Grinnell's mental health policies have been much-discussed on campus over the past day.
The S&B has no issue coming out this coming Friday due to Fall Break and mid-semester exams, but we have writers working on a story about Grinnell's mental health policies and how they affect students. Our plan is currently to run a major article in our first issue after Fall Break.
With regards to particular circumstances, at this point the S&B will respect individual privacy and not discuss particular names or events until those names and events can be directly corroborated and approved for publication by those involved. If changing situations call for it, we will post an article on the S&Blog prior to our coming issue on Nov. 2.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Horoscopes
Libra (Sep. 23 - Oct. 22) –On Sunday, you will write a new hit pop song that will earn you millions of dollars. By Tuesday, you will have dropped out of Grinnell and embarked on a nationwide tour. On Thursday, you’ll become an out-of-control drug addict and forsake your fan base. n Friday, your career will fail miserably and you’ll be forced to go back home and enroll in community college. However, by next Tuesday, you will have a culinary degree and a dumb but reasonably attractive fiancée. Bit of a whirlwind week, no?
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) – I swear to God, if you poke me in the side and run away giggling one more time, I will punch you in the kidney. STOP IT.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) – This week, you will learn the true meaning of Christmas. However, your miserliness and materialism will be back with a vengeance by the time the holiday actually rolls around.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) – This week, you will lose your first postgraduate job opportunity due to awkward drunken crossdressing pictures on facebook. You will then curse your stupidity and make promises to yourself that you will change all of your privacy settings and untag incriminating photos. However, before you get around to it, you’ll get distracted by liquor and wind up with tagged photos of you running around campus accosting sculptures with your genitals, which will result in the loss of your second postgraduate job opportunity.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) – Having trouble planning your future career and life goals? Simply walk over to your bookshelf, select the 6th book from the left, turn to page 135, and read the last complete sentence. In my case, this results in, "I'm pregnant with his child and want him to leave his wife and three girlfriends because I am more of a woman than they are." Now that is an actionable goal that my liberal arts education has adequately prepared me for.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) – Don't forget to trim/pluck those unsightly nose hairs. You never know when you might spontaneously fall in love with someone much shorter than you.
Aries (Mar. 21- Apr. 19) – 95 percent of the time, horoscopes are stupid and wrong. That being said, the stars will align in your favor and you will meet your one true love if you send six candy bars and a check for $22.50 to box 3374.
Taurus (Apr. 20 - May. 20) – Despite being a natural-born citizen of the USA, you will be unexpectedly deported to Siberia later this week. Perhaps all those snarky letters you wrote to the president during your activist days in high school weren’t actually such a good idea.
Gemini (May. 21 - Jun. 20) – The next bottle of shampoo you buy at Wal-Mart will single-handedly cause the collapse of small business in America. Nice job, jerk.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) – This week, you will click on one of those obnoxious sidebar ads that purport to calculate the exact name of your soulmate, and you will actually find and fall in love with your soulmate. S/he will be the person who comes to rid your computer of the horrible virus you contracted by clicking on stupid sidebar ads.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) – The fact that you live in Iowa is no excuse for not planning for grizzly bear attacks. Don’t be foolish.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22) – Fact: every time you sit around gossiping with your friends about how strange or inept one of your professors is, s/he is sitting around saying the same thing about you with other professors.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) – I swear to God, if you poke me in the side and run away giggling one more time, I will punch you in the kidney. STOP IT.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) – This week, you will learn the true meaning of Christmas. However, your miserliness and materialism will be back with a vengeance by the time the holiday actually rolls around.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) – This week, you will lose your first postgraduate job opportunity due to awkward drunken crossdressing pictures on facebook. You will then curse your stupidity and make promises to yourself that you will change all of your privacy settings and untag incriminating photos. However, before you get around to it, you’ll get distracted by liquor and wind up with tagged photos of you running around campus accosting sculptures with your genitals, which will result in the loss of your second postgraduate job opportunity.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) – Having trouble planning your future career and life goals? Simply walk over to your bookshelf, select the 6th book from the left, turn to page 135, and read the last complete sentence. In my case, this results in, "I'm pregnant with his child and want him to leave his wife and three girlfriends because I am more of a woman than they are." Now that is an actionable goal that my liberal arts education has adequately prepared me for.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) – Don't forget to trim/pluck those unsightly nose hairs. You never know when you might spontaneously fall in love with someone much shorter than you.
Aries (Mar. 21- Apr. 19) – 95 percent of the time, horoscopes are stupid and wrong. That being said, the stars will align in your favor and you will meet your one true love if you send six candy bars and a check for $22.50 to box 3374.
