fairy tales. Theres a true sense of magicalwonder that lingers after the film is overthe songs, the energyof the screenplay, and the warmth of the story allow it to remainunique and memorable.

Most of us know the story: as punishment for denying hershelter from the bitter cold, an enchantress transforms a princeinto a hideous (but kind of endearing) beast. If he is ableto love another and earn their love in return before his 21stbirthday, the spell that transformed him into the beast and hisstaff into useful and adorable household objects, will be broken.Sure, sure: its a tall order to find ones true love by the timeyoure 21Ive sure as hell failedbut we buy wholeheartedly

into the story because its a fairytale after all.At the storys center is the strong willed and deeply com-passionate Belle, a girl who is thought of as odd by the rest ofthe town (shes always reading! and thinking for herself!!). Weknow Belle is a romantic, unwilling to settle for the studly yetnarcissistically bland Gaston, who goes around town in skin-tight pants and some pretty ostentatious boots. She dreamsof adventure in the great wide somewhere, and damn it, weshare that dream.

When she becomes a prisoner of the Beast to save her fa-ther, we feel for both of these characters, and long for their con-nection. Of course hes to be initially fearedhe is still selfish,

unmannered, and pretty damn intimidating. But he ultimatelymust be loved. Beneath the defenses and shows of strengththat he puts up, he is good and decent (it also doesnt hurt that

hes a good looking and filthy rich prince).Its hard not to love these characters. Belle is girl-nextdoor approachable (good luck getting into Jasmines palace orsnagging a date with Ariel), smart, and fights for the thingsshe believes in. The Beast is vulnerable, sensitive, and misun-derstoodhardly the prototype for the way Disney usuallychooses to portray its leading men. Together, they make one ofDisneys best couples.

The magic of this film is most potently felt, unsurprisingly,inside the Beasts home. Disney has always excelled at blend-ing the characteristics of the actors that provide the voices ofits characters and the mannerisms and personality that thecharacters take on. Mrs. Potts, for example, is given life by thesoft and maternal voice of Angela Lansburyshes the mostkind and sensible teapot Ive ever known. The back and forthbetween uptight Cogsworth the clock and the more suave andlaidback Lumiere the candelabra is always a treat.

No gothic castle in real life could be as intimidating as theBeasts home, no French village could be filled with such quaintand hearty neighbors, and of course, no real life experience

could be filled with individuals who simultaneously break intosong. That s one of the reasons whyBeauty and the Beastis sucha successit is enhanced, not limited, by its animation.

The songs ofBeauty and the Beast are true knockoutsthree of them were nominated for Academy Awards: the nar-rative and highly entertaining Belle, the wonderfully choreo-graphed Be Our Guest, and the haunting title song, sung byAngela Lansbury. Theyre the songs of childhood, and whencombined with the wonderful story, provide us all an opportu-nity to believe in a little bit of magic.

Jaysen Wright

Beaststill one of the animated greats

Gogerty goes from knocked down to knocked up in new play

Megan Gogerty does her best rodent impersonation as part of her one-woman show Hillary Clinton Got Me Pregnant, performedTuesday night in Bucksbaum. MICHELLE FOURNIE

Mucca Pazza

All of Gardner Lounge will become a stage Friday night

with the return of Chicagos Mucca Pazza to Grinnell. Theself-described circus punk marching band consists of 30performers who rock out on everything from the accordionto the violin to the sousaphone. Oh, and they bring cheer-leaders.

Donned in an impressive variety of marching banduniforms, the members spread themselves throughout theroom to create a totally immersive, chaotic, and unique con-cert experience. A trombone player could sneak up behind

you and blast a few notes into your ear, the trumpets couldstart fighting with the clarinets, or the band could decideto mirror their 2006 performance here by marching aroundcampus, probably in step. The music doesnt really fit in

a genre, but includes folk, punk, and reggae influences. Itmostly makes you wonder why more marching bands dontdo this in the first place.

Mucca Pazza is the high school band everyone wishesthey were inyou know, if your band director was intodrugs and those goody-goody saxophone players were actu-ally crazy. Suddenly, being a band geek isnt nearly as de-grading as it was out on the football field. In fact, its kindof cool.

Mark Japinga

Mucca PazzaJan 23, 9:00 p.m.Gardner Lounge

Beauty andthe Beast

Fri. - 7:30 and 9:30p.m.Sat. - 7:30 and 9:30p.m.

