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THE KNOX STUDENT

The opinions expressed in The Knox Student are solely the opinions of the writer or editorial staff, and not necessarily those of Knox College, or of its faculty, administration, or student body.

Cover by Addison Steinbach

Letter from the Editor

Around 400 new first-year students and 40 transfer students make up the 20242025 incoming class at Knox College. In Knox’s long history, this is the third largest incoming class, the largest in international students.

It’s a class that is setting records simply by being here, but they’re not stopping there. I’ve seen firsthand that this class is engaged, present, and eager to participate.

It’s a startling difference from the small, quiet campus I’ve come to know. But an exciting one, to consider the potential of such growth.

The Knox Student started fall term 2023, our 145th year in publication, by considering how much change has come to TKS and to Knox in the last few years. None of the current upperclassmen experienced a pre-pandemic Knox; the majority of the senior class entered college during the 20212022 school year. The last class to even be enrolled pre-pandemic was the class of 2023, and even they only had about a term and a half before being sent home.

Without an example of a “normal” Knox, we were able to make whatever we wanted of

our time. The preset paths were overgrown, leaving us to clear them and make our own way through.

Over the past four years, we’ve seen the departure of Teresa Amott and the inauguration of Andy McGadney; the passing of several beloved professors; various changes in the athletic department; the creation of the Abolition Lab and Makerspace Hub; and much more.

In the student body, we’ve seen protests about fraternity and sorority life and ethical investments with Knox’s endowment. We’ve seen students advocate for themselves and others to Student Senate and administration, looking for improvements to food, accessibility, and effective cultural and religious support for students.

We’ve continued classic Knox traditions like Pumphandle and Flunk Day. We’ve also lost some beloved places, like the WVKC radio room in George Davis Hall.

There are many Knox traditions that have been lost over the years, but none so suddenly, so wholly, as those forgotten during Covid-19. I’ve heard over and over again from faculty, staff, and alumni: Knox

is very different now, changed in some tangible, irreversible way.

I wonder how much of that change can be attributed to us, how much of it was inevitable.

I wonder how much change is still happening now. I certainly see the seeds of it in the first-year class.

Change will always come, and with it, uncertainty. New technologies like artificial intelligence are already vastly changing the way we engage and interact online. Never before have we been so connected to the world, able to see events across the ocean as if they were happening in front of us.

The issues that we discuss now, the discourse we share, will give way to new controversies, new topics of discussion that will determine our futures individually, as a country, and as a world.

As some of us begin our last year enrolled at Knox, while others are only experiencing their first, let us look around and remember this version of Knox that we are so fortunate to know.

The future is bright with possibility, for ourselves and for Knox.

Jenna Schweikert

The Knox Student, Editor-in-Chief 2024-present

‘The Voice of Knox College’ put on hold: WVKC continues to operate without radio station

Miscommunication causes sudden pause in broadcasting

On the second day of spring finals 2024, most students were finishing their work and packing up their dorms. For fifth-year J. Porter, this day brought a lot more packing than they had anticipated. As the General Manager (GM) for Knox’s radio station, 90.7 WVKC ‘The Voice of Knox College’, Porter received an email that would change WVKC forever. The studio’s recording booth was being replaced by the GDH elevator shaft and they had less than a week to preserve everything in the studio.

Located on the fourth floor of GDH, the WVKC studio has always been difficult for ...

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Engineering a Collaborative Future

courtesy of WVKC Inside the Teresa Amott Science Commons Transformation

The Teresa Amott Science Commons was under construction towards the end of the last academic year and finished at the beginning of fall term.

Knox College received a grant in 2018 for science equipment. With the grant, the library was preparing for some groundbreaking updates. The entirety of the budget was spent on equipment for the space.

Over the summer break, the space that was originally a traditional library with books ...

New academic year brings several renovation projects to campus

DISCOURSE

The legend of the graffiti wall, student expression on campus

When I came to Knox, I had only heard of the graffiti wall, but never got to see it. I had heard that there was a space where people expressed themselves artistically and wrote what they believed. And then, I also heard that someone wrote something that resembled a slur and the wall was taken down.

Reflecting on the process of the takedown of the wall, Kevin Cox ‘24 recalls that nothing substantial came out of the college’s adjudication process because no action was taken to rectify the root of the problem: hate speech, and instead students lost a public space to make art.

Amidst racial slurs being chalked on the track field in 2023, and confederate flag stickers being hung on vehicles parked on campus, Knox has come a long way in creating a safe space for students. But has that made them suppress any student expression?

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New Executive Director makes plans for historic Orpheum Theatre

Plans include increased opportunities for Knox students

The Orpheum Theatre, located about four blocks from campus, recently underwent a shift in leadership. Andrew Driscoll has been Executive Director for four months now, though he has 25 years of experience in the theatre scene. He was intrigued by the Orpheum because of its beauty and history.

In the early 1900s, Galesburg’s Orpheum Theatre was a part of a chain of stops on the Vaudeville circuit. Before the time of television or movie theaters, entertainment came in the form of live performances. Performers of all kinds - musicians, singers, actors, magicians - would travel around ...

Jennifer Hemingway: Back again

Returns to Knox in a new role as Director of Title IX, Civil Rights Compliance

Jennie Hemingway occupies a familiar but new role at Knox. Over the summer, she was hired as the Director of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance. This job covers all of the duties of Title IX Coordination, with some additional responsibilities.

“My position is a little bit different than what Kim [Schrader] had, I’m that one-stop shop now for discrimination and harassment,” Hemingway said.

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Jazz and Silence

Linda Moses’ It Feels Like I’m Right There With You.

Heavy, rumbling jazz pours out of the gallery speakers as you walk into Linda Moses’ “It Feels Like I’m Right There With You” show in CFA’s Borzello Gallery.

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‘The Voice of Knox College’ put on hold: WVKC continues to operate without radio station

Miscommunication causes sudden pause in broadcasting

Ellen | Kilroy Miller Garrett

Copy Editor

Located on the fourth floor of GDH, the WVKC studio has always been difficult for students to access due to the four flights of steep steps up to the station. The GDH elevator has been long awaited by WVKC GMs of the past, who knew that the station was not accessible and wanted that to change.

