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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 astonished that Grinnell would do that, even though it makes total sense,” said Claire Liddle ’...

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 the focus on grief and loss reminds her of the moment that we are all living through. The play follow...