Monday, January 28, 2013

Pioneers Release 2013 Schedule!


Coach Jeff Pedersen and the Grinnell College Football team has released their 2013 game schedule.  The Pioneers will take to the road six times this upcoming fall after having hosted as many games in 2012.  The countdown to September 7th is at 221 days!


Date                  Time           Opponent                                           Location

August 31         1:00             Intra-squad Scrimmage                     Grinnell
                                              (ATHLETE ALUMNI WEEKEND)
September 7      1:00            Carleton College                                Northfield, MN

September 14    1:00            Illinois College                                   Jacksonville, IL

September 21    1:00            Lake Forest College                           Lake Forest, IL

September 28    1:00            Beloit College                                     Grinnell
                                              (FAMILY WEEKEND)

October 5                             BYE

October 12        1:00            Monmouth College                            Monmouth, IL

October 19        1:00            Ripon College                                     Grinnell      

October 26        1:00            Carroll University                              Grinnell      

November 2      1:00            Lawrence University                          Appleton, WI

November 9      1:00            St. Norbert College                             DePere, WI

November 16    12:00          Cornell College                                    Grinnell 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Quinn Rosenthal Abroad in France!


This spring, we'll be bringing you posts from a few Pioneers that are studying abroad this semester.  Center Quinn Rosenthal '14 is currently in Nantes, France and this is his first installation:

It’s kind of hard to believe I've only been here two weeks. I've seen and done so much, tried struggled with, and adjusted to so many new things, that it seems like I've been a Nantais forever now. I had kind of a rough trip out, 8 hour overnight flight, plus the realization that 7 years of French was getting me nothing at the airport. But as soon as I made it out to Nantes, a two-hour train ride from Paris, and got situated with my host family, things got better. My 12 year old host brother came home from rugby practice and wanted to show me videos of his team on youtube, then asked to see some videos of my team, also my host mom made some phenomenal crepes that night, so yeah, them’s good people. 

The IES (Institute of European Studies) program forced us to hit the ground running with an offsite orientation the first weekend which consisted of marathon tours of historic French chateaus by day, and bar hopping in downtown Tours by night. This led to, among other things, the formation of a nice little clique consisting of myself and a few other random people who were the only ones down to go out to the bar after the very first day of onsite orientation, and the late-night discovery of the sketchiest, most delicious sandwich you will ever hear of, the kebab (not what it sounds like). 

The next week consisted mostly of grueling French vernacular crash courses, bringing us to this week, which has included a narrow third-place finish at trivia night at Fleming’s Irish Pub, the super scary start of classes at the University of Nantes, and most importantly, my first workouts at SUAPS (service universitaire des activités physiques et sportives). I was a little confused until I figured out that 20 kilos was equal to 44 pounds, but after that, all’s been going well. I would characterize the weight room as rrl rrl ghetto, but usable. Next week promises more scary classes and another attempt at 60 euros and bragging rights in pub trivia, followed by a weekend down in Bordeaux. 

A bientot!

Monday, January 21, 2013

Grinnell Ranked #3 in Undergraduate Teaching


Every year, Grinnell gets national recognition, whether its for being in a cool college town, the great value, the housing life, or the high admissions numbers.  

And now the US News & World Report has named Grinnell College #3 in the country in it's commitment to teaching its undergraduates!

From the US News Rankings:
Many colleges have a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates instead of graduate-level research. Based on a survey conducted in spring 2012, all the schools on these lists are ones that received the most votes from top college administrators as paying a particular focus on undergraduate teaching.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Rebroadcast of Tazon de Estrellas Game



CBS Sports Network will broadcast a fourth Global Football-produced documentary in a five-month span as the annual Tázon de Estrellas (Bowl of the Stars) is featured on Friday, January 25 at 10pm EST.

The documentary will highlight the visit of Team Stars & Stripes, an all-star group of college seniors (including our own Pioneers, Brian Taylor '13 and Tom Brinkman '13) from NCAA Division III colleges, to Guadalajara.  The U.S. team, led by head coach Don De Waard, triumphed 32-15 against the CONADEIP All-Stars from the CONADEIP national conference of private schools in Mexico.

CBS Sports Network is seen in more than 44 million homes and is available to 98 million households.  For the full network schedule and to access the CBS Sports Network Channel Finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.