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Shortly after entering the Dining Hall on the second day of New Student Orientation, Bella Villarreal `26 realized she was having difficulty breathing. “I went outside, and I thought that it would be fine and it was getting better,” Villarreal said. “Someone sat behind me, and they had shrimp and it got much worse.” She...
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of Grinnell College life, some students are turning to an unlikely source to find a sense of community and purpose. Tucked away under dorm beds are Grinnell’s resident “dorm cats,” who provide students with a refreshing break from their busy schedules. These on-campus pets are mutually beneficial...
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of Grinnell College life, some students are turning to an unlikely source to find a sense of community and purpose. Tucked away under dorm beds are Grinnell’s resident “dorm cats,” who provide students with a refreshing break from their busy schedules. These on-campus pets are mutually beneficial...
gonzalez@grinnell.edu I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an artist, but I have dabbled in drawing. In high school I used to love doing drawings in charcoal, and to this day I still love art that uses line work to its advantage to create texture. (I just read “Stage Dreams” by Melanie Gilman in an English class on the graphic novel that uses line work exquisitely, would highly recommend). During quarantine, I revisited my acrylics phase from freshman year and began to paint mythological figures and symbols in deep pastels, mostly because the colors relaxed me. I wouldn’t call it my m...