A few weeks ago, The Round Table published a story about Beloit College students who were forced to either return home from their study abroad experiences early or remain in lockdown in their host countries, after in-person classes around the world shuttered due to the
Since well before the Class of 2020 arrived on the Beloit College campus, sunnier days during the spring semester have promised not only Mayfest and clouds of gnats, but also the Outdoor Environmental Club’s annual Earthapalooza celebration each Earth Day, April 22. On Chapin Quad
When Meg Kulikowski’21 arrived in Ireland in early January to begin her semester abroad at University College Cork, “It felt like I’d dropped myself in a separate life,” she said over the phone on March 26. Cork was “so separate” from Beloit College and her
The Round Table is working diligently to track both the COVID-19 response from Beloit College and the State of Wisconsin. Below you’ll find information about what we know from the college and what we know about Wisconsin cases. This will be updated as more information
The Round Table is in the process of obtaining data regarding the exact number of books that were removed, as well as how much the college spends on online periodicals each year. Cameron Alonso’22 had been working at the Information Desk in Morse Library since
Following the Tuesday, Feb. 18 primary elections for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, conservative-backed incumbent Daniel Kelly, who has served on the court since 2016, and liberal-backed Jill Karofsky, who is currently a Dane County Circuit Court judge, advanced to the April 7 election. Ed Fallone,
Following statewide primary elections on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the field of candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice will narrow from three to two. Those two candidates will advance to the April 7 election, which is also the day of Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential primary. The Supreme
The voting rate among Beloit College students nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, according to a September 2019 report by the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) at Tufts University. Daksha Howard, the Coordinator for the college’s Office of Student Success, Equity and
On the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 7, the Weissberg Auditorium inside of the newly opened Powerhouse (covered elsewhere in this issue of the Round Table) filled to the brim with Beloit College students, faculty and donors for its inaugural public speaker event. Dr. Maureen Raymo
At Beloit College’s 16th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Convocation held on the evening of the semester’s first day of classes, student and guest speakers used this institution for context while reflecting on the theme “Success, Equity, Community.” The convocation is one