Quote Board

“I think my favorite Grinnell story is the ‘Always Open’ convenience store changing their name to ‘Almost Always Open.’ #SmallTownUSA”

- Alex Mitchell ’17, Twitter

“Overheard at Grinnell College at 4 a.m.: ‘The more I learn about political science the more I’m aligned with communist values.’”

- Max Fenton ’19, Twitter

“College brochure material.” 

(Zaw Bo ’18 pictured)

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- Meghna Ravishankar ’17, Instagram

“Overheard at Grinnell College at 4 a.m.: ‘The more I learn about political science the more I’m aligned with communist values.’”

- Max Fenton ’19

“Grinnell has ruined me because now I think that a Stylish Look™ is Birkenstocks with socks.”

- Hannah Boggess ’18, Twitter

“Grinnell College: a perpetual complaint about capitalism.”

- Morgane Garnier ’19, Twitter

"Cummings, Michael. ‘Angst, Politics and Drywall: An Ethnography of the Burling Bathroom Walls.’ Grinnell: Grinnell College Press, 2023"

- Michael Cummings ’18, Twitter

“Reject the notion that there is one-size-fits-all in the social justice movement.”

- Kesho Scott, associate professor of sociology and American studies, speaking at the Women’s March on Iowa, Jan. 21, 2017

“If this tornado is about to hit Grinnell, I best be somewhere where there’s food.”

- Ashley Wehrenberg ’19, Twitter

“According to NPR, congress picks office space like Grinnell College did room draw in the late ’90s.”

- Molly Backes ’02, Twitter