Paul Blart: Mall CopFri. - 4:45, 7 & 9 p.m.Sat. - 2:15, 4:45, 7 & 9 p.m.Sun. - 2,:15 4:45 & 7 p.m.Mon.-Thurs. - 4:45 & 7 p.m.

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The man behind the shorts

BYJEFFRADERSTRONG

At age 20, Edward Steiner finally fledthe political police of the Austro-HungarianEmpire. It was histhird attempt toleave for Americaafter being accusedof conspiracy,stemming fromhis sympathy to-wards the empiresoppressed Slovaks.He landed on EllisIsland in 1886 and 17 years later, in 1903, hearrived at Grinnell College as a professor inApplied Christianity.

During his 38 years at Grinnell, Stein-er would spread its name and influencethroughout the nation as no man beforeor since has, as Professor Emeritus of Phi-losophy Neal Klauser said at the dedication

of Steiner Hall in 1959. He became such a

prominent lecturer that the College would

have to give him a semesters leave of absenceso that he could accept all the invitations.Steiners scholar-

ly work ranged froma biography on hispersonal friend andmentor Leo Tolstoyto writings on thesocial gospel move-ment. Both Steinerand Grinnell Col-lege played a large

role in cultivating the social gospel movement,a theological philosophy around the turn of the20th century which applied Christian ethics tosocial problems, especially labor issues.

However, Steiner did not come to thisnational prominence or even to his religiousbeliefs easily. Born a Jew in what is now theCzech Republic, he escaped persecution in Eu-

rope only to come into the hard life of a recent

Dorm Lives

12:36 a.m. Phil takes break from reading in Noyce to check theBBC News website. Garrett, in dorm room, puts the coffee on.

1:41 a.m. Phil returns to dorm room. Garrett, still awake, makesnew pot of coffee. They have brief conversation about new develop-ments in the Sri Lankan civil war.

1:53 a.m. Phil goes to sleep.

??? a.m. Garrett sips some coffee and goes to sleep (he doesnt payattention to time).

8:00 a.m. Garrett promptly awakens to his alarm, drinks more oflast nights coffee.

8:15 a.m. Phils alarm goes off, he snoozes it and goes back tosleep.

8:21 a.m. Phils alarm goes off, he stumbles out of room and asksGarrett what happened in the world overnight. Garrett checksGoogle News and complains about commercial media while sip-ping coffee.

8:36 a.m. Phil grabs the New York Times and glances at it overbreakfast. Garrett opens a bag of mints for breakfast.

8:57 a.m. Phil and Garrett both go to c lass.

11:51 a.m. Phil stops at science library to avoid lunchline crowdsby checking the BBC News website, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and hise-mail. Garrett goes back to the dorm and drops a mint in somecoffee before drinking it.

(circa) 1:50 p.m. Phil gets back to room, checks MSNBC, NPR,CNN (international edition only), BBC News (news bulletin and1 minute news summary), and Al Jazeera. Garrett just refreshesGoogle news, makes a pot of coffee, and finishes a bag of mints.

2:37 p.m. Garrett and Phil stop reading news articles and, whileattempting to read their required texts, banter about the GDP fore-cast for the German economy in 2009.

3:59 p.m. Garrett and Phil stop talking about the German econ-omy and the German Social Democratic Party and start working.Garrett opens a new bag of mints.

5:29 p.m. Garrett and Phil watch PBS news in Clark lounge.

Garrett sips coffee.

6:02 p.m. Garrett goes to Vegan Co-op at an undisclosed, rovinglocation while Phil braves the dining hall crowds.

7:12 p.m. Phil checks BBC, CNN-Intl, and Al Jazeera for newnews before posting the news summary on Facebook. Phil then getsready to go to Noyce before asking Garrett about the recent Fortissplit. Garrett begins an overview of what he knows about Fortis.

8:10 p.m. Phil goes to Noyce, Garrett (surrounded by coffee mugsand mint wrappers) prays to miraculously speak Spanish, whichhasnt worked yet.

BYMANDOMONTANO The extent of visiting Spanish Professor Jose Castillos

campus celebrity was best seen at last semesters HalloweenHarris when the winning costume was tight black bikingshorts, a grey spandex muscle tee shirt, and a biking helmet,

an outfit that Castillo sported frequently in the dining hall atthe beginning of the year.

Although Castillo is notorious on campus, most studentsknow little about him beyond his distinct attire and his statusas a visiting Spanish professor.

