The Scarlet & Black

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Workers repair roofs after a hailstorm in May 2023.
Grinnell College reduces carbon footprint, increases climate research
Angel Arroyo `26.5 poses for a portrait in the Joe Rosenfield `25 Center.
In rural Iowa, trans people are standing strong against anti-trans legislation
Karen Edwards, dean of international student affairs at Grinnell, poses in her office in the HSSC.
International students brace for second Trump term, visa changes
Trustees approve 5.59% fee increase for upcoming year
Trustees approve 5.59% fee increase for upcoming year
Grinnell hopes to replace lead service lines
Grinnell hopes to replace lead service lines
Roxanna Coleman, 59, on November 18, 2024.
True Grinnellian: Roxanna Coleman
Angel Arroyo `26.5 poses for a portrait in the Joe Rosenfield `25 Center.
In rural Iowa, trans people are standing strong against anti-trans legislation
Capstone Behavioral Health is the designated Community Mental Health Center for Poweshiek County.
A rural Iowa county grapples with an overworked mental health care system
Dancers from Michelle’s Dance Company and Stepping Out Dance Studio perform during the open ceremony to kick off Jingle Bell Holiday.
PHOTOS: Jingle Bell Holiday 2024
Justin Jensen addresses attendee comments and concerns on November 25, 2024.
Senator Joni Ernst’s team hosts town hall
Jackie Harris `26 looks for their next hand hold on the climbing wall.
Grabbing hold of community at the climbing wall
Grinnell students learning Japanese video called with students at Shimoda Elementary school on Tuesday, November 26.
Grinnell and Tokyo Students Connect Through Takopettan
From left: President Anne Harris, their dog May, and Professor Michael Mackenzie at their home.
CRIBZ: President Anne Harris’s 1960’s dream house
Students serve food at the food bazaar.
PHOTOS: ISO Food Bazaar 2024
From left: Maddie Hartog `25 and Mira Diamond-Berman `25 pose for a photo in front of Carriage House on Nov. 19, 2024.
CRIBZ: Carriage House
Grinnell's underground art scene: "Basement Gallery"
Grinnell’s underground art scene: “Basement Gallery”
A member of Messy Mondays peeks over her chair.
Messy Mondays brings art to preschoolers
Daughter tries to protect Person after Red shoots him in the leg.
The chaos and collaboration of “Pity”
Reena Esmail smiles mid-lecture.
Reena Esmail talks “This Love Between Us”
Professor Xavier Escandell (left), Jorge Salinas (middle), and Professor Laura Ng (right) stand in front of the toe tags that represent lives lost at the border in exhibit, "Hostile Terrain 94"
Hostile Terrain 94 highlights lives lost under Prevention Through Deterrence policy
Justin Hayworth posing with his cameras in the Bear.
Behind the lens: Justin Hayworth and Ted Schultz
Yahir Dominguez follows live updates of games through a sports betting app.
Sports betting at Grinnell
Matt Kenny (11) spikes the ball past defenders during a game against Iowa State on Nov. 10, 2024.
PHOTOS: Volleyball Club finishes season with 9-9 record
Nora Lynch (11) shoots the ball.
Women’s basketball has best start in 21 years, breaks scoring records
Xavier James `25, on the track team, holds a record for the 300 yard shuttle.
Pioneers have power: students break records
Laura Kövécs poses in front of Gates Tower, clad in her burning red Grinnell merch.
Until you find home: My semester of exchange
Zev Zentner `25 poses on the bridge of the Humanities and Social Sciences Center (HSSC).
Opinion: We need to get rid of the Honor G
Keanu Masami Yamanaka `26 poses among the autumn leaves on campus.
With dignity: Navigating resources from the lens of an unhoused youth
Bella Bjorklund `26 believes in the power of a Gay Straight Alliance on Grinnell's campus.
Opinion: LGBT people need more allies: Why we should not be rejecting groups like the GSA 
Emma Kumano-Maloney `25 poses for a portrait outside Main Hall on Nov. 21, 2024.
Opinion: Question what is possible
Letter to the Editor: Required Meal Plans
Letter to the Editor: Required Meal Plans
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 women's 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
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 childhood book series are you?
Horoscope: Which childhood book series are you?
Horoscope: What D-Hall fry iteration are you?
Horoscope: What D-Hall fry iteration are you?
Horoscope: What BRAT song are you?
Horoscope: What BRAT song are you?
Horoscope: Which federally recognized Midwestern state are you?
Horoscope: Which federally recognized Midwestern state are you?
Horoscope: Which practical mode of transportation are you?
Horoscope: Which practical mode of transportation are you?
Zev Zentner `25 poses on the bridge of the Humanities and Social Sciences Center (HSSC).
Opinion: We need to get rid of the Honor G
Bella Bjorklund `26 believes in the power of a Gay Straight Alliance on Grinnell's campus.
Opinion: LGBT people need more allies: Why we should not be rejecting groups like the GSA 
Emma Kumano-Maloney `25 poses for a portrait outside Main Hall on Nov. 21, 2024.
Opinion: Question what is possible
Opinion: Come together, but go alone
Opinion: Come together, but go alone
L.F. Parker Professor of History Sarah J. Purcell poses outside of the Humanities and Social Sciences Center (HSSC) on Nov. 7, 2024.
Opinion: I thought this might be more of a contest
Renfrow Hall Tour
Renfrow Hall Tour
An inside look at Grinnell's Stew Makerspace
An inside look at Grinnell’s Stew Makerspace
"My favorite part is the students": Cheery Checkers reflect on being the face of Grinnell's Dining Hall
“My favorite part is the students”: Cheery Checkers reflect on being the face of Grinnell’s Dining Hall
Members of the class of 2024 advise their first-year selves
Members of the class of 2024 advise their first-year selves
Sandy Moffet reflects on his legacy
Sandy Moffet reflects on his legacy
Dancers from Michelle’s Dance Company and Stepping Out Dance Studio perform during the open ceremony to kick off Jingle Bell Holiday.
PHOTOS: Jingle Bell Holiday 2024
Matt Kenny (11) spikes the ball past defenders during a game against Iowa State on Nov. 10, 2024.
PHOTOS: Volleyball Club finishes season with 9-9 record
Cassidy Pak (15) dribbles the ball down the court.
PHOTOS: Grinnell Women’s Basketball Faces Off Against Buena Vista
The Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir preforms at Herrick Chappel in Grinnell, Iowa on Nov. 23, 2024.
PHOTOS: Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir Fall Concert
From left: Syd Weller '26, Kaycie Brookens '26, Keely Yeager '27, Regan Reedy '26, and Felix Benardo '25 preform at Showvember.
PHOTOS: Showvember 2024

