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The once highly anticipated event is now viewed as unconstructive

Crystal Ball’s Waning ImpactDebate: First-year students Danielle Gin, Christine Cho, Malavika Rao, Celeste Nosow, and Taylor Miles dress up for K’s annual Crystal Ball event.

On Saturday, May 10, Ka-leidoscope and the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) hosted Crystal Ball in Ander-son Athletic Center. The event showcased the campus-wide

support for the LGBTQA community by encouraging students to experiment with gender performance and roles in a safe environment.

K-Scope member Rachel Ellis ’16 said that the goal of the event was “firstly to raise awareness of different cultures that are apart of the LGBT community and allow students to creatively and in a safe place play with their gender and have fun!”

Although this event only

lasts for one evening, the or-ganizers of the event, as well as many participants, stress the importance of continu-ing dialogue regarding the LGBTQA community and gender performance.

Before the event took place on Saturday, there was a dis-cussion on Thursday night, in which a speaker was brought in to discuss transphobia, as well as other issues the event might garner.

The organizers stressed

that the importance of re-specting the event’s goal was through an enforced dress code. “We [want to enforce] a dress code because so often many [people] may acciden-tally offend people that are transgender, which is why we expect no lingerie,” ex-plained Ellis.

During the actual event, multiple students gave feed-back of their expectations of

Art Prize to Celebrate Kalamazoo’s Artistic TalentKalamazoo’s OSI will initiate the Kalamazoo

College Art Prize at the end of the month

For a long time, Kalam-azoo College students have been producing works of art. As a sign of recognition, K hangs some of those pieces on walls, and displays others throughout campus land-scapes. The Office of Student Involvement (OSI) will now sponsor another sign of rec-ognition for artistic talent: Ka-lamazoo College Art Prize.

The event will exhibit K students’ artwork and will feature local art vendors. Stu-dents enjoying the show will have the opportunity to vote for the work they like. The program welcomes any art medium, including perfor-

mances, documentary films, and visual art.

“This event is the first of its kind to happen at Kalama-zoo College,” said Kari Paine ‘14, one of the OSI interns. “[OSI has] modeled it off of the popular Grand Rapids Art Prize event, but [has] made it specific to K.”

The Grand Rapids Art Prize event began in 2009, and proved to be a huge success. It was the first time that locals were the ones to decide upon the overall winners. Although Kalamazoo’s Art Prize will be at a much smaller scale, it still hopes to draw the same appeal.

Mirroring the Grand Rapids Art Prize event, Ka-lamazoo’s Art Prize will de-termine its winner by both popular and jury vote. Student voting will take place from 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on

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K Students Take Back the Night

CAMPUS LIFE

The event that brings awareness to intimate partner violence and

sexual assault was held May 7

On May 7, Kalamazoo College hosted its annual Take Back The Night event, which was co-sponsored by S3A (Sexual Safety and Support Alliance) and P.O.W.E.R. (Progressive Organiza-tion of Women Engaged in Revolution). This event is a worldwide direct action that emerged in the 1970s against rape, intimate partner

violence, and other forms of sexual violence and assault.

The night started off with a “speak out,” during which nine speakers relayed their person-al experiences and/or second hand accounts of sexual vio-lence. Then, the event sepa-rated according to gender and while the men were in a dis-cussion, the women went on a march along West Main to the intramural fields. While at the fields, all the women gathered in a candle-lit circle where they were free to share any experiences they have had with sexual assault.

“Every year we have seen an increasing number of stu-dents attending all parts of the event, and this year was

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Rising juniors will be able to seek off-

campus housing next school year due to the growing student body

In the fall of the 2013-2014 school year, Kalamazoo College enrolled the largest first-year class in the recent history of the College. The record enrollment included 450 students for the class of 2017, along with 14 transfer students, for a total of 464 new students. The large amount of new students affected the campus community in unique

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“Young Democrat of the Year” Distinction Awarded to K Senior

Poetry: Natasha Miller, delivering one of her passionate poetic pieces. Miller visited Kalamazoo College April 25

Abby Minor ‘14 was honored by the

Michigan Democratic Party on April 26

On April 26, senior Abigail Miner won the “Young Dem-ocrat of the Year” award from the Michigan Demo-

cratic Party. At the annual Jefferson-Jackson fundrais-ing and awards dinner at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Miner was presented her award and dined with several politicians who are currently serving or running for state and federal offices.

