Thoughts from the Embers: Effective communication

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By TKS Staff

Over the past few weeks, several students have taken issue with the recent sexual assaults on campus, producing an array of responses. From posters glued to the walls to informative zines about sexual assault to an open forum arranged by two individual students, the campus has been buzzing with discussion about the issues.

The initial response to the two sexual assaults that occurred in the same January week was anonymous posters glued to the wall in Seymour, several of which ...

Thoughts from the Embers: Can't fool us

Thursday, February 25, 2010
By TKS Staff

Every year since the large freshman class of 2006 (current seniors’ freshman year), we have listened to the administration tell us there is going to be a low, stable number of students on campus. Every year when enrollment happens, the college uses an equation for how many students to accept, according to the number of applicants who will potentially decline ...

Thoughts from the Embers: Sexual assault

Thursday, February 18, 2010
By TKS Staff

“Sexual harassment : uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate (as an employee or student)

Sexual assault: illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent (as because of age or physical or ...

Thoughts from the Embers: No participation points

Thursday, February 11, 2010
By TKS Staff

Let’s recap the front page stories from this term so far: the state bans texting while driving, an armed robbery on campus prompts President Roger Taylor to supersede discussion with students and order security cameras for select locations, the Beta Theta Pi fraternity had a party that resulted in one girl hospitalized and two men arrested in alcohol-related offenses ...

Thoughts from the Embers: Posting secrets

Thursday, February 4, 2010
By TKS Staff

The original idea behind creating PostSecret was to leave an open forum for people to genuinely express themselves and then anonymously support each other through tough times. While this might work well for a global forum, the specifically Knox PostSecret has created controversy over unkind and slanderous postings that the secret teller does not have to take credit for.

Thus ...

Thoughts from the Embers: stress mess

Thursday, January 28, 2010
By TKS Staff

According to the Associated Press, stress among college students is at an all-time high. This is not surprising, as students have not only their grades to worry about, but a faltering economy to graduate into.

At Knox, the high expectations placed upon academic excellence, emphasis placed upon extra curricular activities and the rigorous trimester schedule leaves little room for unexpected ...

Thoughts from the Embers: Beyond *7979

Thursday, January 21, 2010
By TKS Staff

Late last Thursday night, a female student was confronted by three men and robbed at gun point while she was walking in an area of campus described by Campus Safety Director John Schlaf as well-lit. She was struck several times and had her pockets searched before her attackers fled the scene. Luckily, she was able to escape with another student ...

The TKS editorial board through the years

A look into the lives of the editors in the past decade

Thursday, January 14, 2010
By TKS Staff

The staff of The Knox Student was asked to recall memories of their past since the dawn of the new millennium.

Laura — 2000 — Age 13

Favorite music: N’Sync and Eifle 65 “Blue.” My friends and I had a dance to Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.”

Favorite store in the mall: Claire’s for earrings.

Biggest change since then: Cell phones ...

Thoughts from the Embers: Returning from abroad

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
By TKS Staff

Traveling abroad is usually a wonderful experience. Traveling back to Galesburg for winter term usually is not.

For one, there’s the climate change. Returning from environments that have a moderate temperature to a midwestern snowstorm is never ideal. Then there’s the culture shock. When traveling abroad, everything is new and exciting and seems prime for adventure. Galesburg, while ...

Baseball wing-a-thon

Funds to help pay for trip to Florida

Thursday, November 12, 2009
By TKS Staff

The Prairie Fire baseball team held a wing-eating competition at Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday night to raise funds for the team's upcoming trip to Florida. Junior Jordan Ball won the Blazin' wing challenge by eating 37 of Buffalo Wild Wings' diabolical "Blazin'" wings in 10 minutes. Senior Dan Feldman won the hour-long wing challenge with 70 wings. Freshman ...