- A rundown of developments in Knox’s new digital design and online refashioning.
October 16, 2025
Lily Solorio, Staff Writer - Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” isn’t about the atomic bomb. It’s about the perils of unchecked innovation.
October 12, 2025
Qasim Hasnain Kazmi, Staff Writer - A look at a LGBTQIA+ book with very short chapters, awkward teen romance, and lots of traumatizing events.
October 12, 2025
Anna Lance, Volunteer Writer - Knox College welcomed a photographic and videographic exhibit of Green Oaks by contemporary artist Michael Takeo Magruder, sparking controversy among students over the implementation of AI.
October 11, 2025
Lily Solorio, Staff Writer - A progressive leader addresses Knox College
May 29, 2025
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Pareesae Imtiaz • May 29, 2025
Over 400 Galesburg residents joined a chilling nationwide protest Saturday, Apr.5, standing up to the Trump regime’s immigration raids, budget cuts, and attacks on civil rights.

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Addison Steinbach, Staff Writer • May 21, 2025
I’m (Addison) back again with some analysis and thoughts from my favorite albums of the year thus far, and a couple of the albums I barely was able to drag myself through. It’s been an interesting year for music, so let’s talk about it! Hopefully, I can impart some musical ball knowledge onto you before I evaporate (graduate) from this world (Knox) altogether!

Julia Maron, EIC-In-Training • May 19, 2025
It is undeniable: Hollywood has a thing for giving awards to women playing sex workers. Using Hollywood's latest favorite, Anora (2025), as an example, it's easy to see how these awards might not be just about performances.
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Megan Shafar, Staff Writer • February 13, 2025
“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. ”

Jenna Schweikert, Editor-In-Chief • January 13, 2025
For many, the outcome of the 2024 presidential election was not the one they hoped for. It’s easy to feel like the world is over, that our basic rights will be taken away. I want to tell you it’s going to be okay.
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Jenna Schweikert, Editor-In-Chief • May 29, 2025
One thing you should know about me is that I’m a crier. Graduations, weddings, funerals, sad movies,...

Joel Sanchez, Volunteer Writer • May 24, 2025
My name is Joel Sanchez. I captained the Knox College Men’s Soccer Program for four years. Now, as my time ends with the program, I’m sharing four players I believe could be difference-makers for the Knox College Men’s Soccer Program in the upcoming 2025 season.
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Joel Sanchez, Volunteer Writer • May 25, 2025
After a successful three-year stint with the University of Wisconsin-Superior Women’s Basketball Program, Emily Carpenter has now been announced as the new head coach of the Knox College Women’s Basketball Program in hopes of helping the Prairie Fire return to the Midwest Conference Tournament after a disappointing end to last season.
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Camy Mertes, Staff Writer • February 11, 2025
At the beginning of fall term, 2024 graduate Corgan Ball was hired as Assistant Director of Campus Life and FSL Advisor. Through their position, they strive to give back to the community they were once involved in as a student.
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