Taurus (Apr. 20 - May. 20) – Despite being a natural-born citizen of the USA, you will be unexpectedly deported to Siberia later this week. Perhaps all those snarky letters you wrote to the president during your activist days in high school weren’t actually such a good idea.
Gemini (May. 21 - Jun. 20) – The next bottle of shampoo you buy at Wal-Mart will single-handedly cause the collapse of small business in America. Nice job, jerk.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) – This week, you will click on one of those obnoxious sidebar ads that purport to calculate the exact name of your soulmate, and you will actually find and fall in love with your soulmate. S/he will be the person who comes to rid your computer of the horrible virus you contracted by clicking on stupid sidebar ads.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) – The fact that you live in Iowa is no excuse for not planning for grizzly bear attacks. Don’t be foolish.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22) – Fact: every time you sit around gossiping with your friends about how strange or inept one of your professors is, s/he is sitting around saying the same thing about you with other professors.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Horoscopes
Libra (Sep. 23 - Oct. 22) – Make or break: Your romantic partner is perfect in every way except that s/he is a vampire. This seemingly trivial question will become surprisingly relevant to your love life this upcoming week.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) – Your entire hallway can hear you having sex. I can hear you having sex. That’s just disrespectful.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) – This week, you will be confronted by no fewer than six wild possums. One of them will be carrying a small pouch full of $100 bills. Another will be rabid. Choose wisely.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) – Your 10/10 experience will be truly legendary. On Saturday, you feel like a king among men. On Sunday, you will learn, to your dismay, that nacho cheese damage is not covered by your laptop’s warrantee.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) – As it turns out, the recent tornado warning was actually an elaborate plot by Dining Services to establish a dictatorial regime in the JRC basement. Be on the lookout this week for more mildly suspect warnings, such as earthquake, volcano, and tsunami. Believe me, they are willing to do Whatever It Takes to rule over you with an iron fist.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) – This is a bad week to come forward about that secret Freemasons ceremony you stumbled upon in the cornfields last summer. The police already know about it, and are probably in on it. Oh, and don’t eat the carrot cake.
Aries (Mar. 21- Apr. 19) – Today is a good day to tell your crush how much you care. Preferably in an awkwardly public place, with gaudy flowers and overpriced chocolates. Because really, there hasn’t been a hold lot of entertaining gossip lately
Taurus (Apr. 20 - May. 20) – The bad news is you’ve recently developed a severe, life-threatening allergy to Cajun Shepherd’s Pie. The good news is that this will cause absolutely no change in your dietary decisions.
Gemini (May. 21 - Jun. 20) – Remember how your parents told you that they couldn’t make it out here for Parent’s Weekend? That was actually a lie. They came, but they just wanted to hang out with your ex instead of you. Perhaps if you bring those grades up or clean your room once in a while, they’ll stop by to say hi next time.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) – Don’t worry, that giant suspicious mole you spontaneously developed on your chest last week isn’t cancerous; it’s chocolate. Also, you should shower more.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) – On Tuesday, you will single-handedly overthrow the white patriarchal hegemony. Just kidding. Instead, some townies will shout homophobic remarks at you from their pickup truck.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22) – On your trip home for fall break, you may be surprised to learn that Snakes on a Plane is not just a whimsical action spectacular starring Samuel L. Jackson. Watch for the black mambas, they’re feisty.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) – Your entire hallway can hear you having sex. I can hear you having sex. That’s just disrespectful.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) – This week, you will be confronted by no fewer than six wild possums. One of them will be carrying a small pouch full of $100 bills. Another will be rabid. Choose wisely.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) – Your 10/10 experience will be truly legendary. On Saturday, you feel like a king among men. On Sunday, you will learn, to your dismay, that nacho cheese damage is not covered by your laptop’s warrantee.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) – As it turns out, the recent tornado warning was actually an elaborate plot by Dining Services to establish a dictatorial regime in the JRC basement. Be on the lookout this week for more mildly suspect warnings, such as earthquake, volcano, and tsunami. Believe me, they are willing to do Whatever It Takes to rule over you with an iron fist.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) – This is a bad week to come forward about that secret Freemasons ceremony you stumbled upon in the cornfields last summer. The police already know about it, and are probably in on it. Oh, and don’t eat the carrot cake.