Castillo and his family immi-grated to New York City from theDominican Republic in 1971, whenhe was four and a half years old. Theson of an officer of the DominicanRepublic, Castillo initially decidedto pursue medicine under the influ-ence of his uncle. I really respectedmy uncle, because he graduatedfrom medical school when he was21, Castillo said. He was my rolemodel.

However, once he started his firstyear at Cornell University and beganparticipating in social activism on

campus such as the anti-apartheidmovement he realized that his fu-ture wasnt in a hospital; he had hiseyes on legal work. Af ter graduatingfrom Cornell, he began working asa paralegal to better understand thelegal system.

Castillo soon realized that in or-der to be competitive for law school,hed have to earn an advanced degree.Since he had never studied Spanishformally outside of college, and he wanted a challenge, he decided topursue a masters in Spanish.

After being accepted into Rut-gers for law school, I found it to be very monotonous, Castillo said. So I decided to finish mymasters degree in Spanish.

He began teaching for a year at the University of Pennsyl-vania, but then quickly moved to Los Angeles after winning

a fellowship at the University of California at Irvine. Afterspending several years in the area, he moved to Tampa to livewith his sister and briefly taught at a local community collegebefore coming to Grinnell.

As a teacher Castillo said he tries to be as open as pos-sible with his students. I dont like to be an authoritative fig-ure, Castillo said. I like to treat them as intelligent, educatedpeople, like myself.

As well as a policy of respect, Castillo also tries to be asauthentic as possible by encouraging openness between him-self and his students. People tend to feel relaxed talking tome, Castillo said. Im a very friendly, approachable person,

one of my Italian teachers told me that it was a gift, but I donsee it as that way. I just see it as being myself.

His openness and friendly nature is apparent through hinteractions with students and staff in the dining hall, whether hes wearing a sweater and jeans or biking shorts. Thoug

his outfits have sparked conversation among students, Castildoesnt view his workout clothes as anything out of the ordnary. In fact, he would frequently dress that way in Califonia. Im athletically fit and I was always at the beach whe

I was in California. That was mhang out, Laguna Beach and NePort Beach, Castillo said. Im nashamed of my body or anythinlike that.

When Castillo wasnt workiout, spending time at the beach, working towards his graduate dgree, he would frequent art studiand work as an art model.

I model, like for painters in Lguna Beach in the art studios. I dthat to win extra money and becauI enjoyed it, Castillo said. Im na good artist, so what other way caI contribute to the art world, be

part of it or be near it. And thawith offering myself as subject anlet them paint me or draw me.

But at Grinnell, the absenof beaches and trendy art studidoesnt stop Castillo from havinfun, and he uses campus resourcas much as possible. You probabcould see me at the gym, he saiI really enjoy lifting the weights; makes me feel good.

He even uses the dining hall bcause it allows him to interact wipeople and build strong connectiowith students. I mostly participa with the students, they always sa

Wow, youre the only professor that eats breakfast, lunch, andinner with us. Castillo said.

Even though Castillo is close to 40 years old, he claimthat older students thought he was a first-year. Most of th

students confuse me for a student, someone once told me, A you a freshman? I dont know what, but when I first camhere they thought I was a student, and they still do, he said

Castillo is a social butterfly; when he isnt at the school hloves to interact with the towns people. I befriended everyone who owns a business here in Grinnell, Iowa. In town, thprobably already know me, Castillo said.

Castillo looks at the town residents the same way he wouwant them to look at him. They tend to be really friendpeople, and you get to know them and they know you, Catillo said.

Mando Montano convinces visiting Spanish Professor Jose Castillo to bare it all

Phil Sletten 11 & Garrett Fortin 11

immigrant in the United States. He worked

various hard-labor jobs, pressing cloaks, mak-ing sausage, mining coal, and working on to-bacco farms, according to his obituary in theDes Moines Register.

He went on to study at Oberlin College,where he graduated in 1891 and quickly be-came a Congregational minister after con-verting from Judaism to Christianity, but theplight of the recent immigrant stayed withhim. At the buildings dedication ceremony,Klauser said Steiners first experiences in theU.S. burned into his soul and ultimately de-fined the purpose of his lifethe ameliorationof the immigrants struggles.