According to Miner, the Michigan Democratic Party gives the “Young Democrat

of the Year” award to anyone under thirty-five for “distinc-tion in service, recruitment, innovation, and fundraising,” and that it has been several years since the award was given to a woman.

Miner was on the execu-tive board of the Michigan Federation of College Dem-ocrats (MFCD) for about 14

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of the event. Dallas Pallone ‘17 stated, “Ba-sically I just really hope that people are re-spectful of drag and take the event seriously.”

When asked what she hoped she would gain through this event Olivia Finkelstein ‘17 responded, “things to be gained for the campus is what happens throughout the week with the education and community reflection, and becoming informed about drag, but the event itself is not that constructive.”

Overall, there was a general response from students and the organizers for there to be more discussions and reflections of the present issues that extend beyond Crystal Ball and should be considered consistently throughout the year.

In efforts of continuing the discussion there will be a Talkback on Wednesday, May 13 with the time and place to be determined. This Talkback will include dialogue about certain aspects of the event, as well as listening to students reflect about the event as a whole.

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no exception. I also feel that this year the stories that were shared represented a wider variety of experienc-es than we have had in the past,” said Lindsey Koening ‘14, one of the co-leaders of P.O.W.E.R. and a member of S3A.

Take Back The Night planning starts as early as winter quarter, and takes up much of the time during P.O.W.E.R. meetings.

“Planning for Take Back the Night is extremely extensive. Most of the time in our meetings leading up to TBTN was devoted to planning for the event, and getting people to vol-unteer for tasks regard-ing the event (advertising, tabling, etc.),” said Emaline Lapinski ‘15, another co-lead-er of P.O.W.E.R. “As one of the co-leaders, and I’m sure Lindsey can attest to this, plan-ning for the event takes up a lot of our free time outside

classes.” Both Lindsey and Emaline

have been attending the event since their freshman year and believe that it is very benefi-cial to K because sexual vio-lence is an important issue that is prevalent on college cam-puses. It also gives a voice to

an issue that is usually silent.“Many people still do not

know if their experiences can ‘count’ as a ‘legitimate’ form of assault, and our event helps clear the confusion up within the student body,” Lapins-

ki said.“I also feel like the sep-

arate male and female dis-cussions about rape and rape culture educate our student body about what these things can look like, as well as what can be done to stop it. I know for a lot of women, the event

is therapeutic for them, and provides a safe space for their stories to be told.”

Both leaders find the event to be very import-ant. According to Lapins-ki, even though she is not a survivor of sexual assault or rape, the event is import-ant because “as a feminist, [she] feels that destroying rape culture will move our society forward.”

“Although heartbreak-ing, every year this event not only revitalizes my

drive to help survivors as a career, but it reestablishes that intimate partner violence and sexual assault need to be talked about and that the culture that we live in needs to change,” Koening concluded.

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months, during which she managed college chapters of College Democrats at different schools and hosted conferences for members across the state to get together, she said. Ac-cording to Miner, her duties also included acting as a liaison between MFCD and chapter leaders, and sometimes with different candi-dates who wanted volunteers.

Miner was also the secretary of Kalam-azoo College Democrats during her sopho-more year.

“When they first called me I definitely thought it was a joke,” Miner said about first receiving the phone call from the Executive Director of the Michigan Party informing her that she had won the award. “My gut reaction was that they had called the wrong person.”

According to Miner, the Jefferson-Jackson dinner is an award ceremony and fundrais-er that the Michigan Democratic Party holds every year, and this year raised over $5,000.

Miner was able to meet Bill Clinton, the

event’s keynote speaker, and dined with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.

