Campus Safety Log: May 22 to September 15, 2008

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
By Sadie Arft

May 22

2:30 am TROUBLE ALARM, Center for Fine Arts. Public Safety Building reported line trouble in fire alarm system.

3:00 am NOISE, 284 W. Tompkins. Campus Safety responded to a report of loud music.

10:00 am FIRE ALARM, 251 S. West. Galesburg Fire Department and Campus Safety responded to a fire alarm activated by steam from ...

Journeys proves a tear-jerker

Dance show evokes a variety of emotions through jazzy, modern, and solo dances.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
By Sadie Arft

Journeys, the incredibly moving mainstage dance concert presented by the Knox Department of Theatre and Dance, ran from May 22 to 24 in Harbach Theater. The show included lots of student-designed costume, lighting, and choreography.

“It was invigorating and spoke to my artistic side,” said freshman Danielle Daly after the concert.

A jazz band led by Knox Director of Jazz ...

Campus Safety Log: May 15th to May 21st, 2008

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
By Sadie Arft

May 14

9:30 a.m. ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, Main Campus Grounds. Window broken in pickup topper by debris possibly thrown from lawnmower or string trimmer.

4:05 p.m. THEFT, GDH. Women’s bike with child seat taken from the area.

May 15

4:00 a.m. FIRE ALARM, Conger House. The Galesburg Fire Department, the Galesburg Police Department, and ...

Campus Safety Log: May 7 to May 14, 2008

Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Sadie Arft

May 7

2:48 p.m. NOISE, Williston Hall. Campus Safety responded to a report of loud music.

10:45 p.m. SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT, 265 S. Academy. Campus Safety responded to a report of a person asking students for money.

May 8

8:45 a.m. FIRE ALARM, Seymour Hall. Campus Safety responded to a fire alarm activated by a ...

Journey to Guatemala more than just a vacation

Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Sadie Arft

Freshmen Rosie Worthen and Vicky Daza traveled to Guatemala between April 26 and May 2 as part of Rights Action, a non-governmental organization dedicated to educating and working with North Americans against “global exploitation, repression, environmental destruction and racism” that works particularly in Guatemala and Honduras. Worthen and Daza received a Richter Grant to help fund their travel as well ...

Columbia University journalism professor gives lecture, presents awards

Gwenda Blair gives advice to Knox student journalists

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Sadie Arft

Gwenda Blair, a journalism professor at Columbia University in New York City, gave a lecture in Ferris Lounge on Thursday, May 8 on writing effective opinion and op-ed columns. Blair is the author of several books and has had works published in Newsweek and the New York Times.

The lecture began with the presentation of the Tarbell and Kimble Prizes ...

Author Criz Mazza presented by Caxton Club

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By Sadie Arft

On Wednesday, May 7, Caxton Club presented acclaimed author Criz Mazza in the Alumni Room of Old Main. Mazza, a native of Southern California who received her Master of Fine Arts at City University of New York-Brooklyn, currently teaches at University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of many works of fiction, a memoir, a collection of personal ...

Ghosts of change: Hamlet arrives in Studio

Knox portrays Hamlet with its own twist.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
By Sadie Arft

Studio Theater’s production of Hamlet this spring will take a different approach to a play known for its epic length and large cast. Directed by Professor of Theater Liz Carlin-Metz, The play will run from May 7 through May 10 in Studio Theatre.

“I knew that I wanted to do something challenging and intimate; and to try to create ...

Invisible children

Knox students are raising money and awareness for the plight of Ugandan youth.

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By Sadie Arft

The crisis that has been taking place in Uganda over the course of the past two decades has received very little attention in America, but one Knox club wishes to change that. Invisible Children, Knox Chapter (IC) hopes to raise awareness of the situation in Uganda through various fundraisers and events both on and off campus.

Beginning in 1987, the ...

Majors mix for honors project

Gutherie’s honors project stems from long-standing interest in history and race.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
By Sadie Arft

The deep recesses of the Seymour Library play home to many Knox students busying themselves with research projects. Senior Christopher Guthrie is one of these students, and is currently working on his honors project “Dialogue and Race: Public Debate over the Institution of U.S. Slavery, 1830-1860.”

“I’ve always been interested in the formation of racial ideologies and how ...