“This is really cool that it’s happening. I’m genuinely really excited. It’s just the fact that we learned two days before everyone had to leave that’s the problem,” Porter said.

The current WVKC studio was built in GDH by students in the 1980s, and even then there were rumors of a GDH elevator. While Administration declined to indicate whether they were aware of it being student built, they said that their decision was dictated by existing utilities, structural components, and roof clearance.

“All throughout the time I’ve been at school there’s been rumors of an elevator going into GDH. It happened every single year, once again it also happened last year and we were having our final meeting of the term, and Lincoln, our Studio Director, was like, ‘hey I heard the rumor about the GDH elevator we should probably contact someone about that to make sure it won’t interrupt our

stuff,’,” Porter said. “I wasn’t certain it was gonna happen and I was like ‘well they probably would’ve told us if it would mess our s–t up’. But without Lincoln bringing that up we would be in a much worse spot. I sent an email to Pat Pendergast basically, ‘yes or no will the construction this summer mess our studio up?’ and I got the response which is almost the worst thing of being like, ‘let’s talk about this’.”

During Porter’s meeting with Manager of Campus Operations and Maintenance Pat Pendergast and a Senior Architect of the company that is building the elevator, they shared the elevator plans with Porter,

believing that WVKC staff were already aware of the changes that would be made to the studio as a result of the elevator construction.

“They were like, ‘yeah, so as you know this whole area is being taken out this is where the elevator will be’… The elevator will be basically immediately where our current recording booth is and then going way into the back rooms and our hang out area. We will probably have two-thirds of what it was,” Porter said.

Despite the initial meeting and Porter’s request for frequent updates, the updated

WVKC radio booth under construction

All photos courtesy of WVKC

plans for the studio have not been shared with them, and as of right now they are unaware of the full scope of the changes. While administration said in their statement that there will only be a, “small reduction in space,” Porter has been told individually that the shaft has taken up more space than intended.

“The thing is if I didn’t reach out and bring it up and we didn’t meet with people and I wasn’t diligent about it, they would’ve probably just thought we’re really lazy and didn’t want to move anything but no one told us anything. I talked to campus life like Aryn and Jake McLean and they didn’t know anything about it either,” Porter said. “This is miscommunication from like literally

every angle, it’s– it’s literally insane how this happened.”

Vice President for Administration and General Counsel Bradley Nolden, in a statement made to TKS, said, “Communications with all partners and areas impacted by the GDH project could have been better, and we will work more closely with all stakeholders through the completion of the project,”, but provided no further details of the miscommunication.

Despite addressing the previous miscommunication, Porter has not been consistently updated about the construction progress.

“It’s made things harder, we don’t know where anything is. I wasn’t categorizing or

inventorying anything but it was very much just a rush to get things hopefully preserved and I haven’t really gotten too much information about how that process is going. I know that the shaft has been built and now it’s just about installing the actual elevator,” Porter said.

Pendergast was unable to provide an updated plan for the space showing what will or will not still be part of the WVKC studio, as the college is still unsure of what the new studio floor plan will be. What is clear is that the current recording booth will be essentially replaced by the elevator shaft, and the open ‘hang-out’ space will be significantly reduced due to the new recording booth being in the middle of that open space.

“The thing is if I didn’t reach out and bring it up and we didn’t meet with people and I wasn’t diligent about it, they would’ve probably just thought we’re really lazy and didn’t want to move anything [...] This is miscommunication from like literally every angle, it’s– it’s literally insane how this happened.”

Porter believes the lack of communication between Administration and WVKC staff often comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of student-run organizations. Although media organizations like WVKC have a faculty advisor, they create and process media on their own, receiving only organizational support from advisors.

“One of the reasons that there’s a bunch of miscommunication is because the admin of knox doesn’t realize how solely student-run WVKC is. I’ve learned this a lot over emails over the summer,” Porter said.

Previously, Knox had a station facility manager position that handled all aspects of the studio not covered by Tri States

WVKC one storage location

Public Radio (TSPR), who has provided all of the equipment needed for WVKC broadcasting since 2013. This position was created because the WVKC advisor, professor of theatre Craig Choma, pointed out to the college administration that managing a college facility should not be the responsibility of the students running the station, which the administration agreed with.

However, the station has been without a facility manager since the last one was let go several years ago.

“It’s just general managers teaching their staff and then, you know, it keeps cycling out and that’s how it’s always – or at least recently, that’s how WVKC has existed. There’s no real admin oversight, which is kind of cool but it also is weird because when admin decided this was happening the only people they told was Tri-State radio,” Porter said. “But Tri-states isn’t affiliated with Knox so they didn’t tell us and Knox for some reason didn’t… No one actually thinks student orgs are run by students, like they just didn’t bother to tell us. I don’t know their part of the story, I haven’t really talked to anyone but that’s how it seems to me, not to make that an oversimplification but that’s how it comes off to me as a student

organizer is that it just doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of either trust or understanding that students really do run all of the orgs.”

According to Porter, TSPR has agreed to build up the technical aspects of the station when it opens again, and that much of the broadcasting equipment that WVKC uses and keeps in the station is from and maintained by them. While TSPR was told that the project was happening, according to an email that WVKC shared with TKS they were given no notice as to when it would begin and were given only a week’s notice to retrieve their equipment. A deadline which, like WVKC’s, functionally could not be met.

To attempt to meet their deadline to move things, Porter spent a large amount of time moving things, with only two graduating staff members on campus to help. Along with Kevin Cox ‘24, Isabelle Etheridge ‘24, and senior Jonas Dodge, they moved everything they could.

“What I ended up doing my senior week is I spent most of my time up there moving boxes of vinyl and like our guitars and drum set and if you’ve been in the radio station you know there’s a lot of memorabilia and stuff on the walls and like past concert

things,” Porter said. “It was really the worst of all situations because all my graduating friends who were still around were busy, you know, graduating and everyone else like literally left two days after we learned so I was kind of the only one who could do a lot of stuff – this isn’t, ‘woe is porter having to do stuff alone,’. It’s bigger than that.”

