Climate change is often talked about in terms of the future. But rising maximum temperatures, falling minimum temperatures, increasing periods of drought, and shorter winters are already being observed here in Galesburg. This has significant effects, which are not being felt equally; minority populations are facing the worst impacts.

Three years ago, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Knox College $1.2 million which funded the “Abolition for All Time” Humanities Lab. With the grant funding for Knox’s Abolition Lab coming to an end, the future of the space remains uncertain as faculty and administrators work to find another funding source.

Athletes make up one third of Knox College's student body. Faculty of admissions explains how the athlete to non-athletes ratio affects campus culture, and a breakdown shows who the 34% of campus is made of and how this number is maintained.

Jan. 22nd, Monday night, President of Student Senate Sikander Mateen walked into the Student Senate's office to find furniture thrown across the floor. Along with the mess, someone had torn up a carton and pinned it to the office's chalkboard. According to Mateen, it read: “You are all slobs and the president sucks". Mateen gave his opinion on the anonymous protest.

“I am part of the second cohort of the Knox-Henry Hill inside-out class. Every Friday in spring term, we gathered in a circle in the prison’s Classroom 3: a group of Knox students, who we call outside students, and men who are incarcerated at Hill, who we call inside students. At the end of his poem, an inside classmate wrote about how he hopes he can have his efforts recognized through academic credit. He has taken Knox classes for several terms, including inside-out classes and creative writing. ”