The Scarlet & Black

The Independent Student News Site of Grinnell College
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
Zoe Zappas

Zoe Zappas, Community Editor

Zoe is a second-year gender, women’s, and sexuality studies and Spanish double major. Originally a Clevelander, she fell down the Ohio-to-California pipeline and is now labeled a fake midwesterner. Zoe is a lover of song association games, dancing in grocery stores, spoken word poetry and rattlesnake grass.

All content by Zoe Zappas
Daughter tries to protect Person after Red shoots him in the leg.

The chaos and collaboration of “Pity”

Zoe Zappas
December 9, 2024
Voter guide: Poweshiek County

Voter guide: Poweshiek County

Zoe Zappas, Community Editor
October 13, 2024
The Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir, led by Barry Jones, performs to close out the dedication ceremony as wildflowers fly in the wind on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

Renfrow Hall dedicated, Edith Renfrow Smith `37 honored over two-day celebration

Eva Kapoor, Nora Kohnhorst, Asha Kulkarni, Natalie Ng, Oliver Wolfe, and Zoe Zappas
September 29, 2024
Toki Leonard answers interview questions at the Satanic Temple of Iowa’s Paradise Lost: Reading Marathon event at the Tama County Courthouse lawn on Tues., Sep. 17, 2024.

All hell breaks loose: Satanic Temple of Iowa Hosts ‘Paradise Lost’ Reading Marathon

Zoe Zappas, Community Editor
September 21, 2024
Opal outside of Dari Barn this past March, awaiting her chicken strips meal.

[Photo] The Cats of Grinnell: Documenting Grinnell’s beloved felines

Eva Kapoor, Staff Writer
September 15, 2024
Harvey Wilhelm `24.

Harvey Wilhelm

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
May 6, 2024
Five faculty and staff members provide funding to projects that need financial support. As Catalyst grows, funding would become more competitive.

Catalyst incubator elevates student initiates

Zoe Zappas, Staff writer
April 29, 2024
The gamelan ensemble incorporates percussion and wind instruments.

Spotlight on Balinese Sound Ensemble

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
April 29, 2024
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

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
April 22, 2024
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

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
April 15, 2024
The Black Church and Bible Study work to rebuild a post-pandemic religious tradition on campus.

Students build sacred spaces as spirituality thrives

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
April 12, 2024
Aisha Saparali, foreign language teaching assistant for Russian, holds scarlet and black ribbons in her hand.

“Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback” chronicles Grinnell across time

Eliza Cline and Zoe Zappas
April 6, 2024
A student purchases a snack from the vending machine in the HSSC.

New vending machines placed in HSSC

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
March 11, 2024
Rose community advisors Fabio Montilla `24 and Ian Feld `25 amid their setup of springtime succulents.

Rose community advisors cultivate succulents for springtime

Zoe Zappas, Staff writer
March 11, 2024
The Grinnellephants, Grinnell College’s ultimate frisbee open team, is aiming to make a repeat appearance at nationals for a third season in a row.

Grinnell College Ultimate Frisbee Open Team eyes repeat nationals appearance

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
March 4, 2024
Masquerade Harris opens the ballroom for accessible music listening

Masquerade Harris opens the ballroom for accessible music listening

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
February 17, 2024
This undated archival photo shows 15 students posing for a photograph outside of the Black Cultural Center (BCC).

History Takeover: Black Pride at the BCC

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
February 12, 2024
Curator Daniel Strong points out Villalongo’s “The Mothership Connection” (2020), a piece named after an album by band Parliament from 1975, to S&B writer Zoe Zappas.

William Villalongo questions Western art conventions in new exhibition

Zoe Zappas, Staff Writer
February 5, 2024
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