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Our Impact: Recycling at K
By: Ella Miller On a cold Thursday morning of winter term, juniors Lukas Graff and Ethan Huebsch saddle onto one of the new Kalamazoo College compost and recycling golf carts. These carts are equipped with headlights, blinkers, and a large trunk space, to ensure that students can safely navigate campus and have space to collect discarded items. Graff…
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Money, Money, Money: How Clubs Spend It
By Kinga Fraczkiewicz “On behalf of KDESI, you are invited to join us for the Shaadi (mock wedding) of Maira & Veda,” reads the brown and yellow invitation. The Shaadi, held March 3rd 2025 is a celebration of South Asian culture, intending to educate the community about their culture and to bring the community together in a night of celebration. At 5:30 p.m., members of KDESI filter into the empty Arcus Center…
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The Search for Our 19th President
By: Karis Mulcahy “How do we follow up after Jorge’s retirement announcement?” Malcolm Smith, Vice President of Student Development ponders aloud about an announcement the entirety of Kalamazoo College received earlier that day. On April 14, 2025, President Jorge Gonzalez sent shockwaves through the Kalamazoo College campus by announcing his retirement date as June 30, 2026. After nearly a decade of…
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Enid Valle, Professor of Spanish, to Retire this Spring
By Kinga Fraczkiewicz Professor of Spanish, Dr. Enid Valle is retiring after 35 years of teaching at Kalamazoo College. Motivated by learning in all its forms from teaching literature to learning the ins—and— outs of snorkeling, Dr. Valle looked for a position where she could be a Latin-Americanist, teaching literature originating from Latin America and the…