There were only two small places in the studio where the construction would, “probably be able to not destroy our stuff,” Porter said. All of the supplies and records that they were able to preserve had to be crammed into those spaces. Everything that wasn’t able to be moved was meticulously labeled.

In addition to this labeling, Porter crafted a 10-page letter to the people doing the construction detailing what needs to be saved and what things need to be kept out. Porter is still currently unaware and has not been updated about the location or state of these items.

Students painting the original WVKC mural in 2008

Photo courtesy of WVKC Instagram

One important item that needs to be saved is a plaque from the recording booth. Now an elevator shaft, was a memorial to a radio station alum. Administration declined to share whether or not they were aware of this memorial space or if it was considered during the planning process.

“There was a Knox alum who passed away I think in 2008 and in the recording booth there’s a giant plaque on the wall dedicated to Spencer. It’s nailed in and I couldn’t take it off but I made it super, super clear in the doc, ‘do not get rid of this, this is really important’ and I honestly have no clue what happened to it they could’ve just thrown it out or destroyed it for all I know,” Porter said.

Porter said there’s a lot of student history connected to the WVKC station, which made it more difficult to preserve things. Students from many generations had drawn onto the walls of the station, which were not able to be preserved. To document these

unpreservable memories, the staff made a video doing a walking tour of the station. This is currently the last piece of media that they have of the station as it was.

“The thing that breaks my heart the most about it is we sent out an email basically a couple days after we learned at the start of senior week being like ‘here’s what’s going on, we’re kind of freaking out – godspeed’ and we got a response from this alum who worked at the radio station in the 90s. He was on campus because his kid is a first-year here this year and he was basically saying, ‘if i knew this was happening earlier,’ –because he’s still really close to the people he worked in the radio station with – ‘me and my buddies would’ve come and helped you guys out’,” Porter said. “And that’s the thing that hurts me the most because there’s no closure for anyone, especially for alumni. Especially in the 90s because the radio station’s cool now, but it was the biggest method of communication before a lot of modern technology so there’s just no closure for anyone who really loved and had an identity in the station.”

WVKC is celebrating their centennial this year, and were planning to invite alumni back to visit the station prior to learning

about the construction. Porter was originally told that they would have access to the studio during spring term 2025, however they say they wouldn’t be surprised if it gets postponed due to the slow process and lack of communication. Despite the issues that Porter has faced during this process, their main focus is the broader community that WVKC has been meaningful to.

“A common theme throughout this entire story is just that a lot of admin and like campus life – and this is no shade to like any particular person like this is not a hate Knox thing – but it’s just a theme that people tell us that they hear us and they can get things done for us and then there’s no response. Which is whatever, its par for the course for Knox, I’m not really upset about it,” Porter said. “Honestly I more care about broadcasting because some alumni and professors have reached out to me kind of upset that we don’t have it right now especially for homecoming. A lot of alumni want access to broadcasting which is something that I can’t do on my own and if Knox doesn’t step in and do something we’re just not gonna have it.”

Attempts have been made by Porter to find a new space to broadcast from. Within the

One of WVKC’s storage locations

All photos courtesy of WVKC

WVKC under construction

All photos courtesy of WVKC

“And that’s the thing that hurts me the most because there’s no closure for anyone, especially for alumni. Especially in the 90s [...] it was the biggest method of communication before a lot of modern technology so there’s just no closure for anyone who really loved and had an identity in the station.” - J. Porter

WVKC’s lounge room under construction

All photos courtesy of WVKC

last few years WVKC moved to internet broadcasting, which requires much less equipment than being on the traditional radio waves. This would allow a space for broadcasting to be relatively easy to set up, however, Porter is unaware of a space being found.

“Because here’s the thing [...] it comes down to unprofessionalism is honestly the culprit, and just a lack of care,” J. Porter

be made. These will then be available to the public to take copies and share.

“We’re interested in keeping a library. We have kind of a bigger budget compared to a lot of clubs because we’re a media org. I’m really interested in if someone submits to us they can request any number of printed color copies and we can give it to them just in exchange of them contributing to the library,” Porter said.

Overall, Porter is less interested in finding out why the miscommunication happened and is focusing on trying to deal with the consequences.

However, Porter also has recognized the efforts of student life, along with manual labor and Choma, to resolve this issue.

“The Knox people we’ve been talking to… they’ve all honestly been really coming to bat for us because something really f—d up happened and a lot of them have been stepping in,” Porter said. “Things have been really slow, promises have been made to us that haven’t been delivered but that being said people have really come out for us which has been really nice.”

In the meantime, Porter is fulfilling their long time idea of connecting zine making and WVKC. Now that WVKC is unable to broadcast this year, Porter has turned to zine making as an alternative way to give Knox students a voice.

Zine making is a form of visual art and communication that doesn’t require a specific art skill set. Zines, short for magazine, are self published unique works that can include a variety of topics. One common design includes only one sheet of paper and a little bit of folding and cutting to make a mini eight page booklet.

“I’ve been really involved with zine making for WVKC because the roots are very punk and the idea is this is a way to publish when no one will publish you. And this is like extremely overdramatic I wanna like put that on the record that you know, WVKC not having a place to broadcast is not life or death as a student org at the end of the day, but that being said, us not having a way to broadcast very suddenly is a silencing technique,” Porter said. “Most of our shows are very silly and very improv based in the recent years and that’s been very fun but still, it’s a way that people used to be able to say something into the public unrestricted and it’s just been very suddenly taken away so I thought the connection between that and zines was very salient; that it is a way to have your voices heard when your typical way of doing that is shut off.”

In the face of lack of a storage space for the zines, Porter intends to set up a zine library where students can submit zines to be added and request copies of their zine to

“WVKC is trying to kind of balance this idea of having immense frustration along with not just going after people. Because here’s the thing, even though this all went horribly, no one was intentionally like, ‘we’re gonna make life harder for the students’. So going forward, I’ve very much reiterated this to my staff, like we’re not interested like being like here is the one problem person in charge, you know, boycott … because it comes down to unprofessionalism is honestly the culprit, and just a lack of care,” Porter said.

