This article was originally published on Nov. 23, 2015. A shorter version appeared in the print edition. Since Swarthmore College started the first campus campaign to divest from fossil fuels in 2011, over 450 institutions around the world have committed to some level of fossil
This article was originally published on Dec. 7, 2015. Students packed Java Joint on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. for the slam poetry performance by Kit Yan, who controlled the stage with his urgent, dynamic voice and dramatic hand gestures. The award-winning one-person show,
This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2015. Local high school students joined Beloit College students for a slam poetry workshop on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24. Jamila Woods and Jasmine Barber, artists from Young Chicago Authors (YCA), led the workshop in Wilson
This article was originally published on Sept. 21, 2015. On Friday, Sept. 18, Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo Willox gave a lecture titled “The Right to Cold: Climate Change and the Inuit” in Richardson Auditorium as part of the eighth annual Weissberg Program fall forum for human