Aries (Mar. 21- Apr. 19) – Today is a good day to tell your crush how much you care. Preferably in an awkwardly public place, with gaudy flowers and overpriced chocolates. Because really, there hasn’t been a hold lot of entertaining gossip lately
Taurus (Apr. 20 - May. 20) – The bad news is you’ve recently developed a severe, life-threatening allergy to Cajun Shepherd’s Pie. The good news is that this will cause absolutely no change in your dietary decisions.
Gemini (May. 21 - Jun. 20) – Remember how your parents told you that they couldn’t make it out here for Parent’s Weekend? That was actually a lie. They came, but they just wanted to hang out with your ex instead of you. Perhaps if you bring those grades up or clean your room once in a while, they’ll stop by to say hi next time.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) – Don’t worry, that giant suspicious mole you spontaneously developed on your chest last week isn’t cancerous; it’s chocolate. Also, you should shower more.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) – On Tuesday, you will single-handedly overthrow the white patriarchal hegemony. Just kidding. Instead, some townies will shout homophobic remarks at you from their pickup truck.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22) – On your trip home for fall break, you may be surprised to learn that Snakes on a Plane is not just a whimsical action spectacular starring Samuel L. Jackson. Watch for the black mambas, they’re feisty.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Movie Review: The Namesake
by Aru Singh
Based on the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family, who move from Calcutta to New York in the late 1970s. The touching story explores their inner turmoil in the U.S., especially as they try to raise their son with their own set of Indian traditions and run into conflicts between Eastern and Western mindsets.
The movie begins when Ashoke Ganguli (Irrfan Khan), an engineer in the U.S., goes back to his hometown Calcutta for an arranged marriage to his bride-to-be Ashima (Tabu). They return to the U.S., a new country of which they are very proud, but, like most first generation immigrants, at heart they still remain attached to their Bengali roots and culture. Ashima is slowly but surely falling in love with her “chosen” husband. It's in these scenes that the film shows it true charm—it's so beautifully and realistically handled.
But once they have children problems surface. They grow up full of New York attitude, and tend to have difficulty accepting Indian traditions and customs. The firstborn, rebellious son Gogol (Kal Penn) and his sister Sonia’s (Sahira Nair) dual identities cause them both conflict and even heartache. They endure racism, work and snobbery; meet potential partners; marry: the sad and joyful surprises of the 25-year life journey the movie encompasses.
The lead couple, noted Bollywood actors, give flawless performances. Kal Penn and Sahira Nair also put in decent performances, as does the remaining supporting cast. But what really stands out in the movie is the realism and dialogue. The movie, despite being poignant and serious, is not preachy.
But the movie is not without faults. The script drags at times, the camerawork is less than perfect and the characters of the two children are slightly under-developed.
Yet The Namesake remains a powerful and compelling drama. It is not as much about Indian culture (then and now) as it is about the power and pull of family—that one force that unites us all with love and misery in equal measure. In this era of globalization, immigration and free movement, The Namesake presents the often-ignored human perspective.
Based on the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family, who move from Calcutta to New York in the late 1970s. The touching story explores their inner turmoil in the U.S., especially as they try to raise their son with their own set of Indian traditions and run into conflicts between Eastern and Western mindsets.
The movie begins when Ashoke Ganguli (Irrfan Khan), an engineer in the U.S., goes back to his hometown Calcutta for an arranged marriage to his bride-to-be Ashima (Tabu). They return to the U.S., a new country of which they are very proud, but, like most first generation immigrants, at heart they still remain attached to their Bengali roots and culture. Ashima is slowly but surely falling in love with her “chosen” husband. It's in these scenes that the film shows it true charm—it's so beautifully and realistically handled.
But once they have children problems surface. They grow up full of New York attitude, and tend to have difficulty accepting Indian traditions and customs. The firstborn, rebellious son Gogol (Kal Penn) and his sister Sonia’s (Sahira Nair) dual identities cause them both conflict and even heartache. They endure racism, work and snobbery; meet potential partners; marry: the sad and joyful surprises of the 25-year life journey the movie encompasses.
The lead couple, noted Bollywood actors, give flawless performances. Kal Penn and Sahira Nair also put in decent performances, as does the remaining supporting cast. But what really stands out in the movie is the realism and dialogue. The movie, despite being poignant and serious, is not preachy.
But the movie is not without faults. The script drags at times, the camerawork is less than perfect and the characters of the two children are slightly under-developed.
Yet The Namesake remains a powerful and compelling drama. It is not as much about Indian culture (then and now) as it is about the power and pull of family—that one force that unites us all with love and misery in equal measure. In this era of globalization, immigration and free movement, The Namesake presents the often-ignored human perspective.
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