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Grinnell will not cut student org budget, publications still at risk, statement says
Grinnell will not cut student org budget, publications still at risk, statement says
Sharyn Obsatz `93 is a journalism professor at Santa Monica College.
Letter to the Editor: Support The S&B
Jay Dick `93 works as Sr. Director of Advocacy and Partnerships at Americans for the Arts.
Letter to the Editor: The Vanishing of Printed Student Media?
Sasha Aslanian `90 is a member of the Grinnell College Alumni Council.
Letter to the Editor: Physical papers have pull on Grinnell campus
From left: Alyvia Bunkowski `26 and Cadence Chen `26 with The S&B in the Humanities and Social Studies Center.
Students and faculty speak: In defense of print on campus
Grinnell will not cut student org budget, publications still at risk, statement says
Grinnell will not cut student org budget, publications still at risk, statement says
College plans to move away from Pioneer-Web
College plans to move away from Pioneer-Web
Student publication members at Grinnell are concerned that the College will no longer fund print editions of their publications next academic year.
SPARC publication printing in the air as budget narratives vary
Grinnell College down to two Residence Life Coordinators, with one leaving soon
Grinnell College down to two Residence Life Coordinators, with one leaving soon
After the Lingerie Gardner party hosted in Main Hall by Birding Club on April 13, the laundry room was left with severe damage.
Gardner party leaves Main Hall vandalized
A map of Poweshiek County showing the distribution areas of papers headed by the Southeast Iowa Union media company.
Poweshiek County papers keep their head above water as print dies
Monique McLay Shore `90, Drake Community Library technology coordinator
Community Members Speak: In defense of print in town
Iowans came together on April 10, 2024 to celebrate Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes womens basketball team, deemed the team that changed the game.
Iowans celebrate Caitlin Clark, Lisa Bluder and the team that changed basketball
Its their club. I just run it: Book club leader fosters inclusion and belonging
“It’s their club. I just run it”: Book club leader fosters inclusion and belonging
Grinnell teachers respond to Iowa bill on arming school personnel
Grinnell teachers respond to Iowa bill on arming school personnel
From left: Alyvia Bunkowski `26 and Cadence Chen `26 with The S&B in the Humanities and Social Studies Center.
Students and faculty speak: In defense of print on campus
Twins Elizabeth and Katheryn Vermeulen `24 occassionally sow confusion amongst their classmates, building a bond as sisterly sidekicks.
It’s all relative: Students talk shared life on campus
The Bear cost $90 million dollars to construct.
Student survey questions sense of belonging on campus
From left: Phuong Tran `26, Quynh Dao `25 and Khanh Do `27 preview the Vietnamese Student Association dance that will be performed at Cultural Evening on April 27.
Photo Series: VSA brings Grinnell its Just Desserts
Grinnell is considering rebranding away from the Pioneer identity.
History Takeover: Are Pioneers Wanted Here?
GOGUE, Grinnell Underground Magazine, The Sequence, The Grinnell Review and Grinnell College Press — all publications that print student art — are confronting the likelihood of losing their print editions.
Student artists find meaning in printed publications
From left: Georgia Carbone `24 and John Murphy `26 stand in the KDIC studio after working to bring back student music and talk shows.
KDIC tunes into Grinnell campus community
Grinnell continued its Disco Harris tradition of a band performance, with students covering high-energy hits on Saturday, April 6.
Photos Series: Boogie down with Disco Band
Karis McCaskill `24 grins in front of the gallery wearing a Kermit sweater — a green frog to match the green leaves in her exhibition.
Karis McCaskill `24 transforms Smith Gallery
Carl Phillips reads from “Then The War: And Selected Poems,” telling the Writers@Grinnell crowd about his writing process.
Writers@Grinnell names Carl Phillips this year’s Distinguished Author
Lindsey Schultz `27 swings at the ball.
Softball sweeps Knox College in easy doubleheader
From left: Aidan Klass 25 and Lucas Willett 26 beat theur Lake Forest College opponents 8-6. The Pioneers won the entire game 8-1, only giving up a single match.
Men’s tennis winds up for MWC tournament
Amy Nguyen `26 putts the ball towards a hole at a team practice at the Grinnell College Golf Course.
Women’s golf looks to continue decade-long conference title streak
Irene Agusti `24.5 returns the ball during Grinnell womens tennis March 2 game against Morningside University. The Pioneers won the face-off 5-4.
