By Hannah Krueger If you are anything like I was, you have probably noticed that college is a completely different ball game, in every way, from high school. When I started at Graceland in 2012, I thought I would be...
Read More »by Jayce Finnell “It’s so much fun it might kill you.” This is probably the scariest, yet most accurate way to describe Graceland University Homecoming. As a student who was just kicked in the face by Homecoming 2015, I have...
Read More »We Could All Use Some Help with the Crazy that is Homecoming at Graceland Well, it’s that time of year again. Fall is everywhere you look, and school spirt is in the air. Homecoming at Graceland is definitely unique in...
Read More »College: where some of the best days of your life happen. Admit it, whether you’re a freshman, transfer or experienced upperclassman, at one point or another, you’ve struggled at least once with the transition. First off, this isn’t high school...
Read More »I get it, you think Lamoni is boring in the summertime. Half the population is gone, most of your friends left you hanging in a town that has nothing to do when the sun goes down. Let me, a typical...
Read More »Anxiety. It’s something we all have to deal with, some more than others. It sucks. So what exactly is it and how can we deal with it? Well, my friend, let me tell you all that I know. Anxiety refers...
Read More »Not the message in a bottle kind for you fans of The Police. Anyway, on to the blog. Life is a funny thing sometimes. College life is an even funnier thing … all the time. Here we are, thrown into...
Read More »All of us students know how valuable time is while here at Graceland. If time was a tangible good, I think we’d all end up spending 85 percent of our money on it - and the rest on gas and...
Read More »Super Study Spots If you need a place to go for a group project, a quieter place to focus and get some stuff done, or just a change of scenery, here are some great ideas of some of the best...
Read More »What does “screw your roommate" mean? If you’re a current Graceland student or Graceland alumni, you probably already know what "screw your roommate" means, and you might even have some fond memories tied to the night. But in case you’re...
Read More »Which one is best for you? Getting an education beyond high school is extremely valuable in this day and age for many reasons. For instance, high school graduates make only 62 percent of what college graduates make. According to the...
Read More »Now that Valentine’s Day is coming up, some of us have to think of ways to spend the day/evening with our romantic partner. We don’t want to keep doing the same thing as the year before so we have to...
Read More »The MLK Dinner and Jazz event took place on Martin Luther King day in the lobby of the Shaw center. Campus minister, Matt Frizzell, said he was hoping enough people would come, and was pleasantly surprised when the event was...
Read More »The Chicken Sisters is a locally own store in Lamoni that repurposes things into decorations and various sundries. They are only open one weekend a month. Last time they had lots of special and creative deals that they called BINGO:...
Read More »Winning Football Team In the fall of 2013, Graceland’s football team had a not so great season if you measure success in terms of wins and losses. Putting it nicely, it was a long season for any die-hard fans. But...
Read More »Winter Term 2015 COSA sponsored a trip to Des Moines to watch an Iowa Wild hockey game. Around forty students signed up for a free ticket, soda, popcorn, hot dog and a ride to Des Moines. We had good seats...
Read More »Over all this has been such an amazing experience for me. Going to Belize to do yoga is not bad for my first time out of the country(: I never thought that I would be relaxing on the beach in...
Read More »Today was our first day doing yoga on the beach - kind of. There was this concrete platform just outside of the Tipsy Tuna restaurant off the beach that we practiced on. It was still a little more difficult to...
Read More »We woke up around 7:30 this morning and walked down the street over to the river. Once we were on the boat we headed off towards the sea. About half way to our destination, the engine started messing up. He...
Read More »Today we got went to a cacao farm! When we got there, it looked liked a small house, but that is exactly what it was. The house is a organic cacao farm where they make all kinds of goodies. In...
Read More »We got up bright and early and left for the tours. Half of the group went to cave tubing and zip lining, and the other half of us went to see mayan ruins and then cave tubing, but at a...
Read More »School can be stressful sometimes. Often times, your homework piles up until you feel like your drowning in it. Some stressors you can avoid, and some you can’t. You can avoid some of the unnecessary stress by managing your time...
Read More »Today we got to go on a tour of a Banana Farm! We left around 9, got in a big school bus, and headed down the Peninsula. When we first arrived, we saw so many trees that looked like small...
Read More »Some of the new students at Graceland complain about how there’s nothing to do in Lamoni. They come from all over the world; many from large towns and big cities. The size and culture of Lamoni, Iowa, is a big...
Read More »On our fifth day in Placencia Village, Linda DeBarthe took us to this beautiful yoga studio to learn about therapeutic yoga styles. Therapeutic yoga involves stagnant yoga poses and guided meditation to help clear the mind and focus on the...
Read More »80% of college students will change their major at least once. It's hard to pick a major when you're in high school, and most people have no idea what to expect from college. It's better to change your major a...
Read More »Helping others is a rewarding and beautiful experience. Not only do other people benefit, but you can benefit too. It will make you feel good about yourself, and actually make you happier. There are many opportunities to help out in...
Read More »Just when you think you know everything there is to eat around here, you learn something new. We talked to some townies about what their favorite things to eat in Lamoni are, and we were surprised by what they said. ...
Read More »When I got to the airport Monday morning it was about 5:15 am..yes early. After everyone arrived we checked in and headed towards our terminal. Boarding our first plane was no fun for me. It was the smallest plane I...
Read More »How to Survive Love Winter in Iowa For some of us, whether we like the cold or not, we are somewhat used to winter in Iowa: the snow, the sleet, the wind… the painfully frigid wind. But as you’ve met...
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