1) As soon as 2004, which campus building will be demolished? Why?
a. Chrystal Center, because most town residents prefered a “gentleman’s club” to the current building, which can be seen from outer space on clear nights.
b. Burling Library, to make room for the new library.
c. Darby, to clear the site for the new campus center.
d. PEC, to be replaced by a new athletic complex and fieldhouse.
2) ITS implemented which important change:
a. To all lab computer Internet Explorer bars, added links to the best free pornographic websites in an effort to decrease sexual frustration.
b. Extended 24-hour availability of all labs in ARH and the Science building.
c. Added laptop requirement for all incoming freshman planning to use ResNet.
d. Switched paper supplier from Boise to Willamette for environmental reasons.
e. Installed wireless access points in every building on campus.
3) A Grinnell student was asked by administrators to take down all of his loggia signs containing what?
a. Insulting statistics on random topics.
b. Read sex orgies.
c. Discriminatorily heterocentric messages.
d. An ad for a Chicago shuttle not run by Hamilton Travel.
4) A semester-long debate occurred between President Osgood and which student group? Over what issue?
a. The S&B, for using SGA funds to go to Cancun over fall break for an “International PageMaker Conference.”
b. FTP, for supporting the push for Staples to reform company policies.
c. ACE, because it funded the alcohol for a Harris party that resulted in eight students’ being sent to the hospital.
d. SAS, over disagreements on the drafting of a college apparel code.
5) The Student Activity Fund had which problem?
a. It ran out of the $79,000 allotted for the entire year … by early October.
b. It sponsored students who initiated a riot at a peaceful protest.
c. A group used its funds to pay for their meals.
d. The fund did not use half of its allotted $160,000, but spent $30,000 at the end of the semester to buy each SGA senator a laptop computer.
e. Students were going over their approved budgets by hundreds of dollars.
6) Grinnellians lost what South Campus tradition?
a. Bob’s Underground, closed after last year’s deficit.
b. Southern Express, relocated to the first floor of Main.
c. Outdoor grilling: all grills were removed.
d. Marijuana: Iowa clamped down hard on drug-trafficking
e. Cigarettes: Bob’s was made smoke-free and can no longer sell tobacco.
7) The Admissions Office adopted a new policy, adding what requirement for admission to Grinnell College?
a. A family income of at least $300,000.
b. Applicants must sign a statement declaring that they will not apply to any of our peer institutions.
c. Past experience as a team captain or cheerleader.
d. Caucasian, middle-class, suburban status.
e. A minimum math SAT score of 500.
8) Early last semester, two Grinnell police officers entered a freshman room because of what law violation?
a. Marijuana use.
b. Hanging a flag upside down.
c. Phone fraud.
d. Alcohol overdose after the first insane Harris party.
9) A Grinnell police officer spoke at SGA joint-board to:
a. Rationalize the amazingly high GC Security fees for things like finding a dormitory exit propped open.
b. Advocate self-governance and more kegs at Harris.
c. Discuss the situation that occurred at a High Street party when an officer felt harassed by students, handcuffed a student, feared a riot and un-handcuffed the student, returned to his vehicle and called for back-up.
d. Complain about the luminescence of the Chrystal Center.
e. Talk to the potential politicians about a job in the police force.
10) At the beginning of the fall semester, administrators announced that:
a. Next fall six of the 13 OCCO houses will be shut down with the emergence of East Campus.
b. Harris parties would no longer require the assorted neon wristbands for alcohol consumption, thereby allowing underage students and prospies to begin drinking five minutes sooner by eliminating their need to steal wristbands.
c. They would support last years’ student proposal for a brothel.
d. After this years’ incoming class, no one will be admitted that was rejected by any of our peer institutions.
11) What was the proposed retro-change that nearly refaced our code of self-governance ?
a. SGA proposes that we change Article 6 Section 3 to read “self-governance is an essential tool…” (it had previously read, “self-governance is a critical tool…”)
b. SGA VP Devin McGranahan ’04 proposed increased student judicial procedures and enforceable punishments for violations of community rules.
c. Security proposed using the Grinnell PD to handle more internal affairs.
d. A student-initiative proposed completely abolishing the term “self-governance” in favor of the term “no-governance,” which is more accurate.
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