Sawubona House accepts first residents

By Ashley Baek baekashl@grinnell.edu

Grinnell College has created a new project house for Black and Pan-African diasporic students called Sawubona House. Sawubona House- naming the house this, the Sawubona House fosters connections amongst students and places an emphasis on Black and Pan-African identities.

“The initiatives of the Sawubona House are growing in parallel with

When Ramirez assumed the position of ACE chair at the beginning of fall 2022, she received no training or guidance from DSA regarding how to plan or book events. Smith-Benanti had just taken over the position as SGA supervisor. Furthermore, in the fall of 2022, SGA began the process of rewriting their constitution, which has not been completed. Due to these complications, SGA is still unable to hire a senate, which in previous years had more involvement in student planning.

Throughout the fall 2022 semester, Ramirez repeatedly attempted to book Harris events, but faced obstacles from administration. Oftentimes, she would attempt to book a Harris event, to then be informed by DSA that the date was unavailable or already booked. Terry said that several Harris events were