This new zine project has sparked more enthusiasm among the WVKC staff than the station’s usual operations have. Porter feels that in the past few years WVKC has become mostly focused on the big events, rather than its original mission of being a media organization that emphasizes student voices.

“This is kind of a chance for WVKC to renew itself. From just, we have our big concert once a term, to much more of getting student voices heard which I think we should be more known for,” Porter said.

Nathan Hill in the WVKC studio

All photos courtesy of WVKC

New academic year brings several renovation projects to campus

GDH elevator installation, other projects improving accessibility on campus

Camy Mertes Staff Writer

Following a campus-wide accessibility study, renovations began on several campus buildings during the summer in an effort to improve accessibility. One of these renovations is an elevator installation in George Davis Hall [GDH].

Built in 1911, GDH is one of Knox’s oldest buildings and has seldom been touched since. The installation of the elevator provides hope for the improvement of accessibility on campus.

Director of Disability Support Services

Stephanie Grimes said that with the growing number of students, especially those with disabilities, the elevator installation has come at a crucial time.

“It’s good timing that we’re doing this now. There are not only students but faculty that can make use of that,” Grimes said.

Many current students and faculty with physical disabilities see this as a great improvement, as the lack of an elevator in the building has often hindered their experience.

“I remember my first class in GDH was supposed to be on the second or third floor, and they ended up moving it down just for me, which kind of feels awkward,” senior and wheelchair user Mike Martinez said.

Many professors’ offices in GDH are on the upper levels of the building, which can often make it inconvenient to meet with them. Martinez also said that the installation of an elevator will make a huge impact on other students with disabilities, making everything a lot easier for them to access.

Chair and Professor of Political Science

Karen Kampwirth, who has been teaching at Knox since 1995, expressed similar experiences. Kampwirth’s office has been in GDH throughout her whole career. She now uses a walker and has not been to the upper levels of GDH since 2018.

“It will be nice to be able to go up there. Since 2018, all department activities or meetings have had to be scheduled in a room on the

first floor for me,” Kampwirth said.

Kampwirth also said that Political Science professors often will sit in on each other’s classes, which sometimes she finds out she can’t do because their classrooms are on the upper levels.

Given the building’s long history on campus, it can be wondered why the installation is just happening now. Grimes attributes this to the change in leadership.

“Leadership prior to the current leadership thought it was very important to really focus perhaps on newer buildings, buildings that they could make that would be fully accessible instead of retrofitting older buildings,” Grimes said.

In terms of the elevator installation progress, Vice President of Administration and General Counsel Brad Nolden said that the preparatory work is complete, and the elevator shaft has been constructed. Construction has been temporarily halted for the fall term to allow classes to continue but will resume over winter break. The expected completion date is Jan. 3.

Despite the elevator installation and other renovations happening on campus to improve accessibility, many buildings and facilities are still not accessible for those with disabilities.

Martinez recounts that he’s been asking for an accessible door button on buildings such as Borzello Hall and that because of the lack of the button, he often has to wait for someone to let him in to enter the building.

This inaccessibility affects both students’ academic lives, but also their lives outside of their educational pursuits. Martinez has experienced this in regard to his involvement in MEChA, an organization on campus that meets at Casa Latina and is centered around promoting the culture and higher education of the Latinx community.

“I’ve lobbied for a ramp on Casa Latina, and they’ve argued with me so hard about it [...] The one meeting I’ve been able to go to they all had to come outside and hang out with me,” Martinez said.

Kampwirth suggests that the biggest solution to this ongoing issue of inaccessibility would be to regularly consult with students, faculty, and staff who have mobility problems and ask them.

“I think that would be the number one, to make that a public policy. To instead of

assuming that this will be helpful to other people, ask those other people,”Kampwirth said.

As for actual remedies for this problem, Grimes suggested that there has previously been a conversation about hiring an ADA coordinator, who would focus on the physical layout of the campus and perhaps provide services such as a sign language interpreter for students who are hard of hearing. This is something that Grimes wants leadership to consider more heavily. Additionally, Nolden stated that aside from the bigger renovations, his team will be undertaking some smaller projects identified in the accessibility study over this academic year.

Originally published Oct. 4, 2024, online.

New school year, new first-year dorms

Areesha Saif Staff Writer

As Knox welcomed the class of 2028, several upperclassmen, especially first-year area Resident Assistants (RAs), were excited to learn that first-year dorms were renovated over the summer.

“I am a little disappointed it didn’t happen my freshman year, but I am glad alums will no longer be returning to campus after decades to find the dorms entirely unchanged,” said first-year area RA, junior Sikandar Mateen.

New 5-Name dorm rooms, featuring new flooring

Photo by Areesha Saif

According to Assistant Dean of Campus Life, Jake McLean, the dorms were “refreshed,” which included new furniture for the common room spaces, including new beds and desks for the room. The bathrooms were also remodeled.

“I love the modern look and the rolling chair desk setup: it’s a huge upgrade,” said first-year area RA, junior Lissette Adams.

In addition to furniture upgrades, McLean highlighted that the designs for the new dorms are compliant with the recommendations of the American Disability Association (ADA). The residence halls include automated doors, and the measurements for some of the rooms were done in light of ADA compliance.

According to McLean, students living in these dorms, in need of accommodations, have appreciated the renovations, and how the ways in which they have made the campus more accessible. McLean looks forward to further renovations that can allow for more accessibility such as the construction of shower dams to keep water off the bathroom floor.

Originally published Oct. 26, 2024, online.

Construction for a residential building at Green Oaks underway

Gwen Heidank Staff Writer

Green Oaks, a 700-acre stretch of forest, grassland, and aquatic habitat, sits about 20 miles from the Knox College campus. It has been owned by Knox College since 1957, and before that, the property was owned by its namesake, Alum and Trustee of Knox Alvah Green.

