If you've come here only to be shocked by a blue banner don't turn around, you're at the same old S&Blog you've quickly come to love. Today, we upgraded the S&Blog to the new Blogger Beta with a few new features that we think will help you use the S&Blog much better.
On the sidebar to your right, you'll see a list of labels. From now on we'll tag each article with its section (Arts, Corrections, Editorial Posts - something from the editorial staff, like this-, Features, News, Opinions, Sports, and, maybe in the future, The Backpage). If you only want sports, only read sports. If you want opinions, read only opinions.
Furthermore, if you want to go back to articles in November, we've got a great archive section in our sidebar that allows you to browse through our previous articles in a very efficient manner.
As for the red, don't worry. It'll be back.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Swimmers finish seventh in Omaha, prepare for Florida trip
by Eli Best
Grinnell’s swim teams each finished seventh in the Mutual of Omaha Invite last weekend out of nine men’s teams and 10 women’s teams. Those results may seem surprising coming from teams that are accustomed to holding up MWC championship trophies, but the swimmers felt good about their weekend performances because of the high level of competition they faced.
The Pioneers were up against a field of mostly Division II schools. Also, Grinnell did not bring divers and was not eligible to score points in some events. Considering they competed against DII schools, and could not score points in the diving events, the Pioneers were proud to not finish last.
Julia McHugh ‘07 highlighted yet another challenge of the meet: competing against academic pressures as well as good swim teams.
“It’s always tough … right before hell week,” she said. “We all have a lot on our minds on top of swimming.”
The Pioneer women received a strong performance from first-year Meghan McDoniel. She took seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.99, and she was also part of a relay team that finished 5th in the 200-yard medley.
A first-year on the men’s team also had a strong showing. Paul Gagne ’10 followed up his Midwest Conference Performer of the Week award with a third-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:01.59) and was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished 5th.
The Pioneers will spend the next couple of weeks preparing for their winter break trip to Florida, where they will both train and compete.
“Florida is where we are really challenged with our training,” McHugh said. She pointed out that the workouts in the pool and on dry land will both intensify.
The Pioneer swimmers compete next against Connecticut College.
Grinnell’s swim teams each finished seventh in the Mutual of Omaha Invite last weekend out of nine men’s teams and 10 women’s teams. Those results may seem surprising coming from teams that are accustomed to holding up MWC championship trophies, but the swimmers felt good about their weekend performances because of the high level of competition they faced.
The Pioneers were up against a field of mostly Division II schools. Also, Grinnell did not bring divers and was not eligible to score points in some events. Considering they competed against DII schools, and could not score points in the diving events, the Pioneers were proud to not finish last.
Julia McHugh ‘07 highlighted yet another challenge of the meet: competing against academic pressures as well as good swim teams.
“It’s always tough … right before hell week,” she said. “We all have a lot on our minds on top of swimming.”
The Pioneer women received a strong performance from first-year Meghan McDoniel. She took seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:11.99, and she was also part of a relay team that finished 5th in the 200-yard medley.
A first-year on the men’s team also had a strong showing. Paul Gagne ’10 followed up his Midwest Conference Performer of the Week award with a third-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:01.59) and was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished 5th.
The Pioneers will spend the next couple of weeks preparing for their winter break trip to Florida, where they will both train and compete.
“Florida is where we are really challenged with our training,” McHugh said. She pointed out that the workouts in the pool and on dry land will both intensify.
The Pioneer swimmers compete next against Connecticut College.
Concert preview: Treologic returns this Friday
by Alysia Vallas
With influences like Dr. Dre, Miles Davis, and Arrested Development you know that Treologic is here to redefine cool, again. This hip-hop group out of Chicago, whose visits to Grinnell have become a regular occurrence, mixes its rhymes with backbeats inspired by jazz, gospel and world music, as well as other rappers.
Treologic is comprised of Lance Loiselle, Mcbilla Camp, Justin Boyd, DJ Savage, Eric Koppa, Jordan Lopez and Anthony Massaro, whose mission is to blend genres of music while sending out positive lyrics to break down the stereotypes associated with the hip-hop culture. The winning combo typically leaves the audience with a taste of ingenuity and a euphoric grin.
