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The “Pay Us 15” initiative, founded by junior Barrah Shamoon, continues its effort towards raising student workers’ minimum wage in Spring Term, under the leaderships of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Sunrise Appleton and Student Liberation Front (SLF).
As of now, the initiative has set several agendas including approaching the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) at the end of this academic year and potentially forming a student worker union at Lawrence University in the next academic year, according to junior Terrance Freeman, the co-chair of SDS. The initiative will be consolidating more plans of action at the end of Spring Term, Freeman said.
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Cancelled sports seasons, online classes and isolation:
the academic year that awaited Grinnell students in the fall of 2020. What follows is a look into the individual experiences of six Grinnellians who chose to take a step back from academics for a portion of the 2020-21 academic year.
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Emma Schaefer ’23
In her time off from Grinnell, Emma Schaefer ’23 has spent time working on her music and developing a virtual concert series. Photo contributed by Emma Schaefer.
“I realized I could turn this not-ideal situation into an opportunity,” said Emma Schaefer `23. Schaefer has spent the year in Colorado with her family, where she focused her attention on her music. Without the academic pressure of classes, Schaefer was able to invest time into projects she never would have been involved with otherwise, including a virtual benefit concert series called Tabletop Concerts.
At a candidate forum in the shadow of the pandemic, goals are similar but the paths vary
February 19, 2021
From left to right: Declan Jones 21, Ashton Aveling 22, Destiny Magnett 22, Loyal Terry 22, Andy Kenley 22, Fernando Villatoro 22, Makaela Burch 22, and Lana Katai 21.
By Eva Hill
hilleva@grinnell.edu
It wasn’t the first SGA event to be held over WebEx, not by a long shot, but Thursday night marked the first time a new slate of presidential and vice-presidential candidates has been introduced entirely virtually to the Grinnell student body.
For over an hour, candidates Fernando Villatoro (running for president, unopposed), Andy Kenley and Loyal Terry (for vice president of student affairs), and Ashton Aveling and Makaela Burch (for vice president of academic affairs), all `22, outlined their platforms and answered questions sent in by students. Minus any pandemic-specific items, the objectives described would be familiar to anyone who’s attended an SGA candidat