The morning of April 2 was far from any normal morning for senior Jessica Platt, my girlfriend, along with myself. It was a life changing morning, one that you could say came straight out of left field.

Waking up was a little different than usual. In­­-­­­­stead of being woken up by the beeping of alarm clock, I was awoken by the moans and restlessness of my girlfriend. I asked her what was wrong, but ...

Freshman Lin Shi first heard about the destruction in China from Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Peter Schwartzman on her way to class. She then quickly checked her e-mail to see that her mom had sent her a message, her family was fine but her hometown of Chengdu had been hit bad.

On May 12 a level 7.9 earthquake hit China. The epicenter was at Wenchaun, near the city of Chengou in the Sichuan ...

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 responded to a fire alarm activated by a pull station. No apparent reason ...

In the final Student Senate meeting of the 2007-2008 academic year, a full chamber tackled numerous end of term issues, and managed to reach unanimous consent on all issues, including an unprecedented unanimous roll-call vote.

One major item of business, presented by the sustainability committee and Helmut Meyer, was a resolution to go trayless in the Hard Knox Café and the Oak Room. The resolution would reduce water usage by about 60 gallons per day ...

Knox may be getting a new class next winter and spring term that would cover the principles of self-defense and be listed under sports studies.

“Our reason for doing this is to promote awareness of sexual assault across campuses in the country,” said Vice President of Students Against Sexism in Society, sophomore Ashley Atkinson. “It will empower people to fight against assault.”

Atkinson hopes that in setting up this class, people will become more prepared ...