Changes made in Office of Diversity and Inclusion
On July 1, Professor Lakesia Johnson, English and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, will take the position of chief diversity officer and associate dean of the College, in the latest of many...
View ArticleRISE Grinnell fights for 15
Taylor Burton ’18 and Cecilia Kwakye ’17 participate in a march for workers’ rights in Chicago. Photo contributed On Wednesday, April 16, students from RISE Grinnell, an on-campus social activist...
View ArticlePioneers across all ages pursue sports after Grinnell
Joey Brown ’15 and Isaiah Tyree ’15 intend to play soccer next year. Photo by Sarah Ruiz As a Division III school, Grinnell is rarely thought of as an athletic powerhouse. While it is true that for...
View ArticleMonarch Waystations planted to encourage butterfly return
Monarch butterflies, a once ubiquitous sight that has been long absent from Grinnell, may flutter back into town due to local efforts. Their return will be facilitated by habitats—called Monarch...
View ArticleTown Hall surveys communication on campus
After a series of canceled Town Halls, the final Town Hall of the 2014-2015 academic year took place in JRC 101 on Thursday, April 23 at noon and 8 p.m. Students, faculty and staff engaged in a...
View ArticleLehrer ’92 looks at Jewish heritage in Poland
At one point during her convocation lecture “Public Scholarship, Personal Scholarship: The Work of Memory in Poland Today,” Erica Lehrer ’92 analyzed two different maps that were both entitled, “Jewish...
View ArticleTennis wins twelfth straight conference title
Few things in life are certain: death, taxes and the Grinnell men’s tennis team winning the Midwest Conference. For the 12th year in a row, the Pioneers won the Conference Championships, cruising to a...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Forgiveness before any new thing
Hi, I’m Tessa Cheek ’12, one of the four survivors who talked to [President] Raynard Kington about reforming Grinnell’s sexual assault response policy in the spring of 2012. Like everyone in the room...
View ArticleTitHead draws crowd, runs smoothly
This Saturday, several hundred students packed themselves into the Harris center gymnasium for this year’s incarnation of Grinnell’s premier film festival, Titular Head, commonly called TitHead. The...
View ArticleClery Act compliance at Grinnell
Under the Clery Act, colleges and universities participating in federal student financial aid programs are required to collect and publish statistics about crimes which are reported on their campuses....
View ArticleAnonymous hotline encourages student creativity
Kelly Pyzik, Editor-in-Chief pyzikkel@grinnell.edu Mysterious black posters and stickers bearing messages like “Do 3 year olds art more than you?” and “YOU CAN ART” appeared on the loggia walls a few...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards comes to campus to support Clinton
Eva Lilienfeld, News Editor lilienfe17@grinnell.edu Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards returned to Iowa this past Sunday, Jan. 25, to speak to the Grinnell Community in support of Hillary...
View ArticleWomen’s basketball continues to impress
Sam Curry currysam@grinnell.edu Lydia Stariha ’17, No. 20, goes up for a basket on Wednesday’s game against Monmouth College in which Grinnell won 73-58.Photo by Leina’ala Voss While most Grinnellians...
View ArticleFormer President Bill Clinton visits Harris for Hillary
Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Grinnell Community in Harris on Saturday Jan. 30 in support of his wife, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton. Photo by John Brady Steve Yang, Features...
View ArticleMen’s tennis opens season with two key victories
Gabe Lehman lehmanga@grinnell.edu Doubles team Sam Catanzaro ’16 (top) and Byrson Cale ’16 (bottom), in action this past weekend versus Truman State. Photo by Xiaoxuan Yang Grinnell men’s tennis team,...
View ArticleRosenfield hosts political symposium
Michael Malbin speaks to the Grinnell Community in JRC 101 about money in politics as part of the Committee’s Campaign Finance Symposium. Photo by Xiaoxuan Yang Michael Cummings, Community Editor...
View ArticleRomeo resigns from VPSA position
Photo by John Brady Eva Lilienfeld, News Editor lilienfe17@grinnell.edu Dixon Romeo ’16 announced that he will be “fading away like Kobe” from his role as Vice President of Student Affairs for SGA...
View ArticleSwimming and diving look to make splash at Conference
Sam Catanzaro, Sports Editor catanzar@grinnell.edu The women’s swimming and diving team will look to defend their Conference title this weekend.Photo by Jun Taek Lee For NFL players, it is the Super...
View ArticleCollege purchases local country club
Lily Bohlke, Copy Editor bohlkeli@grinnell.edu On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Grinnell Golf and Country Club membership voted 107-1 to sell the Club to the college, according to a campus memo. The former...
View ArticleStudents express solidarity with Indian university
Nora Coghlan, News Editor & Eve Lilienfeld, News Editor coghlann17@grinnell.edu & lilienfe17@grinnell.edu Grinnell students and staff gathered in solidarity on Monday night to support students...
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