Terpsichore dances the night away

Mosh pits, Mozart, Julia Child and Snuggies make unique performance

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Sheena Leano

Imagine Memorial Gym filled with mosh pits, Snuggies, Mozart and Julia Child. What sounds like a strange combination made for a memorable Terp winter show. Terp performed dances that ranged from emotionally captivating to quirky and light-hearted while conveying a sense of artistry you can expect from a Terp show.

Opening the show was a special guest performance by Gaelic Fire, a Celtic dance group in its infancy. Wearing purple t-shirts with a gold Celtic knot design, Gaelic Fire danced ...

Dance conveys powerful messages

New movement styles debuted at Terpsichore winter show

Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Sheena Leano

As a preview to the Terpsichore show for winter term, four choreographers spoke about their dances in the show intended to delight, inspire and move audiences.

The dances featured range from light to heavy-hearted and represent a wide spectrum of familiar human emotions and stories conveyed through unfamiliar movements.

Junior Katie Walker choreographed a dance about “overcoming oppression” and rejecting ...

Catch fall issue: a review

Thursday, January 28, 2010
By Sheena Leano

The latest issue of Catch has finally arrived — in the form of a wrinkled manila envelope with Knox stamps in the corner and marked with the release date, January 22. The cover is convincing as a manila envelope, as it draws some to touch the wrinkled-looking texture only to find it is smooth.

There was a major change to Catch ...

Knox students showcase their talents

Musical, literature, dramatic acts delight audience

Friday, October 30, 2009
By Sheena Leano

Friday’s Purple Reign Homecoming Talent Show kicked off Homecoming Weekend by featuring 11 acts in Kresge Recital Hall. Students auditioned and of the 11 acts chosen to perform, prizes were given out to the top three. The judges were seniors Jordon Stoune, Sarah Kurian and Clayton Besong, with Joyce Omondi hosting the show.

The first act of the night ...

Shlaes creates a different sort of Depression narrative

Amity Shlaes shares her views on the Great Depression

Thursday, October 22, 2009
By Sheena Leano

Bloomberg financial columnist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Amity Shlaes questioned the common conceptions of the Great Depression in her lecture, “The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression.”

During his introduction, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs Larry Breitborde recalled personal stories told by his parents and grandfather which referenced Franklin Delano ...

One man show replicates famous images

Diven’s traveling show recreates art while speaking to audience

Thursday, October 22, 2009
By Sheena Leano

Artist Bob Diven performed an original one-man show depicting the struggle of an artist called “John Singer Sargent: Painting Madame X.” Diven, who wrote the show himself, studied Sargent in the perspective of an artist himself and noticed parallels between Sargent’s life and his own.

He created many of the props used on stage, such as the furniture, and ...

Speaking on presidential power

Historian explains how we should look at presidency and politics

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Sheena Leano

Historian Andrew Bacevich gave the 2009 Caterpillar Distinguished Lecture in Global Affairs titled “Presidency and the Limits of Power” during the first day of Family and Friends Weekend. The lecture was sponsored by the Knox College Center for Global Studies through support from the Caterpillar Foundation.

Bacevich said to understand the central truths of contemporary American politics, people had to ...

Colleges suffer from budget cuts

Universities across the nation not immune to economic downturn

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Sheena Leano

As institutions of higher education face budget cuts, students and staff across the country initiated demonstrations, petitions, walkouts and even law suits in protest against raised tuition fees, lay-offs, and cuts to financial aid. Here is a breakdown of what is happening in some of the country’s largest public universities.

Arizona

Arizona State University (ASU) could close at least ...

Guest lecturers discuss recession

“The Great Recession: Two Perspectives”

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
By Sheena Leano

You’ve heard the words “housing bubble,” “rate of unemployment,” and “economic recession” in the news, but what does it all mean? William Longbrake and John T. Lawler '88 gave a presentation and lecture custom made for Knox College called “The Great Recession: Two Perspectives.”

Longbrake, retired vice-chair of Washington Mutual and former CFO for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ...

Life in two dimensions

A history of 'territory' in Israeli culture

Thursday, October 1, 2009
By Sheena Leano

Visiting Professor Amos Morris-Reich gave a lecture called, “Life in Two Dimensions: A History of ‘Territory’ in Israeli Culture,” to explore the relationship between two similar words for “territory” with very different meanings. Despite the word for “territory” (pronounced “shetach”) and its plural, “territories,” (pronounced “shtachim”) coming from the same three letter root, they are not thought to be the ...