Steiner remained an outspoken pacifistthroughout both World Wars. During WorldWar I, people in the town of Grinnell wouldnot speak to Steiner because he refused tosanction the war in his sermons. After beingaccused of disloyalty, he responded by saying,

If my country calls for my last penny and my

Steiner: technically responsible for the New DealSteiner Hall serves as home to professor offices and classrooms, but who was the man behind the building?

last drop of blood, it can have it. One thing

I will not do, I will not by word or deed in-crease the hate which is in the world, ac-cording to Klausers speech.

But what Steiner was most known for atGrinnell College was his half hours, whenhe would invite students into his home for ashort meeting. After talking briefly, Steinerwould then tell the student what he or sheshould do with his or her life.

Harry Hopkins, class of 1912, was oneof those students. Hopkins wanted to be a journalist, but Steiner told him to go intosocial service, according to Steiners obituary.Hopkins started his career as a journalist,but quickly followed Steiners advice, even-tually becoming a close adviser of PresidentFranklin Roosevelt.

Steiner remained at Grinnell until he re-tired in 1941, when he moved to California.He died in 1956 after suffering though ill-

ness following surgery.

Jose Castillo, sans typical biker shorts and work-outgarb, spends time in the Grille. BENBREWER

edited by Chloe Morylmorylchl@grinnell.edu 5January 23, 2009

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edited by Jai Garggargjai@grinnell.edu January 23, 2009SPORTS6

BY CHLOE MORYLThis past weekend, the Grinnell Wom-

ens basketball team faced two of their

toughest conference opponents, CarrollUniversity and St. Norbert College. Thoughboth were hard fought games, the Pioneersfell to Carroll 86-57 and then to St. Norbert72-51.

On Friday, the Pioneers opened withforward Jessica Shotts 10 scoring the firstfive points of the game. However, their leaddidnt last long, as Carroll scored the nextnine points, ending the half with a 21-pointlead. In the first half wehad a lot of defensivelapses, Shotts said.

Along with the de-fensive lapses, the teamhad trouble keeping pos-session of the ball. Wedidnt lose because theyhad some kind of stand-out performance, we justdidnt play well, said for- ward Mallory Scharf 11.There were 37 turnovers.

Though disappointing defensive playand poor handling may have decided thegame, individual offensive play was solid.An injured Jodi Watkins 09 was the topscorer, with 14 points, with center JessicaVaverka 11 close behind her with 11, andShotts with 10.

St. Norbert, though a closer game numbers, presented more of a challenge the Pioneers. It was a hard game, it g

violent, Shotts said. There were a lot fouls against them and us. Theyre a realscrappy team, really handsy.

The Pioneers began the game solidgarnering an early 12-11 lead early oHowever, the St. Norbert Green Knighcapitalized with a few good runs, puttinthe Pioneers on the backburner. We haa good lead in the first half and they onoutscored us by one in the second half, sa

forward Emma Peterso10. Its frustrating bcause well be right thewith them and then theyjust pull away. By halftimSt. Norbert had pulleahead by 20 points and dnot look back.

Despite two touglosses, the Pioneer womeremain optimistic. Teamorale and attitude h

been a lot better in the past couple weekScharf said. The small successes along thway have really helped lead to where we anow.

The team travels to Wisconsin tweekend to face off against Lawrence Unversity this Friday and Carroll University oSaturday.

BYCHLOE MORYL With the Iowa winter in full throttle

and students still making their way on tocampus the Grinnell College mens basket-ball team entertained a couple of confer-ence foes in Darby, losing two crucial games

by slim margins this past weekend, first toCarroll University and then to nationallyranked St. Norbert College.

Early in the game against Carroll, thingslooked bleak for the Pioneers, as they foundthemselves down by 21 points early in thesecond half. However, streaky shooting byMatt Chalupa 12, Bobby Long 09, and John Grotberg 09 brought the Pioneers within inches of victory. The lead was toomuch and the Pioneerslost 108-102.

The Pioneers mainlyattribute their struggleagainst Carroll to mentalunpreparedness. At home when we played them wecame out a little flat, justnot mentally ready, saidRoss Preston 10.

The high scorer againstCarroll, Chalupa also de-livered a similar senti-ment. This weekend we just need to getready to play, Chalupa said. The first halfwe were so dead and there was no energy inthe gym.

As a result of this mental slippage, thePioneers fell behind and missed many shots.If you look at what we shot f rom the three,it was piss-poor, Preston said.