In the 1920s, Green invited the Knox community to use his lands for biology classes and clubs such as archery and horseback riding. In the 1950s, former Knox professor Paul Shepard became interested in prairie restoration and convinced Green to allow him to begin experimental prairie restorative practices on his land. Green agreed, and when he passed away in 1957, the property came to Knox College.

Now, Knox is taking a step further in the evolution of the Green Oaks site. The construction of a new residential building, which has been 20 years in the works, began

this past summer 2024, according to Watson Bartlett Professor of Biology and Conservation and Director of Green Oaks Biological Field Station Stuart Allison.

Previous dorm spaces were located in the old barn, which is converted into sleeping quarters for students participating in the biennial Immersive Green Oaks Term. While these dorms have an important place in many students’ hearts, they are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), have only two bathrooms to share between 15 people, and are a fire hazard. The old dorms are also poorly insulated which prevents them from being used during the colder months.

The new residential building will include heating and cooling, be ADA compliant, and be up to current fire code and electrical standards. The build will be completed in time for this year’s Green Oaks Immer-

sion Term in spring 2025. This project was funded almost in full by a Knox alum who chose to remain anonymous. They had fond memories of Green Oaks from their time at Knox and wanted to see it be available to more students.

The new building was constructed over an area that was previously covered by invasive Black Locust trees. These trees, which are native to the southern United States, are unhealthy for habitats here.

“It’s [the Black Locust Tree] really invasive and it’s encroaching on the prairie in some places. Removing the Black Locust was something we needed to do anyway so I didn’t really feel like we were damaging the habitat,” Allison said.

Renovations of the old dorm space have recently begun as well. Plans for this building include an open workspace on the

New 5-Name common rooms

Photo by Areesha Saif

New Green Oaks construction

Photo by Steve Davis

first floor, and storage and classroom spaces on the higher levels.

With these changes to Green Oaks, the possibilities for student use will greatly increase. Facilities will be usable year-round, and while the new dorms will be occupied by the students participating in the Spring 2025 Immersive Term, subsequent terms provide increased accessibility for students or professors looking to use the space.

Extracurricular groups such as the Knox College Choir and Cross Country Team have both participated in group retreats to Green Oaks in the past, and, with these changes, Allison hopes more groups will take advantage of the facility.

“I like to see people using Green Oaks and visiting Green Oaks,” Allison said. “So I hope all students are aware that it’s out there and especially once the building is completed, there will be lots of opportunities.”

Originally published Oct. 16, 2024, online.

Elevator renovation set for future

Gwen Heidank Staff Writer Library

During spring term, Seymour Library staff could be seen moving books and preparing for renovations set to occur over the summer. In efforts to make the campus more accessible, an elevator was going to be installed in the center of Seymour Library. Though the library does have a service elevator, it is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

“The last time the library was renovated was 1989-1990. It was right before the ADA became legislation so they didn’t think about the space in terms of accessibility, in part because the laws weren’t there yet,” Director of the Library Anne Thomason said.

Though the elevator performs its task of carting books up and down floors, it is not suited to serve patrons of the library. The elevator is up to date with the Illinois’ Elevator Safety and Regulation Act, but there are multiple steps to operate it and the gate which secures it sometimes malfunctions, making it difficult to utilize.

In addition to the installation of an elevator, original construction plans provided by Klingner & Associates architectural firm would have expanded bathrooms to both increase the number of stalls available and improve accessibility. These renovations, set to take place during the summer of 2024, were halted due to a limited budget.

“The only available bid for the project was rejected due to its high cost. We are currently evaluating whether to rebid this design or whether an alternate design should be further explored,” General Counsel and Vice President of Administration Bradley Nolden said.

Knox has now hired another architectural firm, Ratio Designs, to discuss future options for Seymour Library. A preliminary meeting occurred on Thursday, Sept. 26 between Ratio Designs and a Knox committee of students and staff. Thomason explained that this was to explore design options that might be more suitable to the college, now that the timeframe was no longer constrained.

With new possibilities on the horizon, Thomason mentioned that the renovations might expand beyond just accessibility issues.

“It’s not just the elevator and it’s not just the bathrooms, it’s looking at our classroom space. I would really like a real classroom that has everything we need. I’m also hoping for ideas about comfortable study spaces for students,” Thomason said.

Open instruction areas like Andrew’s Forum can become loud or distracting depending on the event, and having a more enclosed classroom space would provide greater opportunities for teachers to bring their classes to Seymour Library.

Thomason is very interested in student feedback and many of her ideas for improvements come directly from students. Throughout the planning process, she is working to keep the older feel of the building intact.

“This is a historic building and what we really want to do is maintain the historic charm of the 1928 building,” Thomason said.

The committee and architects will reconvene on Oct. 30 to discuss potential construction scenarios for the library, and present a plan some time in December. Any projects would occur in phases, allowing the library to remain functioning during the school year.

Construction would most likely happen while students were on breaks; however,

there is a plan in place in case the library needs to be closed for a period of time, which will allow librarians to continue helping students with research and keep all resources available to the student body. Still, a scenario in which this plan would need to be implemented seems unlikely.

“Unless we were to do a full-scale renovation, which right now is not what we have in mind, we would not want to close the library,” Thomason said.

This has been a long process already and will likely continue to be. Last spring, student and staff employees worked to clear books from the area where the new elevator might be installed. Student employees like senior Tara Irani and fifth-year Mary Hall, participated in this shuffling of literature, and both expressed excitement about making the campus more accessible.

Despite the postponement of the elevator, moving these books was not in vain. The transition made Seymour’s stacks easier to navigate and changes included the integration of the SMC library books and converting books cataloged under the Dewey Decimal system to the Library of Congress number system which Knox uses.

“The book shift was already in the cards, but the elevator project pushed it to the fore,” Public Service Assistant David Lavender said.

While it is impossible to currently predict the scale or time frame of upcoming projects, renovations are in Seymour Library’s future.

“Seymour Library is only a few years from its 100th anniversary, and we look forward to completing improvements for this celebration,” Noldan said.

Originally published Oct. 16, 2024, online.

