A glimpse at Grinnell’s unsung Writing Lab
Features
![Zander Cannon illustrates comic](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/20150701KevinZanderCannon212%202000x1125_1.jpg?itok=uazwwSsf)
![Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/20150701KevinZanderCannon148%202000x1125.jpg?itok=mOJVIexk)
Zander: Inspiration’s a real thing. If I get it at home, I’ll try to write it out or sketch it out, but you can’t do a whole comic on inspiration alone.
![Illustration by Kevin Cannon of Carlos Mendoza ’72](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/GRN_Career_final_300flat_WEB.jpg?itok=R15Elvhl)
Changing your career can be challenging or exhilarating or, for many people, much too scary to contemplate. We may feel stuck or unwilling to change because of finances or geography.
![Mating damselflies](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/Damselfly%20mating%20Feature.jpg?itok=jTcTIfhu)
Student research opportunities at Grinnell are abundant and diverse.
While Grinnell College has a long and intentional history of encouraging participation and advocacy on public issues, the national significance of Iowa’s political party caucuses is relatively recent and quite accidental.
![Brian Vicente](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/BrianVicente_47%20web.jpg?itok=I6_yFm9V)
When Brian Vicente ’99 graduated from law school, some of his professors told him that the field of marijuana policy would be career suicide. Instead, Vicente turned it into a career path.
![Guitar](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/Replacements%20guitar%20WEB_0.jpg?itok=R_uGqHgQ)
At 89, Georgia Dentel’s recall for conversations with people 50 years ago is clear and eloquent, much like her voice.
![Michael Kahn ’76 outside of the TIAA CREF building](https://magazine.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/magazine-feature-images/JHAY2614%20weB.jpg?itok=fJhFEz7f)
In the globally competitive job market, quality summer internships markedly differentiate college graduates.