Kyung-mi “Katie” Paek `24 was surprised to hear she had been chosen for the 2024 Scarlet & Black Senior Issue. “I don’t do anything … I just study,” she said. “And I’m always inside.” Paek’s self-description, however, belies the list of writing, research and art she has contributed to the College community over her years.
We, the Grinnell College Student Publications and Radio Committee (SPARC), are publishing this editorial as a statement of solidarity to oppose the elimination of our print editions. We believe that the presence of our print publications on campus is not only valuable to the greater Grinnell community, but essential to our very ability to perform.
I write with my concern about the potential that student print media at Grinnell College might vanish. As an alum, donor and volunteer for the College, it saddens me that the College might consider this action given the overall attack on journalism around the world. I know that these publications will continue online, but the.
This is a developing story. All information is accurate as of 1:30 a.m. Friday, April 19. Student publication members are concerned Grinnell College will no longer fund print editions of their publications next academic year. Media heads at The Scarlet & Black (The S&B), GOGUE, The Grinnell Review, Grinnell College Press, The Sequence and Grinnell.