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 ...

I am so proud of those who participated in the huge celebration after Obama’s victory last Tuesday aptly titled “Obamaramanomenon!” In those moments, I was glad I had chosen to attend a small college: I walked, screamed, and danced not with a crowd of strangers, but with classmates, friends, and loved ones.

Let me say that while the event was spontaneous, its genesis was more complex than hundreds of people simultaneously deciding to march ...

Hypothesis

I hypothesize that it will take anywhere from a couple minutes to a while for the frozen hydraulic crystalline specimens, i.e. “ice cubes,” to regress into the aqueous state. At least, I hope so. The bus leaves at eight.

Research

As there is relatively little literature on my topic available, my experimental studies relied heavily on field experience. From my findings, I can determine that the amount of time it takes for my ...

Knox students like to make claims. Many times they like to speak for the collective body, and even act on behalf of the collective body without precedent. A prime example of this would be the recent senate amendment to increase library hours, at least on a trial basis, to keep the building open and accessible twenty-four hours a day.

This is a wonderful idea, and yet a small consortium of students is adamantly working against ...

I went to bed in a state of euphoria last Tuesday night. At last, the moment I had been waiting eight years for had come — Obama had won! Both the House and Senate had a democratic majority! Things were finally going to change!

Nothing could ruin my happiness. And so, when my boyfriend pointed out that it looked like California was going to ban gay marriage (after legalizing it), I blew him off. “It’s ...