“It was a big honor to be taken seriously as someone who is 22 years old in a room of people who are 20, 30, 40 years older than me,” Miner said.

She explained that when the Michigan Dem-ocratic Party chooses the awardee, there is “a table discussion” about four different awards that are given out. Miner said she believes she was chosen because this year the party emphasized the importance of membership recruitment, and she did a good job with re-cruitment, bringing about 600 new members to the Democratic Party.

Miner said she greatly appreciates K’s Po-litical Science department for funding her trip to Detroit for the awards dinner.

“I’m hoping to work one or two years before applying to grad school for public policy,” Miner said about her plans after graduation. She added that she hopes to work on a cam-paign and stay in Michigan for at least one election cycle.

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May 31, and the winners will be announced at 11:45 p.m.

By hosting Art Prize in Hicks Student Center, OSI hopes to view the event as more than just a showcase of art pieces. The set up will be unlike other Zoo after Dark events: art pieces will decorate Hick’s walls and hall-ways. Students will walk through a set path of corridors, simulating a true experience of an exhibit.

The event will not be limited to being an

art gallery; documentary film screenings, circus performances, poetry, crafts, activi-ties, and free food will be available for vis-itors to enjoy.

The winner’s award will be a “night on the Town.” The winning artists will be pro-vided transportation to and from the Alamo Draft House Cinema, dinner, and a movie. The winner may also pick four friends to ac-company him or her throughout the night.

The event will be held on May 31, with the deadline for submitting pieces being May 21. To register, email osiinterns@kzoo.edu.

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ways, specifically regard-ing housing and roommate assignments.

Eric Staab, Dean of Ad-mission and Financial Aid, commented in the fall that no one was more surprised about the enrollment size than Admissions. “You don’t ever know the percentage of accepted students that will actually matriculate until it happens,” he said.

Because of the influx of first-year students, the Of-fice of Residential Life had to scramble to adjust. Dana Jansma, Associate Dean of Students, said Residential Life heard from Admissions that the class would be large but

they did not know how large. “The deadline for accept-

ed students to submit their deposit is May 1,” Jansma explained, “So around May 15th we sent an email to rising juniors notifying them that of a lottery to allow off-campus housing in the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year.”

Normally juniors are not allowed to live off-campus until their spring quarter, but the large incoming class cre-ated an exception.

“Last year was an anom-aly,” Jansma declared. “I’ve been here 14 years and that has never happened before.”

However, now the pro-cess is being repeated for next school year. On May 6,

Mike Sosulski, Dean of the Sophomore Class sent out an email to the class of 2016 stating, “Residential Life is now offering the opportunity to allow a limited number of current sophomores (a.k.a rising juniors) the opportunity to move off campus for the entire academic year next year. Normally juniors are required to live on campus through winter quarter. Remember that there are only a limited number of spaces available for rising juniors to be released for fall and winter quarters.”

The fall housing process will take place during ninth week with the lottery numbers released online next week.

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Administration: Some Juniors Allowed Off-Campus For Fall 2014

“Our event helps clear

the confusion up within the student body,”

stresses of life. People have a chance to slow down and get to know each other,” Margot said. You get a chance to think about what’s really im-portant.”

This summer, she will be working at Crystalaire Adventures, a camp for outdoors trips, as a logistics manager. She will handle logisti-cal aspects of the camp’s trips, in-cluding planning routes and figur-ing out food proportions.

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Margot Couraud: Outdoor Leadermallika mitrafeatures editor

Many may see Margot Couraud ’16 around campus with her signa-ture spunky, short hair, but few know how much she thrives in the back-country. According to Margot, as a member of the executive board of the Kalamazoo Outing Club (KOC), she has “to put together meetings, make sure trips are running, get trip sponsors, and manage a budget.”

As a board member, she attends KOC meetings every Friday, meets once a week with the rest of the board, and meets once a week with the board and the Outdoors Pro-grams interns.

“I like to orchestrate outdoor events for people,” Margot said. “It’s a really great community.”

