GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Grinnell Dining Hall is the Best in the Nation!!

Friday, August 7, 2009

Grinnell Dining Hall is the Best in the Nation!!

I often brag to recruits when they eat in our dining hall that ours is the best in the nation. It's my opinion because I eat there often and the food is awesome and the selection is unbelievable.

Well...it turns out it's true.

Our dining hall just won the National Association of College and University Food Services grand prize award- beating out over 160 other colleges and universities!

Click on the Grinnell College Homepage link to the right and check out the article on our website!

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.