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At the Trustee open forum last night,the four ten-minute presentations by stu-dent groups, followed by questions, broughttogether two, usually distant, groups. The event, which is often scheduledduring the Trustees’ tri-yearly visits to cam-pus, took place in the Forum South Loungeand was hosted by SGA President NeoMorake ‘09. Afterwards, presenters andstudents-at-large stayed for more in-depthconversations with Trustees. The four groups that gave presenta-tions were the San Ramón Alliance, A JustGrinnell, the No Limits Project (NLP) andStudents for Responsible Investing. The groups’ messages overlapped with afocus on two specific core values promotedby Grinnell College—social responsibility and a diverse community. Last night’s pre-sentations highlighted both successes andsetbacks in fulfilling these core values in a variety of contexts, including campus life,service trips and investment ethics. While no definite decisions can be madeat this open forum, these student-Trusteediscussions give Trustees a sampling of stu-dents’ perspectives on current College poli-cies and potential changes.
The San Ramón Alliance:
Consisting of Marissa Gilman ’09,Grace Philipp ’12, Aniko Drlik-Muehleck ’11, Mary Jane Giesey ’12, Emma Peterson’10, and Katherine Gregersen ’09, The SanRamón Alliance presented on their self-or-ganized alternative break trip to Nicaragua. The group, basing their presentation on thestudy abroad programs and internships of group members and alumni, spoke of ex-periences in the community of San Ramónand the nearby region.Alliance members worked with El Cen-tro Promocional Cristiano por la Paz y laVida (CPCPV), an organization which wasfounded in the 1980s to support victims of violence in the Contra wars.Recently, another student group, SocialEntrepreneurs of Grinnell (SEG), whichspecializes in microloans to developingcommunities, formed a partnership withCPCPV.Philipp, the primary correspondent be-tween the two groups, spoke of the suc-cesses of CPCPV. “CPCPV is an extremely professional organization,” Philipp said.“They’ve been working with various formsof microfinancing and microloans for thepast seven years.”In addition to, building the community through partnerships with SEG and theCPCPV, members of the San Ramón alli-ance spoke to how their experiences in Ni-caragua allowed them to put their Grinnelleducation into practice.“I had taken environmental econom-ics with Mark Montgomery and I felt thatevery single day I was thinking about thatclass when I was down there,” Gilman said.“Having that experience really broughtto life my education at Grinnell, and soI wanted other people to have that same‘aha’ moment through experiencing thingsthat we going
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The Scarlet and Black
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According to a Grinnell Police Depart-ment media release, on April 21, officers fromthe Grinnell Police Department arrested aGrinnell College student for Theft in the FirstDegree. Two search warrants were issued, andofficers found stolen electronics in the stu-dent’s dormitory room. The arrest is the result of an investigationrelating to the disappearance of 13 College-owned computers and other electronics equip-ment worth approximately $20,000.On April 20, Grinnell College Safety and
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Computer thief arrested after eBay probe
Student suspected of stealing over $20,000 dollars worth of equipment from College
Security reported an item’s appearance on theonline auction website eBay to the GrinnellCollege Police Department. Grinnell CollegeSecurity Officer Patrick Ritter had been scan-ning the website for the stolen equipment.Grinnell College Police Department Chief Jody Matherly then inquired information fromthe eBay website.“At that point, we contacted eBay security and worked with them to find out who hadposted the item and got that information,” saidChief Matherly in a phone interview with theS&B. “And, it led us back to the College cam-pus, and so we executed search warrants and we were able to recover several stolen items.”After Grinnell Police Department OfficersStuart Fricke and Joe Meyer retrieved the sto-len items from the student’s room, it was foundthat some of the equipment had already beensold on eBay. The arrested student is currently housedin Poweshiek County Jail, in Montezuma.Accused of Class C Felony Theft in the FirstDegree, the student may face up to ten yearsin prison and a fine from at least $1,000 to amaximum of $10,000.
On Tuesday, April 21, Holocaust survivor and Grinnell College alumna Celina Biniaz spoke to a group of students, faculty, staff and community mem-bers in JRC 101 about her experiences and memories of the Holocaust. This event was sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and Grinnell College Jewish student organization Chalutzim as a part of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Biniaz shared her story of growing up in Poland, being placed in a concentration camp, and consequent placement in Oskar Schindler’s factory, whose humanitarian efforts were documented in Steven Spielberg’s“Schindler’s List.” After the war, Biniaz moved to Des Moines, and eventually she attended and graduated from Grinnell College in 1952. Aside fromwith Spielberg, this is the first time she has publicly spoken about her experiences in the Holocaust.
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