This past summer, Margot was a LandSea leader.

“It was a great experience for me because I love being a part of that community and it was just a great group of people and a great program,” she said. “I think it can challenge people from a physical and mental standpoint. Being a LandSea leader helped make me believe in myself and grow in con-fidence because I knew my patrol

trusted me, and being there for them was really great.”

The sophomore has also led trips with the KOC, including the spring break trip to Big Bend National Park, which she said was one of her favor-ite trips to lead. She got to co-lead with some amazing people, found the national park to be a “really cool place,” and was “happily surprised by how diverse the landscape was.”

“I think that being outdoors is a chance to get away from the normal

zoo College Cross Country Team, Margot spends a lot of free time running. She also enjoys watching “How I Met Your Mother,” and her favorite movie is “Little Miss Sun-shine.” Currently, she is listening to Fleet Foxes, Beach House, and The Temper Trap.

While she isn’t at school, Margot lives in East Lansing, Michigan with her mother, father, and dog Rusty. They, along with her older sister, are “a great support system.”

EnvOrg and Student Commission Reach Day of Gracious Living Water Compromise

neeha mianenvorg contributor

At last Monday’s Student Com-mission meeting, there was an ini-tiative for StuComm to reach a solu-tion on the previous conversation of having single-use water bottles at Day of Gracious Living (DOGL).

It was decided earlier that StuComm would respect EnvOrg’s wishes to not provide single-use water bottles due to the negative en-vironmental effects it would cause.

One solution reached was utilizing the large Gatorade jugs owned by the athletic department. However, the issue of how the water will be distributed and with what containers concerned StuComm and EnvOrg.

Earlier in the week, StuComm had sent a representative, Amanda Johnson ’17, to an EnvOrg meeting to come up with multiple options that would be presented at the StuComm meeting, and later voted on.

The StuComm meeting began with multiple EnvOrg members making public comments on behalf of more

sustainable solutions for DoGL, and urging StuComm to think of the po-tential impact the campus would have if support was shown for en-vironmental stewardship.

The options were presented, and concerns were raised by various StuComm members about the lo-gistics of certain options, such as transportation, waste management, sanitation, and sustainability.

Ultimately, all concerns were taken into account on both sides, and a decision was reached to collect 250 cups from around campus and from

Kalamazoo College Dining Services and StuComm would purchase 250 designated sustainable cups.

The StuComm meeting ended with K senior and President of EnvOrg Emma Dolce ’14, expressing her concern for StuComm to take a more active role in sustainability on campus, and to become more aware of various actors on campus who share this concern as well.

As DoGL approaches, StuComm will also be encouraging students to bring their own reusable water bottles to minimize waste at the beach.

Kazoo Frisbee Teams to Hold Annual BBUT Tournamenttrisha dunham

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On Saturday May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Kalamazoo College Ultimate Frisbee (KCUF) teams hosted their annual Beez Buzz Ulitimate Tournament. This is a hat

tournament in which anyone from either the Kalamazoo College commu-nity or greater Kalamazoo community is welcome and encouraged to play.

Women’s team captain Christina Lehman ’14 explained that the tour-nament is a fundraiser for the Frisbee team, and that the organizers try to

advertise as much as possible by in-viting the entire campus and tabling in Hicks.

“There’s a fundraising element, [but] it’s really about tradition,” said men’s team captain Woody Tauke ’14. “Members of the community really rely on it”.

A majority of the members of the community that participate are either alumni from KCUF or members of the Kalamazoo Ultimate Disk League, known as KUDL and pronounced like “cuddle”. This year’s tournament was one of the biggest yet, with about 80 people signed up. The cost for each participant is $10, which includes re-freshments and lunch. All remaining profits are put into the KCUF account for the following year’s team.

Tauke explained that the club has, “never really done much fundrais-ing” and that “it’s something new to the club this year.”

The reason behind these fundraising efforts involved difficulties the team encountered during winter quarter when trying to secure practice space from school facilities. KCUF had to pay an outside facility in order to con-tinue practicing. The money raised during fundraising went to paying for practice space, but also was put into the club account for next year’s team and team trips.