The show was to be opened by The Coup and Mr. Lif, but their tour was cancelled after their tour bus was in an accident on Monday. Some passengers were injured but none were killed. Filling in for them will be another hip-hop group, the Doomtree Collective. Their website announcing their visit to Grinnell claims that “Kids get down in the middle of Iowa, man.” With an endorsement like that, let’s hope for a good showing at Gardner tonight. We wouldn’t want to let them down.
With influences like Dr. Dre, Miles Davis, and Arrested Development you know that Treologic is here to redefine cool, again. This hip-hop group out of Chicago, whose visits to Grinnell have become a regular occurrence, mixes its rhymes with backbeats inspired by jazz, gospel and world music, as well as other rappers.
Treologic is comprised of Lance Loiselle, Mcbilla Camp, Justin Boyd, DJ Savage, Eric Koppa, Jordan Lopez and Anthony Massaro, whose mission is to blend genres of music while sending out positive lyrics to break down the stereotypes associated with the hip-hop culture. The winning combo typically leaves the audience with a taste of ingenuity and a euphoric grin.
The show was to be opened by The Coup and Mr. Lif, but their tour was cancelled after their tour bus was in an accident on Monday. Some passengers were injured but none were killed. Filling in for them will be another hip-hop group, the Doomtree Collective. Their website announcing their visit to Grinnell claims that “Kids get down in the middle of Iowa, man.” With an endorsement like that, let’s hope for a good showing at Gardner tonight. We wouldn’t want to let them down.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Cut to the Quick
I don’t know how you live at home. Maybe you have a maid that cleans up after every little mess you make. Maybe you just live in squalor. Or maybe your neat-freak personality shines through. But here at Grinnell, you are not at home. On any given floor, you are living with 20 other people, and, like it or not, you are sharing a bathroom with them. Some of them may even be of the opposite gender. As such, there are rules that need to be followed. A code of etiquette,if you will. Sit at your computer in awe as I educate you.First of all, close that stall door. Seriously. There is absolutely no way that you could be in such a rush that you don’t have three seconds to turn around and lock the door behind you. And while you’re at it, flush the toilet. There is no reason that you don’t have the three more seconds it takes to push the handle. Both of these activities extend your total bathroom experience by six seconds. I certainly hope you can spare the time.
While we’re at it—the bathroom sinks are not a place to dispose of food. There are kitchens for that. When you dump leftover whatever into the bathroom sinks, they get clogged, and the next person to run water in them gets all your little food particles floating up to greet them. In case you were wondering, there are not garbage disposals in the bathroom sinks. Those are … where again? That’s right. In the kitchen.
Finally, as you are sharing a bathroom with all of these people, it is inevitable that you will run into them from time to time while brushing your teeth, washing your face, et cetera. At this point in the semester, you should at least know the names of everyone on your floor. Say hello to whoever is standing next to you at the sink. Nothing is more awkward than the whole brushing-your-teeth-while-pretending-the-other-person-isn’t-there thing, except for maybe the wow-I-really-wish-that-kid-would-put-some-clothes-on-so-I’m-going-to-ignore-them thing. You don’t have to be best friends, or eat dinner together, or even like each other. Just acknowledge each other.
Yes, Grinnell is different from the real world. There are different standards of cleanliness and acceptable social interaction. Every one of us is going to have to leave here eventually though (except for the weird, creepy ones), and I’m pretty sure that these are basic skills you’ll need to be considered even marginally socially capable wherever you end up next. All you have to do is nod at the kid brushing his teeth in his underwear, then lock the door, and push that little lever. You can do it. I have faith.
Breaking: Friday basketball games postponed
Due to inclement weather, both the men's and women's basketball road games at St. Norbert today have been postponed to Sunday. Sunday's tip-offs will be at noon for the women and 2 p.m. for the men. Saturday's game times of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Carroll College are unaffected.
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