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The Knox Student

How climate change is affecting Knox, Galesburg
How climate change is affecting Knox, Galesburg
Megan Shafar, Staff Writer • February 20, 2025
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.
What is Day of Dialogue?
What is Day of Dialogue?
Michael Ratner, Volunteer Writer • February 11, 2025
Time asunder: A review of Sandra Louise Dyas’  Tangled Up In Time  exhibit
Time asunder: A review of Sandra Louise Dyas’ Tangled Up In Time exhibit
Sasse Red Engel, Staff Writer • March 29, 2025

Walking inside I knew instantaneously that Kendrick’s GNX album was not the mood photographer Sandra Louise Dyas was going for in her Tangled Up In Time show. I switched over to some jazz music I had on hand, and got quickly lost in the simultaneously...

Michael Walsh, Photo courtesy of Knox College
“I want my poems to make a difference for queer people:” A meditation and declaration
Beth Duffey, Volunteer Writer • February 11, 2025
“I’m revealing something about these grotesque subjects that is inherently beautiful” says Michael Walsh. And that is inherently queer. An interview with Michael Walsh discussing his queer ecopoetry and the ecological future of our shared world.
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Lee Buell at the post-term seminar in the pilot year for the program (2023) Photo courtesy of Knox College
On Knox’s prison education program
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. ”
Trump 2024 campaign rally. Photo courtesy of GPMags
A second Trump presidency does not mean the world is ending
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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Hold These Truths
Hold These Truths
Gwen Heidank, Staff Writer • March 31, 2025

A heart-wrenching performance of the struggles of Japanese Americans during World War II and the unjustness...

A large poster created during National Haze Prevention Week reading "These Hands Don't Haze," covered in handprints.Photo courtesy of The Parthenon
Haze-free initiation at Knox: How to spot signs of hazing
Emma Blankenship, Volunteer Writer • October 30, 2024
“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.
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The opinions expressed in The Knox Student are solely the opinions of the writer or editorial staff, and not necessarily those of Knox College, or of its faculty, administration, or student body.
FB vs Monmouth in the annual Turkey Bowl game on Nov. 16, 2024 at Stisser Field.
Athletes make up one third of Knox College campus
Aleene Ramirez, Staff Writer • February 18, 2025
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.
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Corgan Ball photo courtesy of Knox College
Fostering campus connections: Corgan Ball comes back to campus
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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