One of the overall goals of KCUF is to keep the club’s cost as low as possible, so that everyone interested is able to participate, something they are only able to do with the support of the school and fundraising.

“[This was] part of the reason for the tournament. In case we lose funding from the school, we’ll be able to con-tinue the philosophy of inclusion,” Tauke said.

A Closer Look at the Women of Conditioningtrisha dunham

index staff writer

Every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-day, and Friday morning, the dedicated students of the Con-

ditioning and Speed physical educa-tion course pull themselves out of bed and head over to the Anderson Athletic Center’s weight room for the 6:15 a.m. start time. The course consists of about 70 students. A ma-jority of them are members of the football team, for which the course is mandatory. However, the remainder of the students are voluntary partic-ipants, seven of whom are female.

According to Assistant Coach Ryan McElwain, the common goal of the course which is “to increase your overall fitness level, as well as awareness,” and improve overall

“physical and mental health.” McElwain said that all partici-

pants of the course take part in the same activities, regardless of gender. He added that throughout the course he himself does not “motivate the women differently” and that mo-tivation “varies by individual, not by gender.”

Female students Claire McCar-thy ’16 and Simone Arora ’15 con-firmed McElwain’s statement.

“[The coaches are] very encour-aging at whatever level any of us are at,” McCarthy said.

“The coaches really push us in a positive way,” Arora explained.

Coach McElwain reflected on the impact the women have had on the football players.

“The women are inspirational for the football players. They are willing to come and want to get in shape,” he said.

McCarthy said her reasoning for taking the course was that she “missed having a team and being held accountable.”

“I’m doing it for me, not for anyone else,” Mc-Carthy added.

She explained that, although in the beginning she felt a bit uncom-fortable and inti-mated by the foot-ball players, she has come to un-derstand that she is not working against them, but working with them.

McCarthy said she has begun to feel more empowered.

“I am using my body in a very physical way. I am proving to

myself that I am strong,” she said. Arora added that her reason

for taking the course was that she “wanted to learn something new from people that really know what they’re

talking about.” She said this

has definitely become one of her favorite courses she has taken at K.

Fellow student Lauren Zehnder ’17 explained that during the course she has not nec-essarily become more empowered because she never

felt powerless. “But I definitely feel more con-

fident,” Zehnder said. She added that she is really enjoying the course and hopes to take it again next year.

“I am using my body in a very physical way. I am proving to myself that I am strong.”

Sophomore Margot Couraud enjoying the outdoors. Margot is on the Kalamazoo Outing Club Executive Board

Due to the upcoming run-off election, I believe the student body needs to be bet-ter informed about the positions they are voting for. As current Secretary of Finance for Student Commission, I feel that I can accurately tell you who is needed for this very demanding full-time job.

Being the Secretary of Finance requires a great deal of energy, patience, and humility. This person is not only in charge of manag-ing over $112,000 of your money, but also constantly works with student organizations to make sure their events can run smoothly. From registration to reimbursement, the Secretary of Finance is your advocate for accessing Student Activities Fee money. Just as this position is extremely important, so is your decision in this Thursday’s election.

To start, this position requires constant and instant replies to emails - always. You can never be late, forget, or skip a meeting, and exceptional organization is needed to balance things smoothly. You must have excellent time management skills, as there is little

time to study because you will inevitably put your job and fellow students first. This is not a resume booster. It requires constant dedication and persistence, and a real and deep desire to help your fellow students. Students need a Secretary of Finance who is so proactive that they have already made it a priority and started the job as a Commis-sioner. They must already know what they are doing and have a plan in place for next year. They have even already called the bank personally to finally figure out how to get student organizations debit cards.

I have certainly not been perfect in this position. However, after four quarters, I know what it takes to do this job well and believe that I have done the best I can. This is your money on the line: which candidate will you trust with this responsibility? Take a look at the one who has really been campaigning and reaching out to students - the choice should be clear.

