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Cameras alongside Joe Rosenfield `25 Center (JRC).
Camera Amnesty Policy implemented, cameras installed throughout 8th and 10th Avenues
A nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer uses a powerful magnetic field to analyze molecular structure.
Chemistry department buys a NMR machine for just under $600,000
The Student Government Associations rollover budget was given to Weekend.
Confusion reigns over budgeting process and regulations for student organizations
GrinEats had over 600 downloaded within 24 hours of the apps release being announced.
Students develop GrinEats, an app to reduce food waste
CLS offers new programs
CLS offers new programs
From left: Owner of Uptown Nutrition Darian Morrison and employee Jillian Miller behind the front counter of the shake and tea bar.
Uptown Nutrition shakes up local health scene
Around 20 women attended the Thursday, Sept. 21 Connecting for Women breakfast networking event in the lounge of Grinnell Colleges golf course.
“Connecting for Women” event continues to promote unity among women in the workplace
Central Park inclusive playground continues to approach funding goal
Central Park inclusive playground continues to approach funding goal
A sign in front of the vacant Grinnell Veterans Memorial Building on the intersection of 4th Ave. and Broad Street. Originally advertising the fundraising campaign for an artist residency program for veterans, the project has since been abandoned for a memorial instead.
Veterans Memorial Building faces demolition after failed renovation plan
From left: Co-owners of Olmstead Sweet Treats, Charlotte Ashby and Troy Olmstead with their daughter who also is a manager.
Olmstead Sweet Treats serves up newest scoops
The Grinnell College Garden hosted a harvest and work session for students, faculty, and staff on Tue, Sept. 26.
Grinnell Garden blossoms into action for harvest season
From left: Zoe Knoernschild `24, Lexi Hankenson `24 and Joey Fisk `24
Cribz: A bat cave at 934 High Street
Grinnelllians participate in calming yoga exercises surrounded by art.
Grinnellians gather for art appreciation and yoga
Sharaya Diamond performed for professor Rivera’s tutorial class.
Covered in Melanin: Tutorial on Drag Excellence
From Tigers to Pioneers: Local Grinnellians reflect on their college transition
From Tigers to Pioneers: Local Grinnellians reflect on their college transition
John Rommereim conducts the Grinnell Singers in rehearsal leading up to their Family Weekend Concert.
Grinnell Singers set to challenge themselves with ambitious plans for the year
Zack Walsh From left: Henry Coen `25, co-director of the Neverland Players, and Elena Busick `25. The Neverland Players continued their positive energy throughout the rehearsal process.
It’s never not fun in Neverland
Claire Forrest `13 returns to Grinnell for roundtable and book talk.
Writers @ Grinnell: Claire Forrest `13 returns to Grinnell
Stephen Appleby-Barr stands next to his work in his exhibition, Correspondence.
Stephen Appleby-Barr, Melena Johnson `23 explore theme of connection in new exhibition
Audience members crowd in to hear original poetry at Bobs open mic.
Bob’s Underground open mics are back
Jane March `24 faces off against a Central College player during the Sept. 20 game that ended in a 0-0 tie.
Women’s soccer stalemates Central College
After graduating from Hendrix College in 2022, Cole Cody worked as an assistant golf coach at Henderson State University for a year before coming to head Grinnell’s golf program.
Grinnell golf has a new, ambitious coach
Grinnell football playing against Ripon College on Sept. 9.
Football brings home first win of the season
Members of Volleyball Club playing a game during their Sept. 6 practice. Between 30 and 40 participants attend each club practice.
Volleyball Club set for another year
Grinnells Fireballs (dark caps) defend against Carleton Colleges attack at the Heartland Division Championship in April 2023.
Championship winning water polo club encourages more newcomers to dive in
Evelyn Wilber `26 listens to Days by Television while working on an assignment in her on-campus dorm room.
Playlist of My Life: Evelyn Wilber `26
Artist Liv Hage `25 poses with work from her exhibit Flesh/Blood at the Edith Renfrow Smith `37 Student Art Gallery.
Liv Hage shows off impressive body of work with original exhibit “Flesh/Blood”
Comic: Donut and Cone
Comic: Donut and Cone
Horoscope: What to add to your living space based on the stars
Horoscope: What to add to your living space based on the stars
Sage & Blunt: Down in the Dorms
Sage & Blunt: Down in the Dorms
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Alumni support trans athletes at Grinnell after NCAA removes LGBTQ+ protections
Members of Chaverim Elizabeth Collinger, Batyah Selis and Nick Raphaelson (left to right), all 21.
Letter to the Editor: “Pioneers” no more
Letter to the Editor: The climate crisis
Letter to the Editor: The climate crisis
Letter to the Editor: SGA’s BLM Solidarity Statement an example of overzealous elevation of identity
Letter to the Editor: SGA’s BLM Solidarity Statement an example of overzealous elevation of identity
Comic: Donut and Cone
Comic: Donut and Cone
Oh Deer Volume #10
Oh Deer Volume #10
Bertie the Frog: Volume #7
Bertie the Frog: Volume #7
Beauty of Nature: Blue Jay
Beauty of Nature: Blue Jay
Bertie the Frog: Volume #6
Bertie the Frog: Volume #6
Horoscope: What to add to your living space based on the stars
Horoscope: What to add to your living space based on the stars
The signs on Valentine’s Day
The signs on Valentine’s Day
Horoscopes: What should your goal be this semester?
Horoscopes: What should your goal be this semester?
Horoscopes: Each sign as a holiday Hallmark movie trope
Horoscopes: Each sign as a holiday Hallmark movie trope
Horoscopes: Each sign as a holiday Hallmark movie trope
Horoscopes: Each sign as a holiday Hallmark movie trope
First years speak on what surprised them about Grinnell
First years speak on what surprised them about Grinnell
Grinnell students reflect on wage increase
Grinnell students reflect on wage increase
Grinnell seniors advise their first-year selves
Episode 8: Ending on a high note with The Grinnellian
Cribz: Grinnell House

