Grinnell ranking drops by 8 places

[Anonymous]

How will Grinnell survive this ignominy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the Buffett benefit was really his helping to manage the endowment for the 40+ years he was a trustee. Over that period it grew something like 10,000%.

Because farmers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How will Grinnell survive this ignominy?

It won’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the Buffett benefit was really his helping to manage the endowment for the 40+ years he was a trustee. Over that period it grew something like 10,000%.

My favorite anecdote is that the whole reason Buffet even met the guy who did the college’s investing is bc they’d both come to campus to see Martin Luther King Jr, who was giving a speech there, and whom they both admired. They got to talking, and soon after Buffet joined the board.

[Anonymous]

The horror ! Whatever will we do?

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell SUCKS. It’s a tiny depressing place surrounded by maga and meth. The endowment is strong because farmers are generous, but that is truly all it has: a big endowment. Everyday life at Grinnell is miserable in 2024. I’m there and can’t wait to leave. Don’t let alums fool you. This ship is sinking. Stay out of Iowa.

I guess Warren Buffett us now a “generous farmer”

Yeah, “the endowment is strong bc farmers are generous” = “this is not a comment to be taken seriously.”

Right, there’s nothing a hard-working Midwestern farmer likes to do after a sweaty day in the field more than write a check to a private college so a snotty kid from New Jersey can get a degree in gender studies & be indoctrinated into Communism.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How will Grinnell survive this ignominy?

It won’t.

It will. I was being sarcastic.