Seymour Library

Photo by Gwen Heidank

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Engineering a collaborative future

Inside the Teresa Amott Commons transformation

The Teresa Amott Science Commons was under construction towards the end of the last academic year and finished at the beginning of fall term.

Over the summer break, the space that was originally a traditional library with books and study spaces was transformed into an accessible workspace for the Knox community. It now offers everything from equipment and machinery to non-traditional classrooms.

The collaborative space now has study rooms that are available to book for meetings, appointments, and individual study sessions. Inside the glass wall is the makerspace hub, which provides access to and support with 3D printers, electronic workstations, desktop laser cutters, and a drafting table.

The Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) Club at Knox has played a vital role in getting the college to invest in this equipment.

“S.T.E.A.M Club’s effort highlighted a need for a place like this,” President of S.T.E.A.M Club Christopher Andreou said.

The club struggled with visibility prior to the existence of the makerspace hub, and has since recruited many new members and increased engagement. The club now meets in this space from 4 to 6 pm on Thursdays, allowing students further access to and information on the equipment.

Students are encouraged to bring their projects and designs to this space to get started on working on them. This initiative connects them with the right equipment and resources, bridging the accessibility gap between the resources Knox has to offer and the community’s knowledge of them.

The makerspace network resource desk is where students can go to get access to the virtual reality headsets, 3D scanners, and 360° camera.

While there has been a lot of progress and development to the space, some equipment is still being set up. The digital embroidery machine and the sewing machines are something to look forward to in the space.

“We’ve grown pretty much out of the stone age. It’s wild to see all this progress and I’m glad to have been around to see all this growth,” Andreou said.

The metal shop and woodworking shop are currently being set up in the basement of the physics department. The CNC router and CNC plasma table have also been delivered and are being set up, as the department trains student employees on their usage.

The college plans to introduce developed training procedures and full courses for student employees by winter or spring term. The current team of approximately 25 student workers are not fully trained yet, and are hired for different areas of the hub; some are for project development design, some are towards monitoring the space, and some are working on the science fabrication shops to get them into operational condition.

The Knox Center for Teaching and Learning holds their tutoring appointments in this space, as well as Red Room Tutoring on

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 pm.

The hub has also been receiving requests from faculty and staff for research projects and teaching aids, and is starting to gain popularity amongst the students.

“The only limit is your creativity, you don’t need any experience. I didn’t come here with any experience and have since then learned,” Andreou said.

Makerspace and Science Technician Alex Fluegel has been seeing this project through since its launch.

“The space will continue developing, it’s going to take a while for everything to get to where everything is perfect and optimized. We encourage people to come in and just be patient as we keep developing the space, and share feedback as we go,” Fluegel said.

Planning and executing the new makerspace was a long and time consuming process.

“This is a time for Knox, as a whole community, students, faculty and staff, to share their input, so that we can shape it to what is needed. The space still has potential to develop and grow,” Fluegel said.

Originally published Oct. 16, 2024, online.

The new SMC Teresa Amott Science Commons Center

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COMICS

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“Literally the end of the world.”

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The legend of the graffiti wall, student expression on campus

DISCOURSE

Amidst racial slurs being chalked on the track field in 2023, and confederate flag

stickers being hung on vehicles parked on campus, Knox has come a long way in creating a safe space for students. But has that made them suppress any student expression?

Towards the end of the 2023 fall term, chalk messages written by students to demand for a ceasefire in Gaza were washed by the college, and later students were told this was because the messages were defaced. During the 2024 spring term, when Knox Students for Palestine (KS4P) organized a protest to demand divestment from Israeli brands at Knox, any chalk messages with the phrase “from the river to the sea” were also washed.

“I still get upset when I think about what happened with the chalking. I still feel it was a fishy situation: I think they really tried to appease us and not seem like they did something wrong, but I think there was a lot of miscommunication and a lot of lack of communication, which resulted in students feeling silenced and not heard by the administration, and in general not being able to fully express their thoughts,” senior Amira Siddique said.

Siddique also highlighted that as an institution, Knox needs to educate students on why slurs are bad because students come

from all kinds of different backgrounds and have different levels of understanding. While the graffiti wall is not a part of the core Knox experience for Siddique, she feels that Knox students always enjoy ways to express themselves.

However, alumni such as former Student Senate President, Eeman Mahar ‘23 recall the graffiti wall as a long lasting Knox tradition.

“I tried to get the graffiti wall back for the last two years as Senate President. I never got to use it because I thought I would have more time to use it but it was gone one random day,” Mahar said.

Serving as the Vice President of Student Senate at Knox, I also occasionally felt that lack of access to a student distribution list to allow for direct communication between students and Senate made miscommunication likely. It is inevitable that some expression needs to be suppressed to create a safe space because if anyone could say anything, safe spaces can be hampered. Perhaps Knox needs to explore the balance between free speech and hate speech and work on educating students rather than suppressing student voices. Originally published Sep. 25, 2024, online.

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One of the decorated and graffitied stall trash cans in Seymour Union

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Cole Songster and Mei Zuch (Addison Steinbach)

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The Orpheum was one of these stops and bears the marks of its rich history throughout the building. There is a faint cut-out in the backstage floor, which was made for Houdini himself when he performed there. A dark backroom storage area has been said to harbor a disgruntled ghost.

As the prevalence of television rose in America, the Orpheum, like many theatres, was converted into a movie house, and then closed down in the 70s. At this time it was donated to the city and in the 1980s, a large effort from the community and politicians was successful in reopening its doors. Now, a variety of entertainment can be found on its stage.

“The perfect situation is finding a balance between film and live entertainment. And even within the live entertainment, it’s getting a wide variety of shows and events,” Driscoll said.

Driscoll is excited by the idea of establishing stronger connections with Knox College. The Terpsichore Winter Dance Show will be taking place in the Orpheum, and events such as Rootabaga and the Knox Mirza Jazz Festival also continue to utilize the space.