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The Grinnell College Garden hosted a harvest and work session for students, faculty, and staff on Tue, Sept. 26.
Grinnell Garden blossoms into action for harvest season
September 30, 2023
John Rommereim conducts the Grinnell Singers in rehearsal leading up to their Family Weekend Concert.
Grinnell Singers set to challenge themselves with ambitious plans for the year
September 30, 2023
Cameras alongside Joe Rosenfield `25 Center (JRC).
Camera Amnesty Policy implemented, cameras installed throughout 8th and 10th Avenues
September 29, 2023
Zack Walsh From left: Henry Coen `25, co-director of the Neverland Players, and Elena Busick `25. The Neverland Players continued their positive energy throughout the rehearsal process.
It's never not fun in Neverland
September 29, 2023
From left: Zoe Knoernschild `24, Lexi Hankenson `24 and Joey Fisk `24
Cribz: A bat cave at 934 High Street
September 25, 2023
Grinnelllians participate in calming yoga exercises surrounded by art.
Grinnellians gather for art appreciation and yoga
September 25, 2023

Community Speaks: Reflecting on President Kington

February 6, 2020
Community Speaks: Reflecting on President Kington
Raynard Kington beams after he is introduced as Grinnell College’s 13th President at an announcement ceremony in February 2010. Photo by Cait De Mott Grady.

We sent S&B reporter and photographer Shabana Gupta to Saints Rest Coffee House, hoping to get community members’ perspectives on President Raynard S. Kington’s departure and their hopes for the next President of Grinnell College. Here’s what they said.

Jessica Menary `13: “I went to Grinnell College and I graduated in 2013. [I’m looking for] someone who’s focused … the culture of the college, which is being accepting of everyone and focusing on quality academics but also the balance of student life. I’d want a president who cares about the student experience so that yes, they’re getting a quality education, but they’re not overworked and that they’re focused on the important issues … The previous presidents gave me a sense of security, like they cared about their students and about their work.”
Lowell Bungle: I thought the current president, Raynard, has done a great job and I hope they continue that … They maybe overdid … the Area of Confluence, where I was, and there’s people who are a little concerned about the amount of property they own downtown, but I think the College is a real asset to Grinnell and most of what he did was very good. I hope they continue. … The College and the town are working together to make things good.”

Megan Farrell: “My youngest is going to Grinnell College Preschool. I really feel like there’s a disconnect between the College and the community. I think that the current president has tried to foster those relationships, so that I really appreciate. I would love to see the students do more. I’d love to have youth coming in and being more a part of our community … I think he’s just been really supported [in] leading the way [by] trying to connect with our Grinnell public schools and connecting with what the College can do to support and foster student success even within our public schools.”
Howard McDonough: “I enjoy [it] very much if they interact with the community a lot. They’ve done more of that than they’ve used to, so it’s good that the college kids and the faculty get together … [Kington] was very hard to communicate with, or even visit with, and if it weren’t for knowing his secretary very well, I probably wouldn’t have gotten to bond with him at all. But he kept himself very sheltered from the community.”
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