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Health Center Dissatisfaction?
Allie Jacobs
Monday, May 11, 2009

A student who entered the Kalamazoo College Student Health Center for her first pelvic examination found herself lying on a table, staring nervously up at the ceiling.

Not Your Typical Spring Break
Allie Jacobs
Thursday, April 9, 2009

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

Freshman Gets Stung By Hornet Roommate
Allie Jacobs
Friday, March 13, 2009
The minute Bobby Peterson K’12 got his roommate form during the summer, he eagerly filled it out, writing a detailed description of his sleeping habits and making sure to note that he was an extreme neat freak. Nowhere on the form was there any statement about whether or not students had a preference for honey or minded being stung every so often.
Econ Classes Incorporate Current Banking Crisis
Allie Jacobs
Thursday, March 5, 2009

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.

A New Way to Find New Music
Allie Jacobs
Thursday, February 12, 2009

As a hand-held alternative to the radio, MP3 players allow people to pick and choose music, play songs at any time and place.