With Americans still reeling from the results of last week’s election, the TKS staff thought it worth pausing to consider not what could happen, but what is happening in small-town America.

When the announcement was made that Barack Obama would be taking his place as our next President, Knox students partied in the streets and went to classes (or didn’t) the next day with bleary eyes and tired smiles. Obama said that electing ...

On Wednesday morning, before Matt Baker and I drove back to Galesburg after our time in Chicago at the Obama rally, we went out to breakfast at a diner on Lincoln and Southport where I enjoy the status of 'regular.' The place is called Sam and George’s: the current owner, John, is Sam’s nephew and George’s son. His voice is loud and booming, he speaks Greek to the waitresses, and he yells ...

Hello to alumni

Welcome back, alumni! There’s nothing like the fall colors to make a Knox student, past or present, nostalgic about their days in Galesburg. We’re happy you guys are getting a chance to see this place at its prettiest, and we hope you have a fun time back at school.

TKS alumni, by the way, are invited to the Pub Office at 4 p.m. on Saturday to catch up on ...

As far as any of us in the Pub Office can remember, this might be the longest issue of TKS ever—at least as long as TKS has been a weekly paper. We have the special election guide done by Marilyn Webb’s 270 class to thank for that: they did a great job, and we should all be glad to get to know a little more about who will be on the ballot on ...

Embers often provides a space for TKS editors to gripe about things going on at Knox that we don’t like. This week, we thought it would be a nice change of pace to pat the school on the back for bringing a stimulating couple of speakers to the campus this past week.

Dr. Louis Harrison, Jr.’s presentation on athletic image and the role of African-Americans in sports was a timely dose of truth ...