Despite the hard-fought loss, theGrinnell men went into the second night,

facing St. Norbert, who are ranked 17th ntionally, in high spirits. It was interestinbecause they are nationally ranked and undefeated in our conference, but they havenwon on our court in a while, Preston saiIt wasnt like they were a heavy favorite.

These high spirits certainly manifestthemselves on the court, as the high scoing, typical of the Pioneers system styof play, returned to the court. Grotberg anLong scored 26 and 25 points, respectivelwhile David Arseneault 09 contributed 1points and five assists.

But the return of their offensive prowess wasnt enough for the Pioneers. Thgame was tight throughout, during whic

the largest margin difference had beefour points until SNorbert put togethertriumphant streak of 1straight points, goinon to win 107-96.

Even with these twclose games, the Pioneers remain optimitic for their upcomingames. Last weekenwas a lost opportunity

Preston said. But this weekend is a chancto rectify those mistakes.

The mens team is now 5-2 in conferencplay and 8-5 overall, fourth in conferencethe top four teams make the conferenctournament. This weekend, the men aon the road, playing Lawrence Universion Friday, Jan 23, and have another shot Carroll University on Saturday, Jan 24.

We didnt lose because theyhad some kind of standout

performance, we just didnt play well, there were 37 turn-overs.

Mallory Scharf 08

Conference foes rock Darby

Megan Huey 12 shoots a jumper during Saturdays loss to St. Norbert LAWRENCE SUMULONG

Bobby Long 09 drives to the basket in Saturdays 96-107 loss to St. Norbert LAWRENCE SUMULONG

This weekend we just need to get ready to play, the first halfwe were so dead and there wasno energy in th e gym.

Matt Chalupa 12

Womens basketball team suffers back to back losses

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Cardinals bandwagon and Jordans gambling habitsNobody needs to tell you who to root for on Super Bowl

Sunday. If you have any sort of heart, any feelings of sentimen-tality when it comes to sports, you will know who to cheer on.Unless you were born loving Andy Van Slyke you will be root-ing for the Buzzsaw that is the Arizona Cardinals. If you didntgrow up a Steelers fan and you are jumping on their bandwagonI just have a few questions to ask you. Did you root for theHawks? Did you cry when the Russians lost? Are you sexuallyaroused when someone screams get him a body bag, yeah!?Where do you keep your Claude Lemieux autographed puck?Do you love Gunner Stahl? (Did you really think I was goingto let this go on without referencing the Mighty Ducks at leasttwice?) Have you no decency?

This might be a bit harsh, but the Cardinals are an extreme-ly likable team. Larry Fitzgerald has already had the greatestpostseason of any wide receiver ever, the Arizona defense is cre-ating excitement through turnovers, and, I might be the onlyone, but I want to see Edgerrin James get a legitimate ring. Tothink that just seven weeks ago Tarvaris Jackson was scorch-ing them for four touchdowns. The same Tarvaris Jackson that,while playing the Eagles, got body slammed with such violentforce that the young quarterback was so addled the next drive

he led the V ikings downfield for a touchdown. Poor thinghedidnt know what he was doing.

Now that Ive decided who youre going to root for, its im-

portant that you are ahead of the curve on the most entertain-ing aspect of the game: prop bets. Sure you can wager moneyon prop bets throughout the season, but that would require agambling addiction so severe youd have to serve an 18 - monthsuper secret suspension. So kick back and relax because I m notfinished here until Ive made my classic ironclad predictionsand youve lost copious amounts of money.

Winner of the coin toss: Arizona Cardinals Its fairly widely known that the Cardinals have never

lost a coin toss while being more than five point underdogs,away from home at a stadium that features a pirate ship whilethe wind is blowing between 10 and 20 miles per hour froma non-cardinal direction. And what, pray tell, is the NationalWeather Service predicting? Thats right, the winds going to

be blowing out of the Northeast at 13 MPH. Lock.First Score: Pittsburgh S teelers, Safety Adrian Wilson will use his incredibly vertical leap

to intercept a ball at the Cardinals own one yard line. Aftbreaking the huddle Warner prays to Jesus for a miracle 99 yatouchdown pass that will start his team on the path to victorUnfortunately, Jesus is away getting a snack he only watchfor the commercials and Warner will be pummeled by JamHarrison so hard that Al Michaels will think he died.

