Braving sidewalks iced over with sleet, members of the Beloit campus and community found warmth and fiery words in Eaton Chapel at the 13th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Convocation, titled “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Embodying the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther
I had not even made it on my flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C. before the disagreements began. Seated next to me at my gate were two middle-aged women. The straight-haired blonde asked the curly-haired brunette if she was attending the inauguration. “I sure am,”
Diane Hendricks, the billionaire chairperson of ABC Supply and a member of the board of trustees at Beloit College, was recently named to Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee after donating nearly $2 million to support Trump and serving as a member of Trump’s economic advisory
Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, Texas has executed 538 inmates — more than a third of 1,440 executions to take place over the last 40 years. But, as some have argued, it may soon be revealed that an
A series of harassing acts and violent threats have left members of the Beloit campus feeling uneasy as friction has erupted throughout the student body. In the early evening of Tuesday, Nov. 15, Director of Security Bruce Heine sent an email to students in regards
A plague of robberies has descended upon Beloit College recently, and several students have suffered as a result. Many types of items seem to have been targeted, although a singular person or group has yet to be identified as the culprit. While multiple dorms have
Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States in a stunning upset fueled by disaffection and dissatisfaction among white working class voters. Running a campaign that was motivated by anger at the political, social and media establishment, Trump was able
Election Day is just hours away, and while millions have already cast their votes early across the country, the results of those votes won’t be known until the polls close on Tuesday. If you haven’t already gone to the polls or sent a ballot through
Hip-hop activist, political organizer and leading scholar on Afro-Latinx identity Rosa Clemente imparted to Beloit students and community members the importance of education and activism in the face of systemic oppression during her speech on Friday, Nov. 4. Autumn Gant ‘19 heard Clemente speak this
The FBI director, James Comey, informed Congress yesterday that his agency had found no evidence of wrongdoing in a recently discovered trove of emails from Hillary Clinton. “Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusion that we expressed in July with respect to