“I’m very interested in finding more of those opportunities with Knox. We are so close that when there are events or needs that raise to a level above the facilities that exist on campus, I would love to see the Orpheum continue and maybe even grow,”

MOSAIC New Executive Director makes plans for historic Orpheum Theatre

Plans include increased opportunities for Knox students

Driscoll said. “I see that the Orpheum can really serve a great role with the college.”

In addition to forging partnership with Knox performance groups, Driscoll keeps Knox students in mind when booking shows. While he prefers traditional plays, Driscoll recognizes that not everyone is interested in that genre of entertainment.

In addition to plays, the Orpheum hosts comedians, tributes to classic bands, dance performances, musicals, and movie screenings. Along with student-loved classics like

the annual Rocky Horror Picture Show that happens each October, Driscoll created new events catered to Knox students as well. In January, there will be a Tay Tay Dance Party with DJ Swiftie, featuring popular Taylor Swift music. A screening of the original Star Wars films takes place in February.

Driscoll has also arranged for a showing of the Steven Spielburg animated series, Animaniacs. Recently rebooted on Netflix, Animaniacs includes many original songs and the show relies on a full, grand sound,

similar to classic cartoons like Bugs Bunny. Driscoll has arranged for the composer of these original Animaniacs pieces to be on stage during the screening along with the Knox-Galesburg Symphony, playing live to the animations.

“Symphony is a challenging artform for a lot of people, especially younger audiences. We’re not as connected to it because popular music for us is different. And so the classical symphonic groups can sometimes struggle to engage a younger audience,”

Driscoll said. “My thought was, let’s do it by engaging them through an animated, supported event. Then the next time the symphony has an event - it might be Bach or Beethoven or a contemporary composer - [students] will come because they went to our event and had a really great time. What better place to sit and listen to music and look around, than a place like this?”

Driscoll tries to keep prices accessible for Knox students. In addition to reasonable entry fees for events and performances, the

Orpheum sometimes hosts discounted $5 movie screening nights for students.

“We really want the student body to have a connection and a relationship with what happens here,” Driscoll said.

Most recent events include the Haunted Costume BASH with Revel in Red on Oct. 19, and Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 26. Information about additional events can be found on the Orpheum website, Facebook, or Instagram.

This spring, Catapult, a dance group who were finalists on America’s Got Talent, will be performing at the Orpheum.

“This will be the launch of their 2025 tour. So this will be the first performance of that tour and special to anyone who attends because it will be the first time anyone has seen this production,” said Driscoll.

Driscoll plans to show the dancers around the town and introduce them to the Galesburg community. The goal is that Catapult will be one of the first shows to begin their tours at the Orpheum. Driscoll believes it would be a good place for groups to launch their tours, especially being located near the Quad cities, and between Chicago and St. Louis.

“The venue is pretty and while we don’t have a ton of depth or wings, it’s substantial enough in terms of the width of the proscenium, it will be applicable to a lot of other theaters that shows can go into. So they can put a show in here and tech it and rehearse it and be able to develop those tech items that go out to the additional theaters,” Driscoll said.

Forming a wider reach of connections could likely bolster the Orpheum and provide the community with a greater variety of entertainment. Driscoll works to continue the Orpheum’s legacy of providing exciting and unique experiences to its patrons, as well as strengthening connections with the Knox community.

Photo by Minami Nishida

Jennifer Hemingway: Back again Returns

to Knox in a new role as Director of Title IX, Civil Rights Compliance

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“My position is a little bit different than what Kim [Schrader] had, I’m that one-stop shop now for discrimination and harassment,” Hemingway said.

Hemingway handles all submissions from the bias reporting form. If students have concerns about or feel they are experiencing discrimination based on religion, race, nationality, or disability, they can use this form to report it, or speak to Hemingway directly.

Originally from Ohio, Hemingway has lived in Illinois since 2004, having moved here with her husband, who got a professor position at Western Illinois University (WIU). Hemingway’s first job in Illinois was at Knox from 2004 to 2006. While here, she held a blended position between Advancement and Student Development. During this time she worked with a group called the Knox Ambassadors who focused on the transition between student life and alumni life.

Hemingway feels that the student body continues to hold the same values that it did when she was first here.

“The students that choose to make a college home at Knox, there are those continuing

characteristics, they really deeply care about the world and their place in that world and they want to make things better, the protests and all of that,” Hemingway said. “Part of that is, one: getting your voice, which we want that to happen in college, but two: you want the world to be a better place, you want the world to be a more just place, and that was true when I was here 18, 20 years ago and that’s true now.”

In 2006 she moved from her position at Knox to WIU because a position became available and she was looking forward to walking to work, rather than driving. Hemingway held multiple roles during her time at WIU. In 2011, she became involved in student conduct, most notably, cases of sexual violence.

“In 2011 when the Department of Education released its dear colleague letter about how institutions need to address sexual violence... The institution I was at started using its student conduct process for some of those cases and so I started working on the student conduct side,” Hemingway said

From 2011 to 2016, Hemingway was the Assistant Director Center for the Study of Masculinities and Men’s Development at WIU. She believes that it is important for men to see themselves as active participants in the fight against sexual violence.

“I was also involved with an effort to bring male identifying students into the conver-

sation, developing a bystander education program specifically targeted towards male identifying students but at the same time not calling them out,” Hemingway said. “I think that’s really what we were hearing from the student body at the time is that everything around that time framed them as perpetrators when we needed to see them as partners.”

Later in her time at WIU, Hemingway became a Hearing Officer and was involved in investigations and adjudications of Title IX cases. This is when she earned her certification as an investigator.

In 2018, Hemingway moved from WIU to Illinois College. There, she was the Associate Dean of Students and soon became the Title IX Coordinator. She then moved to Augustana College in 2022 where she received additional training and responsibilities working with ADA 504 (disability discrimination) and Title VI (religion, race, national origin discrimination).

Although there are no federal guidelines on how many hours of training that personnel involved in Title IX investigation must complete, they are required to complete at least some training. Illinois has a law requiring at least 10 hours of training every year.

“I can tell you that pretty much everybody doing this work has far exceeded that with their training every year,” Hemingway said. “I don’t think anybody is in this field without some motivation that we’d love to put ourselves out of work and the best way to do that is obviously prevention and so one of the reasons that I was drawn to this job is the fact that the peer educators are here and there is that emphasis on prevention.”