Halftime Score: Cardinals 17 Steelers 9Matt Leinart will fill in admirably for the injure

Warner throwing for two touchdowns, connecting with SteBreaston on one and the other coming on a dazzling throw ancatch with Larry Fitzgerald that will undoubtedly be the sonon-beer bong highlight of his professional career. All this ocurs while Anquan Boldin sits on the sideline, weeping softly himself.

Super Bowl MVP: Troy PolamaluWhile sitting in the locker room at the half, Leina

realizes that there is no way his good play can continue. Rsigned to this fact he comes out in the third quarter determineto do what he did every other game this season: scan the stanfor hot chicks. Unfortunately, during a crucial play in the fourquarter he will see the most beautiful flowing locks he has evlaid eyes on. Instinctively he will playfully lob the football i

the girls general direction and Troy Polamalu will return thpick for the game-clinching touchdown.

Final Score: Steelers 29 Cardinals 20

Minnesota Miracle ManMinnesota Miracle ManJordan Kujala 09Jordan Kujala 09

Grinnell hosts own invitational, both teams finish second

BYDEVIN ROSS This past weekend in the depths of

Obermiller Pool, the mens and womensswimming and diving teams competed theirown invitational, with both teams finishingsecond.

On the womens side, Kelly Bruce 12 seta school record the opening day of the in-vitational, scoring 379.5 points in the one-meter diving event, while Valerie Stimac 09claimed first place in the 200-yard IM andthe 100-yard freestyle. Stimac also joinedthe winning 400-yard medley relay team, which included Morgan Bober 12, AlexPeitz 10, and Amy Hadow 10. The teamfinished with 497 points overall, second onlyto Luther Colleges 631 points.

One the mens side, Thomas Lankie-wicz 12 was victorious in the 400-yard IM.Grinnell also had a couple of runner-upfinishes: Dan Neely 09, Max Fulgoni 12,

Thomas Olson 10, and Michael Schoelz 12in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and Neely,Fulgoni, Olsen, and Cy Mistry 11 in the200-yard medley relay.

Neeley said he thoughtthat the mens and wom-

ens swimming teams per-formed spectacularly at thehome invite.

Were at a point in theseason where our bodiesare tuckered out, but we all jumped in and swam hardin spite of fatigue, Nee-ley said. We had seasonbests and personal recordsthroughout the meet, andgreat dives, too. Coming straight off the busand into a meet like that, we were great.

The invitational included swimming anddiving teams from Macalester, Augustana,

Coe, Luther, and Morningside. Luther Col-lege ranked first at the meet, finishing witha total of 311 points.

At last years invitational, Grinnellsmens and womensteams ranked second

and third, respectively.In preparation forthe invitational andconference, both teamstraveled to Naples,Florida for 11 days andon January 8 competedagainst ConnecticutCollege.

At the Naplesmeet, Stimac won the

100-yard freestyle. Stimac was also a part ofthe winning 200-yard relay team, which alsoconsisted of Morgan Horton 11 (the S&Bsopinion editor), Casey Strickler 12, and

Meghan McDoniel 10. Final team standings from Naples ranked Connecticut Colege first place in both the men and womenmeets with scores of 144-62 and 138-72.

The Florida training trip was wonde

ful, said Caitlin Short 12 Besides lots swimming and hard work, I think I speafor everyone when I say that it was a grebonding experience.

As the end of the season approaches, thteam is looking forward to their final meet

As the season comes to a close I alooking forward to conference, where wplan to kick some ass, Lankiewicz said. have really high expectation for myself anfor the team at that meet.

The teams next meet will be January 2at Carleton College against Carleton and SCloud State.

Were at a point in the seasonwhere our bodies are tuckeredout, but we all jumped in andswam hard in spi te of fatig ue.

Dan Neely 08

Swimmers return from the sunny shores of Florida to break personal and school records, prepare for MWC championships

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CLASS OF 10: It is wonderful to have some of our favorite smiling faces back atGrinnell, but we also really miss those juniors who are abroad for the spring.

CHAPPED LIPS: The cold winter months have a terrible drying effect, and chapstick

and licking ones lips really only makes the chapping worse.

INAUGURAL BENEDICTION: We ask you to help us work for that day when black willnot be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow,when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.

This Week inGrinnell History

January 20, 1397 (sic): Writing answers on bare legs, on

tape strapped to the ankle, on adding-machine paper rolled

around pencil stubs, and all the other time-honored methods

of cribbing are characterized as dumb by Henry S. Conrad,

professor of Botany.

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