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I have a T-shirt buried deep within my dresser drawer that reads “I am here.” This shirt was passed out during my first year orientation, before I became accustomed to life at K.

Farmers’ markets bring out the impulse buyer in me.

Piercings and Everything

Girl on Cell Phone: …he is seriously going through the evil teenage period of kittenhood.

When the words “spring break” come to mind, lounging in tropical paradise or curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn sounds appealing, but for students Laura Koch K ’11 and Liz Baugh K ’11, heading out to the Badlands of South Dakota, rebuilding communities on Pine Ridge Reservation for the Oglala Lakota people, is their idea of a perfect “alternative

As many K students are aware, sweeping changes have been made to the Kalamazoo College curriculum for next year. The new curriculum has been voted on and approved by K’s faculty; now, the student response is all that remains to be seen.

Get ready for a full weekend of events put on by the Student Activities Committee (SAC).

The weekend will begin Friday night March 13, with “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” at 9:30 P.M. in Dewing 103. Concessions will be available for $1, and guests are just $3.

Throw Back
Girl A: Do you know who's a cool lady?
Girl B shakes head
Girl A: Pat Benetar. She's pretty awesome.
Overheard by POPPiNS in the Library

It Only it Were That Simple
Professor to Class: Now I'm afraid arms aren't arms. Are you scratching the wall?
Overheard by Anonymous in the Library

I know how to get a prescription for birth control, but I don’t want my parents to know.  Where can I get the pills and maybe for relatively cheap or maybe other contraceptives?

-Poor Almost Sexually Active College Student

Are you an outdoor enthusiast? Did you love LandSea and reminisce about the “good old days” when you lived off the land and everything you could fit into your backpack? Does your ideal date include hiking through the wilderness and camping out under the stars? You’re in luck—the Kalamazoo Outing Club is looking for you!

Most students learn about the Great Depression in grade school. Now in college, we are getting a strong taste of the reality of an economic meltdown. Even with an overload of media coverage, college students can only know so much about the worst stock market slumps since 1997.