By Shabana Gupta
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Grinnell College’s commencement ceremony will occur in person and outdoors on the Rosenbloom Football Field this year on May 28. Fourth years will be able to bring two guests with them, and all attendees will be required to be socially distanced. The ceremony will be
livestreamed for fourth years not attending the ceremony in person and the general Grinnell community.
Students expressed excitement for the ceremony as well as apprehension for being around so many people at once for the first time in over a year.
Linnet Adams `21 said that she expects commencement to feel spaced out with less of an excited atmosphere compared to previous years. “Even though there’s a lot of seniors on campus I still think it’s going to be not as populated as we want it to be,” she said. Adams said she was apprehensive about each student having two guests when the decision was first announced, but now she plans to embrace it by inviting both of her
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Of the nine professors in the Psychology Department, nearly half are leaving or retiring at the conclusion of this academic year. Psychology students and Student Educational Policy Committee (SEPC) members hope the hiring of three new professors will be an opportunity to create a more diverse, less white department and curriculum.
Professors Janet Gibson, Laura Sinnet, Emma Kelty-Stephen and Damian Kelty-Stephen are finishing up their last terms at Grinnell. Three new professors, who will be publicly announced after the school year ends, will teach starting in the fall.
Aru Fatehpuria `21 of the Psychology SEPC said that she expects a cultural shift. “A lot of the professors who are here have been here for such a long time. … The professors that come here are going to be very different.”
April 27, 2021
The Chamber is located inside of the Louis Sullivan Jewel Box Bank, one of Grinnell s (and the midwest s) most famous landmarks. Photo by Kaya Matsuura.
By Shabana Gupta
guptasha@grinnell.edu
Businesses in Grinnell have faced a lot in the last year, from the pandemic and the subsequent lack of Grinnell College student customers to a derecho. Despite these obstacles, the town managed to retain almost all of its businesses, weathering the literal and metaphorical storms with a variety of programs run through the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce.
Grinnell has lost a total of four businesses since the start of the pandemic, Peppertree restaurant, the Grinnell Goodwill,
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With warmer weather, students adapt campus events to COVID-19 guidelines
April 21, 2021
Shanna Kang 21, Jacey Birkenmeyer 22 and Eli Calalang-Lacroix 22 (left to right) perform at The Grinnellian in Spring 2019, the last time the event was held. Photo contributed by Saketan Anand.
By Malcolm Galpern Levin
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As the weather warms up and the sun shines over Mac Field, Grinnell College students in a typical spring semester enjoy a wide range of exciting events and campus traditions every weekend. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions that discourage large group gatherings, students are getting creative to figure out which events can and cannot be salvaged.