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Knox debates Greek life

 
NEWS
Deana Rutherford, David Nolan
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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The Greek Task Force has concluded its series of meetings with students, faculty, and administrators to evaluate the Greek system at Knox.

In March 2008, the Faculty Executive Committee asked that a task force be formed to evaluate Knox’s Greek system as the result of three new colonies forming at the same time. The group was officially formed and given its mandate on Oct. 1, and consists of seven members of the faculty and ...

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The Chicago reaction

Hyde Park native Barack Obama made his acceptance speech in his home city, and the crowd went wild. Video inside.

 
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Deana Rutherford
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., came to Chicago in 1966, someone hit him in the head with a brick. When Barack Obama came to Chicago on Tuesday, we elected him president of the United States of America.

Obama, a Chicago native, came back to his home city on Election Day to vote and hold a rally in Grant Park, a venue usually reserved for major events like concerts. The park was absolutely packed with ...

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"Ask the Planet": learning from nature at Bioneers

 
MOSAIC
Deana Rutherford
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Last weekend, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Peter Schwartzman and a 59-person group of enthusiastic environmentalists road-tripped down to Carbondale, Ill., to have their minds blown by the 19th annual Bioneers. The trip was sponsored by Deans Romano, Bailey, and Breitborde.

Nina Simon, president and co-founder of Bioneers, describes the event as a “network of networks.” Each year, leading innovators in diverse environmental fields such as biomimicry, indigenous peoples and farm workers’ rights, renewable energy ...

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War veteran voices concern for right to protest

 
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Deana Rutherford
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Vietnam veteran and peace activist Paul Appell spoke with a clear message at The Center last Friday: the United States of America is being threatened, and its biggest enemies are domestic.

“I never thought in my lifetime I’d be labeled an anarchist just because I defended the constitution,” said Appell, telling a group of approximately 25 Knox students and Galesburg residents about his experience protesting at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn ...

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Greek deadline pushed back

The task force to evaluate Greek issues at Knox was officially formed this Monday, forcing local colonies to wait to receive faculty approval.

 
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Deana Rutherford
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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The local colonies ATP, Gentlemen of Quality, and Women of Influence will have to continue in Greek limbo for at least four more months while a task force evaluates the Greek system at Knox the faculty decided at their first meeting of the school year.

There was much debate between faculty, administration, Greeks and non-Greeks throughout last year over the role of Greek life on campus: whether the system is growing too large, whether it ...

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