Category: 2023-2024 School Year
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What is up With the Mold in the Fine Arts Building?
By Aliah L. Mohmand And Jack Clancy Since the beginning of the fall term, the closure of the Fine Arts Building (FAB) has left many students and faculty members troubled. In a campus-wide email sent out on September 13, the FAB’s closure was attributed to the discovery of Cladosporium, a “common mold.” However, the FAB’s…
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New Voters, New Voices: Students Share Their Perspectives on this Year’s Election
By Olivia Schleede For many of us students, November 5th was a significant day as it marked the first time in which we were able to participate in a presidential election. While some opted to vote in person—where they would stand in line, amongst other voters and mark their ballot—others, like myself, chose to send in…
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Dr. Thomas Evans’ Legacy at Kalamazoo College
As students slowly trickle into room 11 of the Light Fine Arts Building on a Friday afternoon, the windowless space quickly comes alive with the sounds of laughter, the tuning of instruments, and idle chatter about the upcoming outdoor concert.
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Students Grapple with the Direction of K’s English Department
By Claire McCall Amid an evolving job market and increased expectations for college graduates, academic institutions across the country are following a trend of prioritizing lucrative subjects, often moving away from humanities. Kalamazoo College English majors feel the effects of this imbalance in course recognition and representation, though their questions remain largely unanswered by administrative…
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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…
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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…
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A Day in the Zoo With Belle and Sebastian
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 the band’s show…
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Whilst We Were
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.
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A Cappella Beyond the Limelight
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 walls. At the…
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Monte Carlo 2024: A Night of Elegance, Gambling, and Community
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.