The Scarlet & Black

The Scarlet & Black

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer

Cadence is a third-year classics and English double major from Queens, New York. This is her third semester on The S&B. She enjoys conceptions of the sea and other large expanses, real (and conceptions of) birds, things that look like other things and her cat Mouse.

All content by Cadence Chen
Corral signs books after his reading at hist 2014 Writers @ Grinnell Book Talk.

Eduardo C. Corral Returns to W@G: Poetry, Borders, and the Art of Not Knowing

Cadence Chen
November 24, 2024
From left: Erin Vazquez and Darian Vazquez `26 pose for a photo.

Grinnellians tie the knot

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 24, 2024
Alexi Zentner poses for a portrait outside of Carnegie Hall in Grinnell, Iowa on Nov. 1, 2024.

Writers @ Grinnell: Alexi Zentner `97

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 11, 2024
A crowd gathers to view the installation of the stained glass windows at Merchant's National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1914. Archival image from Digital Grinnell.

Louis Sullivan’s Jewel Box Bank inspires locally and nationally

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 11, 2024
Laura Fendt and Kamal Hammouda's house at 834 Park St., Relish.

The Iowa Kitchen of Grinnell: “We cook with love”

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 4, 2024
Ivy, 4-month old Cocker Spaniel fostered by Kathy Elliot plays fetch at Dolly's Dog Park in Grinnell, Iowa.

Dolly’s Dog Park barks back: student initiative launches

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
October 6, 2024
Writer Johnathan Meiberg poses for a portrait on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Chronicling Jonathan Meiburg’s week in the prairie

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
September 29, 2024
Admissions shifts strategies, class of 2028 over 50% students of color and international students

Admissions shifts strategies, class of 2028 over 50% students of color and international students

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
September 22, 2024
Saulė Keliauskaitė

Saulė Keliauskaitė

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
May 8, 2023
Bakopoulos sits in his office with his three books, "Summerlong," "Please Don't Come Back From the Moon," and "My American Unhappiness."

Garrison, Bakopoulos to leave Grinnell College

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
May 1, 2023
Two gallery attendees stand looking at Kelly Banfield's piece "Sisterhood of the Traveling Spoons."

2023 Bachelor of Arts Exhibition

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
April 24, 2023
Two saxophonists, a bassist, and a drummer play music in front of a wall covered in walking canes. The image is in black and white.

MIYUMI Project improvises and innovates

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
April 14, 2023
Jack Connelly `25 recieves a pass during one of the ultimate frisbee open team’s indoor practices.

Ultimate frisbee hires coaches as team culture shifts towards competitiveness

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
April 7, 2023
16 Grinnell businesses are participating in an initiative to collect period products to be distributed amongst Grinnell Middle School and Grinnell-Newburg High School, Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA) Food Pantry and Drake Community Library.

Grinnell businesses kick off Women’s History Month

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
March 6, 2023
In her time as head swimming and diving coach, Erin Hurley has earned the title of Midwest Conference Coach of the Year 23 times. She was also awarded the College Swimming Association of America’s Richard E. Steadman Award, which is given to the coach who spreads the most happiness.

Erin Hurley retires after 28 years and 41 Midwest Conference titles

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
February 27, 2023
Grinnell College had an initiative to grow a plot of plants native to Iowa on a patch of land on Mac Field.

Is Grinnell College living up to its land acknowledgement?

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
February 12, 2023
Michell's Dance Company and Stepping Out Dance Studio kicked off Jingle Bell Holiday with a performance.

Jingle Bell Holiday brings seasonal joy to Grinnell

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
December 5, 2022
George Drake `56 leaves behind a loving family and an inspiring legacy.

Remembering President George Drake `56

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 21, 2022
"The Putnam County Spelling Bee" cast rehearses every day from 7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. The student-produced musical opens in December.

Rehearsals with “The Putnam County Spelling Bee” cast

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 14, 2022
From left: Music Director and Pit Lead Jacob Johnson `23, Stage Manager David Gales `23 and Director Lucy Polyak.

Making a Musical: Polyak casts “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
November 10, 2022
Grinnell soars to new heights with Elkes Airport Project

Grinnell soars to new heights with Elkes Airport Project

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
October 31, 2022
Mary Li `25 competes for the women’s golf team. Li was named the SLIAC player of the week for Sept. 21.

Mary Li and Parker Perry’s Player of the Week performances boost women’s golf to national rankings

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
October 3, 2022

Record-breaking number of new faculty hired

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
September 26, 2022
Despite recent rainfall, Iowa drought continues to deplete Grinnell waterways

Despite recent rainfall, Iowa drought continues to deplete Grinnell waterways

Cadence Chen, Staff Writer
September 26, 2022
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