While last week's issue gave a voice to a player who felt alienated by the Foot-ball Program, he failed to acknowledge his overrepre-sentation of the black com-munity as a whole. As a former captain of the football team and an African Ameri-can male, I feel it is impera-tive to portray the FAMILY that I have been a part of for the last four years. Ar-riving on K’s campus was definitely a culture shock; the diversity and beliefs here differ greatly from the Metro Detroit socialization I re-ceived. However, that is the beauty of going to college, especially an institution like Kalamazoo College. You are supposed to leave your comfort zone; things that worked in high school will not guarantee you success in college, whether it’s ac-ademically, socially or ath-letically. Yes, things can be difficult here. We’re all ex-periencing new things and learning on the fly, but getting through this and coming out on the other side is the most rewarding part - being able to say, ‘I made it’.

As student-athletes we made the decision to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, and to accept the ups and downs that come

with this decision. Some-times the only way to over-come those challenges is to dig deep and discover the answer yourself. Players, both black and white, have chosen to walk away from the team. However, these were personal decisions that were not based off of race.

During the recruiting process, Kalamazoo College was the only school that went above and beyond to ensure that I felt a part of a family, and not just another black kid who was good at foot-ball. I’m aware that other minorities have come on this campus and felt alienated and without a support group, but before I ever stepped foot on this campus I felt a part of a family. As a fresh-man, I began fall quarter with 80-plus brothers (of all races) who had my back and were willing to help me grind through any obstacle I encountered. Even if a player was not on the same page as the team or wanted nothing to do with us, we supported them and let them know that we were there for them, because that’s what families do.

Besides my brothers on the team, I had a father figure in Coach Zorbo who was always on my side. Coach

has pushed me to be the best in everything that I do. Because of Coach Zorbo, I’ve learned not to be content with the average, but rather, to always strive for excellence. I’ve seen this man bend over backwards to ensure that all of his players are capable of reaching their full potential, especially African American players. Coach isn’t naïve to the cultural differences here at K, and I know he has done everything in his power to make Kalamazoo feel like home to all his players. I can’t think of another group or team on K’s campus that is as diverse or accepting than the football team.

I’m writing this letter to express that there are other outcomes for African Amer-icans here. You have the power and ability to gain as much as possible from this institution and football program. It all depends on how much you put into it and if you take advantage of the opportunities placed in front of you. I promise you that doors will open for you like you have never imagined possible. I have enjoyed and loved my four years as a stu-dent-athlete at K, and will forever be a Hornet.

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After seven weeks of changing my diet

and going from star-vation to plentiful meals, I complet-e d m y final week of restrict-ed dieting: no nuts.

Peanut and tree-nut aller-gies are the most prevalent food allergies, effecting 3 million people in the United States. This contributes to many Americans having an allergic reaction, which could land them in the hospital.

Once I started my journey, I realized that most foods were not going to be a problem. I obviously would not eat peanut butter or peanut sauce, but for the most part the meal itself wasn’t the problem. Instead what I was forced to keep an eye on were the des-serts, which definitely caused me some trouble.

Every day I would go to the dessert section and watch as every single food had “con-tains nuts” signs next to them,

which was definitely frustrat-ing. There was never a dry dessert option like cookies or brownies. I suppose you could always eat ice cream, a bowl of cereal, or a cup of fruit. But chocolate chip cookies without nuts would have been a great treat for me every once and awhile.

That said I understand that the chance of contamination is a problem. So, I think that a sign above the foods, cau-tioning that there could be some contam-ination; similar to what the caf-eteria does for the fried foods on the Home Line.

But poor la-beling extends beyond the caf-eteria. Since the start of my journey six weeks ago, I realized how important the labeling in the cafeteria is since some foods that contained an allergen sur-prised me. However, I didn’t realize that as much as I did this week.

Trying to buy a cookie at the Book Club was like flip-

ping a coin, maybe it was totally fine, or maybe (if I actually had a nut allergy) it could kill me.

