At 4:05 yesterday afternoon, many students and professors did not go their separate ways as they normally might after classes end. Instead, both students and faculty headed for JRC 101 to a SGA-sponsored discussion on the culture and values of Grinnell.

Monday night, Dean of Students Travis Greene sent out an e-mail addressed to Student Staff members to respond to rumors that have been circulating throughout campus about changes to the Student Advisor (SA) position.

Anyone who enjoys eating cereal from the sturdy new dining hall bowls may owe their thanks to every student who stole one of the old ones. One of the reasons Dining Services has to periodically refurbish dining hall supplies is, according to Dick Williams, head of Dining Services, because items such as plates, cups, and silverware "mysteriously go missing."

Grinnell College has limits. You can only take one piece of fruit at a time from the dining hall, you cannot earn more than 18 credits in a semester, and you cannot burn down any college-owned buildings.

6:08 a.m. Alarm goes off. Remembering that it's going to be 20 degrees outside, I greet the morn with a hearty, "Oh haell no."...