Pill popping becomes poor study tool
Stephanie Ivankovich, Social Media Editor
February 17, 2012
All my life I’ve been taught from schools, ads and billboards that drugs are bad and not to do them. Even with all these warnings, drugs still smuggle their way into this lifetime, to a point where it seems to be an addiction in today’s society. With Whitney Houston’s death it really made me think... Read more »
The Grand View’s guide to social suicide: how to play in the snow
February 17, 2012
• Build enormous, inappropriate snow sculptures outside Fort Des Moines Church of Christ (The church that had the sign “Gay is Not Okay”). • On the morning of a fresh snow, get up really early before the city plows the roads. Wipe the dust off that snowboard, tie a rope to your friend’s truck... Read more »
The Viking Vent 2/17
February 17, 2012
Hey Professors — when you ‘partner’ people up in class, you may want to assign partners so no one is left out. I spent the first four classes of biology lab wandering about looking for a group to work with. This is high school behavior, not what you expect from college. -All Alone in the World People... Read more »
Integrity keeps organizations honorable
Marci Clark, News Editor
February 10, 2012
February has proven to be quite victorious for low-income breasts and celebrity lesbians. Last week, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the nation’s largest breast cancer charity, announced it was pulling funding from Planned Parenthood, who uses the donations to offer financially challenged women mammograms. The... Read more »
Reading: an overlooked luxury
Courtney Townsend, Features Editor
February 3, 2012
Growing up, I read. I read classics, fiction, science fiction, history novels, I read anything I could get my hands on. I enjoyed visits to the library and getting immersed in a good book. I would come home from school and immediately start reading. I repeatedly stayed up too late on school nights under... Read more »
The Grand Views’ Guide to Social Suicide: How to land front page
February 3, 2012
• The obvious, slightly cliché stunts could land you on the front page. Streaking at a wrestling meet, starting a food fight, etc. But if you’re going to make page one, you may as well do it up big. • Win Viking Council presidency. Oh wait, that won’t land you on the front. But pulling a “Dean-Scream,”... Read more »
The Viking Vents 1/27
January 31, 2012
Those posters on campus for whatever office those two girls and two guys are running for are atrocious! We have a bunch of clever kids in Rasmussen. Use them! Or perhaps they felt the grade school approach was endearing? - Snooty graphic designer Thanks for the coin machines, Grand View! They rock. -Appeased Let... Read more »
Traffic cam ban would protect privacy
Devlin Hogans, Copy&Video Editor
January 27, 2012
On Wednesday, Iowa House panels moved forward with a ban for red light and speeding cameras, a much-needed resolution to public rights. Since these cameras have been installed, controversy has risen about whether it is constitutional to be fined for a crime without an officer of the law issuing it in... Read more »
The Grand View’s guide to social suicide: How to fail your New Year’s resolution
January 20, 2012
Spend $50 on a gym membership only to go twice in the month of January. In February, cancel your gym membership and put that $50 toward Fong’s Pizza. You’ll kill two resolutions with one stone. For those who had resolutions of making it to every class this year, start by hanging out with that cute... Read more »
Music snob hopes to open her mind
Keely Shannon, Editor-in-Chief
January 20, 2012
Maybe it’s because I grew up listening to my dad’s Creedence Clearwater Revival records, or maybe it was the sight of one too many 18-year-old Abercrombie-clad boys banging to Nickelback in their Grand Am’s. But I’ve come to the conclusion that I am indeed a Type 1 Music Snob. According to the... Read more »
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