Mayoral candidate Karen Lafferty hopes Knox students will apply knowledge locally

Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Poli Blintsovskaya

Can Galesburg benefit from Knox College? Karen Lafferty certainly thinks so. Lafferty, who calls Knox a “valuable asset,” would like to see Knox graduates stay in Galesburg and establish businesses locally. She also would like to see Knox students put the academic knowledge they obtain in the classroom to practical, hands-on use in Galesburg. “For example, if someone in Galesburg wants to start a business, a student can help develop a business plan.” She would also like to see students ...

Trans-Special, J-Pop, and Cabaret

Drag Show hosts a variety of performances to commemorate end of Ally Rally week

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
By Poli Blintsovskaya

Enthusiasm was high for the drag show last Thursday night. Even before it began, the Gizmo was packed with students chatting excitedly with each other. Some had painted moustaches and goatees on their faces. Adorning the stage was the rainbow-striped flag, a known symbol of the LGBT community, and a large poster which had “WE ARE ALLIES” drawn on it ...

Choosing and using sex toys

Sex toy shop owner speaks about safe ways to spice it up.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

On Friday November 7, SASS hosted a sex toy party in the Compass Room at the Townhouse Residences. The event began at 8 p.m., with the attendees snacking on stuffed breadsticks from Alfano’s Pizzeria.

The event was not so much a party, but more of an informational workshop on various sex toys. The speaker, Searah Deysach, is one ...

Campus Life hosts election day party

Thursday, November 6, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Election Day, a party took place to keep track of the final campaign hours and await the countdown to who will be announced as the next president-elect of the United States. Knox’s Campus Life Office hosted the party in Post Lobby, where the large, flat-screen television broadcast CNN’s coverage of the end of the ...

Hunting ghosts at Knox

Thursday, October 30, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

On Monday Oct. 27, Knox College hosted a real ghost hunter, Carmen Reed, as part of its Haunted Homecoming. The ghost hunt, sponsored by Knox’s Union Board, is but one of many events that will be happening throughout the week as part of a celebration to welcome hundreds of Knox alumni visiting the campus.

This event began at 8 ...

Bonding through reading

Knox students inspire love of reading in children through Reading Buddies program

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

The Reading Buddies program is only one year old, but it is already gathering momentum. Jennifer Bredemeier, a Knox alum with a degree in Education, came up with the idea for the program.

Bredemeier, who currently teaches at the Nielson Elementary School in Galesburg, was concerned by the fact that many students attending Nielson were not reading as much as ...

Monday Morning Haiku

Monday, October 6, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

Wake up, feel dead

Ingest two cups of coffee

Still feeling dead

Peace Corps recruiter visits Knox

Knox reaffirms its strong connection to the Peace Corps with guest speaker Carrie Teiken.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

Last Wednesday, Sep. 17, students gathered in Ferris Lounge to listen to a presentation by Carrie Teiken, a recruiter from the Peace Corps’ Chicago Regional Office. Teiken, herself a former Peace Corps volunteer who taught environmental education in Ghana from 2003-2005, tabled in Seymour Hall from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m., providing students with handouts and talking to ...

The Nothing

Thursday, September 25, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

The Blackness

No longer harsh

But soothing now

A blanket of nothingness

Let it cover me, fill me

See nothing, hear nothing

A warm nothing

Like a womb

Extinguish all colors

Slipping into quietus

Within the womb

Float in the black abyss

Millennia within a second

A moment within infinity

The blackness

Pressing against my eyes

Sliding down my throat ...

Little Girl's Haven

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
By Poli Blintsovskaya

I remember...

A decade ago...

A little kid, seven years old

Sitting on the beach

A little sand dune

My own private haven

To which I escape

And hide for hours

From that man

Who calls himself my father

Watching the azure waves

Crash against the sand

Sea foam, like whipped cream

Tickles my toes

I rub the bruise on ...