• Women in Business and Economics at K

    By Melissa Diaz Cabrera In a school with a slight majority of female students and faculty members, there is one department that does not represent this – the economics and business department. Economics and business is the second largest major at K, boasting 10.5% of all K graduates, according to The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data…

  • Music Connects Through Experiential Learning 

    By Bailey Callaway  At the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital, a sea of patients sway in every direction, engulfed in a melody of 30 joining voices. Forming a circle around the room, the singers’ notes flow through the air as their words consume the crowd in music. As the patients sing back to the choir, the energy…

  • A Day in the Zoo With Belle and Sebastian

    By Laryn Kuchta  When I was eight months old, Scottish indie pop icons Belle and Sebastian released their fifth album “Dear Catastrophe Waitress.” My parents danced me around in our kitchen to the band’s peppiest album yet, and 21 years later, I had the opportunity to interview founder and lead singer Stuart Murdoch ahead of…

  • Whilst We Were

    By Audrey Pegouske History guides us all. Every place we set foot flickers with glimpses of the past. Each step one takes on Kalamazoo College’s campus is matched by hundreds, if not thousands of others throughout the college’s history, following unique pathways towards their future successes. Over time, dorm halls were knocked down and replaced,…

  • A Cappella Beyond the Limelight 

    By Madeline Moss  At 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday, the windows of room 228 in the Light Fine Arts Building (FAB) are wide open, allowing a cascade of harmonies and laughter to spill out into the night. Inside the frigid room stands 18 members of the Limelights. Chalkboards adorned with chalk dust cover all four…

  • Monte Carlo 2024: A Night of Elegance, Gambling, and Community 

    By Kinga Frączkiewicz   The line of students buzzed with anticipation. Kalamazoo students dressed in their finest garb waited excitedly for the doors to Monte Carlo 2024 to open. Students greeted each other over the velvet ropes dividing the lines, welcoming guests, and introducing partners; the excitement was palpable.   Monte Carlo is a long-standing yearly…

  • African American Literature at Stake at K 

    By Jose Lopez Bernal At the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, the English department may have offered its last African American literature class for the coming years. The course was one of six that Dr. Bruce Mills offered; all six are at risk of disappearing.  Whenever a professor retires, their course line — the…

  • Late-Night Food: Slay or Nay? 

    By Karis Mulcahy When Parkhurst took over Kalamazoo College’s dining services at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, the campus waited with bated breath to see what changes would be forthcoming. As the school year ends, the late-night food option is the one of the most notable changes. With a select menu available between…

  • Your Unused Meal Swipes Finally Have Use  

    By Harper Schrader “What happens to my meal swipes at the end of the week?”  This is often a question that Kalamazoo College Students ask themselves, with many students having leftover meal swipes.  Students may be familiar with the Hungry Hornets program that provides “to go” meals from the cafeteria in Hicks 110 — the…

  • Is White Feminism Limiting Barbie’s Impact? 

    By Harper Schrader This past summer, teen girls and women watched the “Barbie” movie with low expectations, excited to dress up and indulge in a world of pink. We walked away from that movie transformed; whether it was America Ferrera’s powerful monologue, the unapologetic celebration of pink, or the sharp critique of the patriarchy, we…