Japanese literature and folklore scholar Dr. Michael Dylan Foster visited Beloit College on Fri, Oct. 6 to deliver the Asian Studies Department’s first guest lecture of the semester, “Visiting Deities: Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Rural Sustainability in Japan.” Dr. Foster spoke about his on-site research
Wind and rain did not deter Beloit College students and the greater Beloit community from participating in the college’s second annual Freedom March on Saturday, Oct. 7. Organized by the Office for Inclusive Living and Learning (OILL), students, organization members, community leaders and members assembled
Beloit College has fallen among top liberal arts schools in the nation, according to the 2018 U.S. News and World Report college rankings that were released on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Beloit placed 76th overall on the U.S. News and World Report National Liberal Arts
The Black queer feminist scholar and activist Dr. Moya Bailey became Beloit College’s first-ever Office of Academic Diversity and Inclusiveness Ousley Scholar in Residence when she visited the college on Thurs, Sept. 28 and Fri, Sept. 29. She spent those days holding workshops on campus,
President Donald Trump visited the United Nations last week at a tense time for the nations of the world. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has recently demonstrated his ability to fire long range ballistic missiles as far as Japan, and has successfully tested high-yield nuclear
A series of natural disasters has heavily impacted the Western Hemisphere during the last few weeks. The first occurred at the end of August. Hurricane Harvey, which started as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, had become a Category 4 hurricane by the
Beloit College students and faculty bade farewell to Bill Conover in an event on Friday, Sept. 15, the final day of his 13 years of service as the director of the college’s Spiritual Life Program. About a week previously, Dean of Students Christina Klawitter and
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected Great Lakes Basin Transportation’s proposal to build a 261-mile railroad that would have cut through Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. The board announced its decision on Wednesday, claiming that the financial information provided by Great Lakes Basin Transportation (GLBT)
On Fri, April 21, the Roy Chapman Andrews Society will honor Wade Davis CM, the 2017 recipient of their Distinguished Explorer Award. The Roy Chapman Andrews Society was founded in 1999 by a group of residents of the City of Beloit. Their goal is to
This story is a part of an in-depth, two article feature on Beloit College’s bias incident policy. The other article, entitled “Faculty member accused of bias criticizes policy’s lack of due process, punitive nature,” can be read here. An assessment of Beloit College’s Anti-Hate/Bias Incident