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guptasha@grinnell.edu oldmadel@grinnell.edu President Anne Harris’ email announcing Grinnell College’s no-loan initiative delivered something that is, in 2020, an even rarer commodity than toilet paper: good news. Starting in fall 2021, the financial aid packages Grinnell offers its students will no longer include loans, meaning that, in theory, students who qualify for need-based aid will be able to graduate debt-free. To students, the announcement came with little warning. “I was really...

guptasha@grinnell.edu Current conditions make it seem impossible to produce a play, but Grinnell students have done it again. The Grinnell College theatre and dance department’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice will be broadcasted Friday, Saturday and Sunday as a recorded show for everyone who is registered to watch. The play is a 2006 adaption to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Assistant Professor of Theatre, Irma Mayorga, is directing and said that she chose this play because t...