While putting stickers on the cookies - like the ones on the signs in the cafeteria - would definitely be ideal. Perhaps just having the name of the cookie on the basket where they are contained would have made things much easier. You would be surprised how similar peanut butter and sugar cookies look.

Overall, I have to con-gratulate the cafeteria on their prog-ress these past few weeks. I have seen lots of improve-ments every week that have only helped me through my

process.Although there will prob-

ably never be a perfect solu-tion to all of these dietary re-strictions, I am really glad that we have a group of people so dedicated to making sure that every student can have a safe and yummy meal.

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“Poor labeling extends

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No Labels Drives Me Nuts

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

KELLYOHLRICH

Kelly Ohlrich ‘14 is the current Secretary of Finance for the Student Commission

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

RYANGREGORY

Ryan Gregory is a K senior

Making an Educated Decision for Secretary of Finance

Proud to be a Hornet

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LISABROCK

Anne Dueweke’s Call to ActionIn response to the heartfelt series written by Anne Dueweke, which I read as a call to action, I offer the following sources to those who want to dig deeper in their understanding of race, racism and the African-American Experience in the United States. Here are twelve books and four films/documentaries that address the topic in different ways and on different

epochs. I hope this is useful.

BooksMichelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Free Press, 2012) Martha Biondi, The Black Revolution Campus (University of California Press, 2012)Eduardo Bonilla Silva, Racism without Racist; Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (Rowan and Littlefield, 2013)Michael Gomez, Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1998)Cheryl Harris, Whiteness as Property (Harvard Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 8, pp. 1707, 1993)Leon Litwack, Trouble in Mind (Vintage Press, 1999)Jeanne Theoharis, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Beacon Press, 2013)Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark (Vintage, 1993)David Roediger, The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Verso, 2007)Randall Robinson, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (Plume, 2001)Craig Wilder, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Trouble History of America’s Universities (Bloomsbury Press, 2013)Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (Doubleday, 2007)

FilmsEyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1985 (Pro-duced/Directed by Henry Hampton of Blackside, released 1987) Twelve Years a Slave (Director, Steve McQueen, 2013)Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enactment of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (Written by Douglass Blackman, Producer/Director Sam Pollard, 2012)Fruitvale Station, (Produced & Directed by Ryan Coogler, 2012)

Using the Term “Ally”

The colloquialism of the term “Ally” on this campus is problem-atic. Kalamazoo College students have adopted this term as a way of

glorifying themselves. It is a way to claim a ‘social justice’ identity without actually having to partici-pate in the associated movements. It is a noun taking the place of a verb.

Calling yourself an “Ally” pro-vides you with an unnecessary space. Your “Allyship” draws attention away from the work of marginalized people. It clouds their voice. Your self-identification as an “Ally” does not assist the progression of their

work. It is not about the labels you place on yourself. It is about what actions you take to support oppressed communities.

Your adoption of “Allyship” creates stagnation where move-ment is essential. Your work does not finish because you label your-self an “Ally.” It is a way of life that should not require any label. It is not about you.

It is about collaboration. Using

phrases like “working in conjunc-tion with” or “collaboration with” place the focus on the underrepre-sented instead of on you.

Your goal should be to create meaningful relationships. Not create an exploitative dialogue where people are dehumanized.

Marginalized people should not be utilized as banks of information about their experiences. They are not here to inform you of your priv-

ilege. That’s your job. That being said, one of your tasks

is to listen and to show up. That is what working in collaboration looks like.

Your silence is integral to their movements, but so is knowing when to speak up.