Hemingway wants to focus on continuing to change the culture and send the message that discrimination of any kind is not tolerated at Knox. She wants to be a place where everyone can be who they are and be respected. Hemingway is also focused on making the office a welcoming place for students to seek support.

“I think sometimes people think this office can be scary, and really it’s a support for students. I want them to realize that it is a place of care and support but at the same time I have a responsibility to our policies and procedures, walking students through their options and that they don’t have to make a report if they don’t want to but we can still provide support without that,” Hemingway said.

Originally published online, Oct. 18, 2024

Photo by Addison Steinbach

Jazz and Silence

Linda Moses’ It Feels Like I’m Right There With You

Heavy, rumbling jazz pours out of the gallery speakers as you walk into Linda Moses’ “It Feels Like I’m Right There With You” show in CFA’s Borzello Gallery.

The jazz is accompanying the large projection on the far wall, which plays a series of videos, alternating between clips of Moses’ parents, specifically a video of her father on a couch in their home. His gaze is steadily kept just to the right of the frame, and he gently taps along and shifts in his seat, presumably to the very same jazz music. Clips of Moses’ mother features her speaking indistinctly and softly, the audio full of peaks and clicks, as the film shows a Twin Peaks-esque montage of Moses’ parents and various scenery, switching indiscriminately between fluid film and stuttering flashes of images.

“It Feels Like I’m Right There With You” is a culmination from five years of Moses’ efforts in photographing her parents at their home in Williamsburg, Virginia. Following her uncle’s terminal diagnosis and death in early 2019, Moses witnessed a change in the way her parents interacted with each other and their approaches in conversations centered around mortality.

“When my parents look directly into the camera, it’s me they are looking at. As their only child, I wonder what they are thinking. I want this work to ask the question: for ourselves and for the people we love, what do we choose to make visible and why? I hope this work can serve as a meeting place in our shared memory, both now and in the years to come,” Moses’s artist statement said.

Linda Moses began working at Knox this term as the new professor of photography.

The entire show is full of personal, intimate photos - quiet, somber pieces. The pieces of her parents together have a playfulness to them amidst the darker themes. For instance the two photographs on opposite sides of the gallery, one which depicts Moses’ mother laying her back atop her father’s back as he mows the lawn. The other photograph has Moses’ father looking directly at the camera with a faint sense of amusement in his expression, while her mother is out of focus and uncaring about the camera.

In contrast, the solitary portraiture of Moses’ parents are dark and moody. The photograph featured in the promotion for the gallery is the perfect example for this.

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Moses’ mother, from It Feels Like I’m Right There With You

Photo by Linda Moses

Moses’ mother is in center frame, facing away from the viewer in front of a window. Her reflection and face is caught in the mirror to her side, and the rest of the room is dark and bathed in shadow. Things are distinct amongst each other, but there is a smoky, heavy quality to the photo.

Moses’ use of focus creates a narrative of its own, both through the literal camera-work of pictures being in focus or not, and also through the choices in imagery and narratives she chooses to showcase. The blurred fast rushing water of the birdbath, a glimpse of the hand tipping it to pour out old water.

The hazy quality to a photograph of a staircase where the TV plays in the background, just a sliver along the left edge.

In comparison, the stark focus and attention of a picture of the back of her father’s head as he waits for a haircut in the bathroom. These images bring into question the very thoughts and feelings highlighted by the gallery statement, bringing into question the role of the camera in the process of empathy and care.

a minute feels akin to a crime. Yet It Feels Like I’m Right There With You not only asks for you to slow down as you walk through, but it practically pulls at your body and begs for you to sit and watch Moses’ film - to spend moments with each photo and wonder at the story being told.

Originally published online, Oct. 21, 2024

Moses’ parents.

The entire gallery pushed at me to slow down. As someone who is constantly rushing from moment to moment in my senior year at Knox, slowing down for even 6 2 3-4 5 6

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A still from the film

Moses’ parents leaning on each other

All photographs by Linda Moses

HOROSCOPES

SCORPIO

Become shrimp. Embrace the shrimp life. Take time to laze around and do nothing.

LEO

You are so little and so nervous but it’s ok because you’ve got really cool friends to watch your back.

PISCES

You are so ready to do new things in life it kind of scares you and leaves you lost. Get out there. Go touch grass. Eat a leaf.

ARIES TAURUS

What’s best for you right now is to go chew something up into shreds and be unapologetic about it. Perhaps even a little smug.

Truly you are at your peak right now. Focused. In your lane. Flourishing. Just keep chilling and everything will be copacetic.

SAGITTARIUS

LIBRA

Speak every word on your mind even if your audience doesn’t want to hear it! Also take over every surface you can find. It is your place after all.

Luxury of the finest caliber is only possible if you’re a little greedy about it. Take what’s right in front of your face. Don’t apologize, you’re right.

VIRGO

CAPRICORN AQUARIUS

Stop being so shy. When you’re bold, the best you comes out of hiding, and everyone knows it.

Today’s the day you have to fight those demons. Sorry. You put it off too long and now it’s happening whether you like it or not.

GEMINI CANCER

Ahh the voices — ah the voices! Ignore them they’re stupid and you’re way more fun than they say.

Going outside what you know is scary. Do it anyway, or else you’ll be trapped indoors forever.

You do things a bit silly, but you know what? It’s great. Keep it up.

PLAYLIST

What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 4

DJ Shadow Point and Kill

Little Simz ft.

Obonjayar

End of begining

Djo

Slugs

Slow Pulp

Sailor Song

Gigi Perez

I was born to love you

- Freddie Mercury

Losing My Religion

R.E.M

Cool-Doug, at Night

Sammy Rae & the Friends Unknown/Nth - Hozier

Aaj Na

Ritviz

Hideaway

Cigarettes after sex

Send the pain below cheVelle

Eat the Acid

Kesha

Sing About Me, I’m

Dying of Thirst

Kendrick Lamar

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