Nationally-ranked women’s tennis sets the stage for NCAA appearance
The stands were filled with fans. friends, and family during the Grinnell College Mens Basketball Teams Feb. 17 game against Monmouth College. The Pioneers won 111-86.
“They’re my team,” local fans connect with athletes
Sharyn Obsatz `93 is a journalism professor at Santa Monica College.
Letter to the Editor: Support The S&B
Jay Dick `93 works as Sr. Director of Advocacy and Partnerships at Americans for the Arts.
Letter to the Editor: The Vanishing of Printed Student Media?
Sasha Aslanian `90 is a member of the Grinnell College Alumni Council.
Letter to the Editor: Physical papers have pull on Grinnell campus
From left: Alyvia Bunkowski `26 and Cadence Chen `26 with The S&B in the Humanities and Social Studies Center.
Students and faculty speak: In defense of print on campus
Student Publications Editorial: We need transparency on our budgets
Student Publications Editorial: We need transparency on our budgets
Sharyn Obsatz `93 is a journalism professor at Santa Monica College.
Letter to the Editor: Support The S&B
Jay Dick `93 works as Sr. Director of Advocacy and Partnerships at Americans for the Arts.
Letter to the Editor: The Vanishing of Printed Student Media?
Sasha Aslanian `90 is a member of the Grinnell College Alumni Council.
Letter to the Editor: Physical papers have pull on Grinnell campus
Members of the womens volleyball team practicing on Wednesday Nov. 8 in preparation for their matches at the Midwest Conference tournament.
Letter to the Editor: Support women’s athletics
Letter to the Editor: Alumni weigh in on student protests
Letter to the Editor: Alumni weigh in on student protests
Comic: False Spring
Comic: False Spring
Comic: You Are What You Eat
Comic: You Are What You Eat
Comic: Ambroos and Wilhelmina van Buskirk the Tulip Fairies
Comic: Ambroos and Wilhelmina van Buskirk the Tulip Fairies
Comic: Spring Break Expectation vs. Reality
Comic: Spring Break Expectation vs. Reality
Comic: The Scariest Things on Halloween in Grinnell
Comic: The Scariest Things on Halloween in Grinnell
Horoscope: Which practical mode of transportation are you?
Horoscope: Which practical mode of transportation are you?
Horoscope: Your Zodiacs Cat Breed
Horoscope: Your Zodiac’s Cat Breed
Horoscope: What the Signs are saying about spring break
Horoscope: What the Signs are saying about spring break
Horoscope: Which residence hall are you?
Horoscope: Which residence hall are you?
Horoscope: Which U.S. president are you?
Horoscope: Which U.S. president are you?
Mohammad Igbaria `24 is the sports editor of The Scarlet & Black.
Op-Ed: How working for The S&B has helped me as a premed
Silvia Foster-Frau `15 works as a national investigative reporter at The Washington Post.
Op-Ed: The importance of print
Lyle Muller is the professional advisor of The Scarlet & Black.
Op-Ed: Student journalism’s moment to shine
Nick El Hajj `24 is the Editor-in-Chief of The Scarlet & Black.
Op-Ed: Grinnell is on a crash course
Marcy Cassidy-Mapp `24 thinks FoMO is prevalent at Grinnell College.
Op-Ed: FoMO at a Liberal Arts College
Sandy Moffet reflects on his legacy
Sandy Moffet reflects on his legacy
Local Foods Connection takes on food insecurity in Poweshiek County
Local Foods Connection takes on food insecurity in Poweshiek County
From left: Laura Fendt and Kamal Hammouda pose in front of their future co-op housing project at 834 Park St.
Relish restaurateurs cook up new co-op housing initiative for students
The thrill of running, told by Grinnell College cross country runners
The thrill of running, told by Grinnell College cross country runners
Kai Te Huki `27 leads the National Collegiate Athletic Association across divisions in average points scored per game and in three point attempts. He scored 30 of the Pioneers’ 111 points against Knox College on Jan. 23.
KAI IS THAT GUY
Lindsey Schultz `27 swings at the ball.
Softball sweeps Knox College in easy doubleheader
From left: Phuong Tran `26, Quynh Dao `25 and Khanh Do `27 preview the Vietnamese Student Association dance that will be performed at Cultural Evening on April 27.
Photo Series: VSA brings Grinnell its Just Desserts
Grinnell continued its Disco Harris tradition of a band performance, with students covering high-energy hits on Saturday, April 6.
Photos Series: Boogie down with Disco Band
Clark broke the all-time National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) scoring record this season, en route to her second championship appearance and second Naismith Player of the Year Award.
Photo Series: Caitlin Clark’s season in review
Temperatures swelled to 70 degrees as the false spring beckoned Grinnell students into the outdoors this past week.
Photo Series: False Spring in full swing

