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Campus Safety moves to Mears Cottage, sparking backlash from students

Over spring break, Campus Safety relocated from its previous location at the house at the corner of East Street and 10th Ave to the formerly vacant Mears Cottage. The College’s Human Resources department also moved to Mears during the same period. Many students have criticized the move, which was prompted by structural problems in Campus Safety’s past house, with concerns that the new location will lead to increased surveillance and profiling.

A cut above the rest: The S&B reviews Sharp Barbering

It’s not uncommon to find sinks full of hair in Grinnell College dorm bathrooms. Whether it’s due to the limited number of services in town, general thriftiness or a desire for eccentricity, Grinnell students often brave the clippers to give themselves or their friends a haircut. Ryan Dayton began cutting hair much the same way. Now, he’s one of the first barber’s apprentices in the state of Iowa, learning the craft at Grinnell’s newest barbershop, Sharp Barbering.

New fashion magazine GOGUE tells the stories behind Grinnell’s looks

“We’re each kind of telling a story. We’re in our own minds thinking, you know, what story? What narrative do we want the world to receive?” This is the philosophy that Emma Hastie `23 brings to fashion. It shines through in conversation as well as in her own style, today with the bold layering of an embroidered denim dress over a ripped sheer top. Hastie wears this outfit as she explains the origins of GOGUE, the new Grinnell-centric fashion magazine she created and is leading into its first semester.
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S&B Senior Issue Profile: Molly Nelson

In some ways, you might think that the four years Molly Nelson `21 spent as a student at Grinnell were predestined – her very existence stems from her parents meeting in Smith Annex during their time at the school as undergrads. But after speaking with Molly about her college experience, it seems that her story is more about the chance experiences that led her to a path of her own, even if it followed a familiar direction.
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After a summer of cabinet changes, SGA looks ahead to anti-racist work in the Fall

The Student Government Association (SGA) Cabinet has spent the summer reimagining student government’s function at Grinnell College, taking temporary steps to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing permanent anti-racist policies and goals. After classes ended in the spring, SGA leaders were anticipating more work this summer in communicating with College admin, faculty and staff to plan the school year amid a pandemic. What they didn’t expect was a change within their own staff.
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“I’d rather graduate late than compromise my time on campus”

Amidst the frantic planning, packing and unexpected farewells that came as Grinnell College declared campus was closing due to the threat of COVID-19, Lisette Kelly ’22 didn’t have time to consider what online classes would be like back home in Michigan. Even her excitement at the news that she had been awarded a prestigious Mellon Mays fellowship, which came just hours after the College announced that the spring semester was effectively ending, was tempered by the process of rapid departure.
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Admitted amidst a pandemic: Grinnell College class of 2024

“While senior year definitely has had a very bittersweet ending, the amazing support staff and students have shown to each other is amazing. At my school, there have been weekly meal bags given to families with food essentials. Last week, the senior class arranged a drive where seniors drove to the local hospitals, police station and fire department to say thank you and give essential workers gift cards with money given by the senior class. Through all of the chaos, these communal gestures have reminded me of the good in the world.”
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Parishioners to worship remotely as Grinnell’s churches prepare for Easter

The Christian season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and culminates in Easter Sunday, is observed by Christians through personal sacrifice of items or habits known as “luxuries.” For Christians in Grinnell, the act of physically attending church this Holy Week has become one such luxury; the observance of social distancing to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced services online.
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