Category Archives: Features
Findings on why students are not choosing to study abroad reveal bigger questions
By Allison Tinsey, Staff Writer Faculty, staff and a small contingent of students met in Dewing 103 on Tuesday, April 16 to discuss the findings of surveys conducted by the Office for … Continue reading
The pedagogy and praxis of the Writing Center
By Reynaldo Hernandez, Contributor For those interested in becoming a Writing Center consultant for the next academic year, a heads up: a new and improved training process is being implemented in … Continue reading
A Study Abroad Restaurant Review: Budapest’s Ruin Pubs
By Allison Tinsey, Staff Writer France has cafés, England has pubs, Turkey has hookah lounges, Germany has beer halls and Amsterdam has coffee shops. Budapest has ruin pubs. As a … Continue reading
Every Little Bit Counts: Students make connections, gain experience with the phonathon
By Emily Kotz, Staff Writer Of the many papers given out to the student body in our mailboxes, Phonathon flyers advertising students worker positions always seem to be in the mix. … Continue reading
Chris Herren’s Search for Self
By Emma Gougeon and Sarah Wallace, Contributors Chris Herren, former NBA basketball player, talked about his personal experience with drug addiction on April 2nd in Dalton Theatre. This event, sponsored by … Continue reading
Rare Book Room Shows Off College’s ‘Gems’
By Elaine Ezekiel, News Editor In celebration of the College’s 180th birthday, the A. M. Todd Rare Book Room is displaying what Rare Books Librarian Paul Smithson calls “the gems … Continue reading
Peer Health Advocates to offer Plan B
By Jennifer Wendel, Op-ed Editor This quarter students acting as K College Peer Health Advocates will begin offering Plan B outside of the Health Center. These students will have their contact … Continue reading
Group seeks to reduce isolation, shame about body image
By Maggie Kane, Editor in Chief A campus support group for women struggling with body image and food starts up again this quarter after a hiatus earlier in the year. Women, … Continue reading
Women in the Weight Room: Past, Present, Future
By Elaine Ezekiel, News Editor The feminist blog Jezebel.com referenced the Kalamazoo College Women in the Weight Room program in an article last month about recovering anorexic women in college. … Continue reading
Art in Public, an interview with Dr. Zuidervaart
By Jennifer Wendel, Opinions Editor Last week critical theorist and philosopher Dr. Lambert Zuidervaart visited K’s campus to meet with students and give two lectures. Dr. Zuidervaart was the third speaker … Continue reading