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Day in the Life: Maxwell Fenton

November 17, 2017

6:15 a.m.—Awaken to first alarm, which was set under the proviso that I’d rise and catch up on work. Since my willpower is nothing, I turn it (and the five other ones I set) off and go back to...

Joel Fenton, father of Grinnellian Max Fenton 19 [fentonma] and non-Grinnellian Alexandra Fenton, cuddles with his new son Louis in his empty nest. Photo Contributed

Day in the Life: Empty-nester Joel Fenton

October 12, 2018

5:45 a.m. — The duck call alarm on my iPhone starts to wake me up. A few snooze taps later and I am out of bed at slightly after six. 6:36 a.m. — Start listening to 538’s podcast on Kavanaugh...

Photo contributed by Jackson Schulte.

Jackson Schulte

May 17, 2020

My first semester at Grinnell, I didn’t know how to get involved with The S&B, even though I came to college thinking I wanted to be a journalist. I remember sending an email to someone on staff...

Ashton Avelin 22 spearheaded the movement to clarify SGAs constitution, along with Elizabeth Collinger 21. SGA approved split-term appointments. Photo by Max Fenton.

SGA passes amendment approving split-term cabinet members

Wini Austin • April 5, 2019

After three weeks of legislative deadlock and debate, the Student Senate confirmed next year’s split-term SGA Cabinet Appointees during Sunday’s meeting. In a campus-wide referendum sent out...

Student Initiative voting concludes: Real whipped cream comes to the Dhall, cops stay too

Student Initiative voting concludes: Real whipped cream comes to the Dhall, cops stay too

December 7, 2018

By Max Fenton fentonma@grinnell.edu The results of this semester’s student initiatives were released by Joseph Robertson '19, Student Initiatives Fund Chair, on Monday, Dec. 3. Voting for student initiatives...

“To me, a film is truly scary when it leaves a bodily effect on the viewer, and no horror film literally chills me as deeply as Robin Hardy’s 1973 masterpiece “The Wicker Man.” The prudish Christian Sergeant Neil Howie is dispatched to the distant Hebridean island of Summerisle and finds the island’s residents have turned to the old pagan gods, [having intercourse] publicly in the churchyard and using bizarre folk remedies all under the leadership of Lord Summerisle.” - Max Fenton 19, co-editor-in-chief

In the spirit of the weekend’s Halloween festivities, S&B staff recommend their favorite spooky art

November 1, 2018

Members of the Philosophy SEPC (left to right, top to bottom): Patrick Armstrong ’18, Vincent Benlloch ’18, Max Fenton ’19, Max Pilcher ’18, Tristan Aschittino ’18, Candace Mettle ’19, and Jin Chang ’19. Photo by Reina Shahi.

Philosophy SEPC: practicality and personality

January 25, 2018

By Chloe Wray wraychlo@grinnell.edu When I met the philosophy student educational policy committee (SEPC), they were dressed in varying shades of grey, quite suited for a field of that is often thought...

Life During Wartime: authorities on democracy

May 5, 2017

Max Fenton The Latin word “fasces” describes a bound bundle of sticks with an axe blade protruding from the middle. In ancient Rome, it was used as a symbol of imperial authority, illustrating the...

Life During Wartime: Trump’s Trouble in Alt-Right Paradise?

April 21, 2017

By Max Fenton fentonma@grinnell.edu On the campaign trail, President Trump made the controversial and racist slogan of “America First” the center of his foreign policy, and it worked. Trump tapped...

Life During Wartime: The Convenient Kremlin

April 6, 2017

By Max Fenton fentonma@grinnell.edu The English Franciscan friar William of Ockham was a titanic philosophical figure in the fourteenth century and involved himself in the raging political and theological...

Life During Wartime: Authorities on Democracy

March 3, 2017

By Max Fenton '19 fentonma@grinnell.edu We are six weeks into the Trump presidency, and politics have already radically changed. Whether it is the cascades of information pouring from the White House,...

Life During Wartime: Unreasonable Science

February 16, 2017

By Max Fenton '19 fentonma@grinnell.edu An odd education policy debate has raged in state legislatures for the past year — whether or not computer-coding classes should be as treated a foreign language....

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