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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | April 4, 2003

Buying Time
A new system reducing the courseload of professors teaching MAPs may lead to fewer classes being offered at Grinnell [more]

Student groups adjust as war begins
Anti-war activists seem undeterred by the start of war; some are arrested in demonstrations [more]

Administrators silent on flags
Dozens of homemade white flags bearing a stenciled challenge—“Silence My Voice”— have hung from windows around campus for several weeks now. But, according to Grinnell American Civil Liberties Union (GACLU) leaders, the organizer of the flag demonstration and other students, no students have reported their flags being taken down or being asked by administrators to take a flag down. [more]

New coffee shop opens on Main Street over break
The Grinnell Coffee Company opened its doors on Monday, March 24, doubling the number of independently-owned coffee shops in downtown Grinnell. As well as offering various types of freshly-roasted coffee, the shop offers ice cream, pastries and, starting April 15, sandwiches, soups and salads. [more]

OCCO houses to be sold, transported
Off-campus houses will be sold to community buyers on the condition that they be moved to make way for parking and landscaping [more]

Off-campus study programs will shrink
New internship-based programs in London and Washington, D.C. draw more applicants [more]

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Federal government could view ILL patron records
Students borrowing books from other colleges’ libraries could find records of their requests subject to federal scrutiny, according to Grinnell’s librarians. [more]