Talk:Grinnell College

message: This addition  has become the topic of back-and-forth editing. It says "Despite the shockingly high tuition, its students eat without plates and bowls at mealtimes." The source is to an email the college issued to its students. As I explained on the editor's talk page, "It informs on a decision to substitute plates with disposable plates or the use of the trays (which I agree sucks, and is not an acceptable solution). The letter specifically gives Covid-19 complications as the reason for the decision. It doesn't mention affordability at all, and it certainly makes no comparison to tuition fees. What you are adding is clearly a bit of personally motivated snark." The statement is essentially original research combined with unsourced editorial opinion.   signed, Willondon (talk)  20:04, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research, greivance and dinner plates 

message: Am I missing some-thing?  The text says, "Grinnell's combined tuition, room, board, and fees for the 2021–2022 academic year is $72,998. Tuition and fees are $54,648 and room and board are $14,350."  Let's put it in pronumerals: Let E = Everything (i.e., total costs), T = Tuition,  R = Room, B = Board, F = Fees.  
So, E=T+F+R+B=72,998; T+F=54,648; R+B=14,350.  Thus, E=72,998=54,648+14,350=68,998 ! Why is there a $4,000 difference? Kdammers (talk) 17:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably the total was updated for 2021-2022 while older numbers were used for tuition+fees and room+board. I've updated all to the values for 2022-2023. Plantdrew (talk) 18:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arithmetic 

message: I work for Grinnell College and would like an editor to review and add this if deemed appropriate. Thanks for your help.
* Specific text to be added or removed:
After —
In 2016, Grinnell students founded the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers, or UGSDW, to represent student workers in the college's dining hall.[104] It was the first undergraduate student workers union at a private college in the United States. 
 
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In December of 2021, union leaders approached President Anne F. Harris about expanding their bargaining unit to other student employees at the College. In January of 2022 President Harris and College Leadership agreed to a series of meetings with Union leaders in which together they negotiated a neutrality agreement to govern how an election could proceed. "
On Friday, March 4, 2021 the Board of Trustees ratified a neutrality agreement with UGSDW. The agreement outlines actions on both the side of UGSDW and the College that will “maintain a relationship throughout this process that is respectful to both parties and the College community as a whole.” 
* Reason for the change: Adding additional timelines and context to the actions otherwise included.
* References supporting change: After student union victory, Grinnell College president expresses support for labor leaders UGSDW and College reach agreement that paves the way for union expansion
* Specific Text to be added or removed:
"The college then [remove "threatened" and replace with "planned"] to appeal that decision to national NLRB." 
* Reason for change: Neutral point of view
* Specific change requested: 
We'd like to enter a request for a citation for the following — 
"Proskauer Rose is noted for being involved in other anti-union efforts, such as among technology workers at The New York Times."
Thank you for your consideration. 
Sarah at Grinnell (talk) 22:02, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Also cleaned up and made some additional edits to the GSDWU section. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:17, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions to Grinnell Student Dining Workers 

message: After moving anything that wasn't already in the List of Grinnell College alumni over there (and removing it from this page), the following names were left in the article:
* William A. Noyes
* George Edward White
* Sen Katayama
* George A. Wilson
* Oliver Buckley
* Hallie Flanagan
* Harry Hopkins
* Joseph Welch
* Gary Cooper
* K. C. Wu
* Morgan Taylor
* Joseph Rosenfield
* Clair Cameron Patterson
* Robert Noyce
* Herbie Hancock
* Peter Coyote
* Mary Sue Coleman
* David Maxwell
* Nordahl Brue
* John Garang
* Thomas Cech
* Paul McCulley
* Bernice King
* Eric E. Whitaker
* Christine Thornburn
* Emily Bergl
* Florin Cîțu
* Kumail Nanjiani
I have removed most of them, thinking if there's ~100 names in the main list, then perhaps 10% or so should be in this list.  (Years ago, I think we tried to keep the list to six or eight names.)  I selected alumni this based on page views over the last several years (example comparison, noting that it can only handle 10 names at a time, and it's easier to see the comparison on a log scale), rather than any personal preferences about whom to include.  My thinking was that this would increase the likelihood of readers finding the names they're interested in.  I've taken out a few iconic names (e.g., Harry Hopkins, Joseph Welch), and it feels like it overrepresents actors/entertainers, but it doesn't feel completely unreasonable. If anyone feels strongly about chaning a couple, I don't mind.  As long as the list stays fairly short, then the exact number doesn't seem important to me.   WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:35, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable alumni