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The Not-So-Great Loss of Our LACs
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, April 16, 2009

K has always touted the individual attention and personalization that its education provides. However, this freedom has only actually existed within the grounds of selecting how we fulfill the K plan’s requirements. Most of the requirements are for our own good. They force us to provide assets that will prove useful after we graduates… mostly.

International Conference at K
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, April 9, 2009
On April 2, Wes Sly, a development manager for 3M Corporate Marketing, was the first of a series of speakers to speak at the weekend-long International Business Conference hosted by the Kalamazoo College Business Guild.

Sly addressed the advantages of a liberal arts education in modern international business.

What Is K's Plan?
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Why has Kalamazoo College traditionally been viewed as a liberal arts college?

Global Warming...Or Is It?
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, March 12, 2009

I made up my mind a long time ago about global warming. Aerosol is bad and trees are good. That was my logic and I’ve stuck with it. However, while I was in my parlor perusing the Internet I came upon a metaphor so striking I could not ignore it.

Lowering the Drinking Age
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Attempts by colleges to combat abusive drinking habits have been thwarted by students simply drinking off campus. Sometimes it seems like it’d be easier to just have a bar on campus. Actually, the K Place, a Kalamazoo College run pub used to be the hang out for K students on weekends.

Why Didn't Proposal A Pass?
Jordan Rickard
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Benjamin Franklin said, “they who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security”, but whoever heard of sacrificing liberty for expediency? While Student Commission’s Proposal A failed to pass (only gathering 60.6 of the necessary 75%), it continues to raise questions as to why it failed and how to handle the issues it was created to solve.