On the second day of finals during spring 2024, most students were preparing to finish their work and pack up their dorms. However, for WVKC staff this day went very differently. Their general manager Porter received an email that the WVKC recording booth was being replaced by the GDH elevator shaft and that they had less than a week to preserve everything inside of the studio. Due to this construction, WVKC has not been able to broadcast this year. Now the staff plans to use zines to continue being, ‘The Voice of Knox College’.

As expected, the top four majors at Knox in spring 2024—integrative business and management, educational studies, computer science, and creative writing—remained the top four in the fall, while biology switched places with psychology to move to fifth.

“We try to reinforce the idea that they are there because they genuinely want to be there, reminding us that belonging should be free of fear,” Vice President of Membership Experience of Delta Delta Delta Isabel Oliver said. Hazing is an issue on many college campuses. While it may be passed off as a rite of passage for some organizations, hazing can have lifelong effects. Every student should feel safe and valued in their community, something Knox College works hard to achieve.

This fall, Knox College welcomed more than 400 new students to campus, the third largest class in the college’s history. The Knox Student’s editorial board reflects on the new level of student engagement in this editor’s roundtable.

After a screening of the 2024 documentary Fully Free at the Galesburg Community Arts Center on Sept. 24, panelists shared stories about their experiences in the carceral system and their advocacy work in ending state laws that exclude formerly incarcerated people from fully participating in society. Galesburg community members brought the conversation to the local level as they asked questions and shared ideas for a more just, safe, and flourishing Galesburg.