Cassandra Solis and Isabelle Ciaramitaro are Kalamazoo College Sophomores

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OFF-CAMPUSEVENTS

Friday, 5/16

Annie Get Your Gun7:30 p.m.Civic Theatre Auditorium

Saturday, 5/17Annie Get Your Gun7:30 p.m.Civic Theatre Auditorium Raunch and Roll8:00 p.m.Barn Theatre

Sunday, 5/18Int’l Art Museum Day11:00 - 5:00 p.m.Kalamazoo Institute of ArtAnnie Get Your Gun2:00 p.m.Civic Theatre Auditorium

Monday, 5/20ARTbreak: Images to Inspire: Bobats, Great Horned Owls and Bald Eagles12:00 p.m.Kalamazoo Institute of Art

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Thursday, 5/15Peer Gynt7:30 p.m.Nelda K. Balch Playhouse

Friday, 5/16Peer Gynt8:00 p.m.Nelda K. Balch Playhouse

Saturday, 5/17

Gavin Family Band7:30 p.m.Recital HallPeer Gynt8:00 p.m.Nelda K. Balch Playhouse

Sunday, 5/18

Irish Music Workshop12:00 p.m.FAB Room 11Peer Gynt2:00 p.m.Nelda K. Balch PlayhouseShurbert and Faure4:00 p.m.Stetson Chapel

The City Sings Bach(times vary)Area Churches

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Bach Community Sing6:30 p.m.Dalton Theatre

Wednesday, 5/21

Bach’s Lunch Concert12:00 p.m.Recital Hall

Henrik Ibsen’s slightly profane, possibly offensive yet thrilling ro-mantic dramatic play will be per-formed by Kalamazoo College stu-dents as a part of the close to the Festival Playhouse’s 50th season .

The romantic dramatic play is Peer Gynt, and Kalamazoo College will be putting on Colin Teevan’s adap-tation of it for the modern stage, first written by Henrik Ibsen. The show is playing this Thursday through Sunday, May 15-18, in the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse.

Peer Gynt is the both the name of the play and its main character, and is played by Kyle Lampar ’17. Peer is characterized as someone who will do and say anything to get what he wants. Lampar described his char-acter as “vulgar, carefree, and un-apologetic…but behind that persona of tough teenage angst, there’s a fragile individual who only wishes to fulfill his dreams.”

This modern stage edition of Peer Gynt comes with updated language and situations. Guest Director Todd Espeland believes will make this more accessible for Kalamazoo College students.

“The roughness of the language, modernizing Peer’s adventures by making him a human trafficker, and its references to the way we idolize TV celebrities, brings Ibsen's message into the 21st century while

Kalamazoo Thespians Perform Peer with a Twist

Kalamazoo College welcomed Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams to perform last Tuesday in Stetson Chapel as part of the Gilmore International Piano Festival’s free day at the College.

The festival is celebrating its 25th anniversa-ry, so far holding five such similar concerts all in the chapel at 2:00 p.m. In his third performance of the festival, Williams continued to perform a collection of Beethoven Sonatas with paramount talent, shining through each piece’s technical dif-ficulties with effortless ability.

The selected program included Beethoven’s famous “Funeral March,” sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90, and sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111. Each piece exemplified Williams’ mastery of Beethoven’s swift thematic changes and explosive finger patterns imbedded within each movement.

The extreme nature of Beethoven’s work, the sweeping range of intense highs and lows, fill his sonatas to their core. Williams began the program with the “Funeral March,” a reflection of Beethoven’s abrupt and dynamic composition-al methods, and so requiring an extreme sense of dexterity to grapple with and play.

Williams’ transitions between Beethoven’s musical mood swings with succinct eloquence in both sound and stamina. His hands work total control over the high tempos and chilling tumult of notes to then transition smoothly into the gran-deur, deep, and echoing melodies.

Sonata No. 27 offers different challenges, none of which Williams had doubt over. A call and re-sponse narrative is played between the two hands, comparing the two main themes of the piece in individual style. Translated from German, the piece’s title comes to be, “with liveliness and with feeling and expression throughout,” and Williams portrays this to the greatest effect pos-sible. Harsh, resounding chords are contrasted

to light crystal clean touches given to the shrill high notes. Williams approaches the keyboard with an equal mixture of toughness yet sensitiv-ity, able to draw out the two opposing aspects of the piece with force and flowing style.

Positioning Sonata No. 32 as his last piece, Williams displayed his virtuosity in command-ing Beethoven’s work. The sonata is full-bodied, all encompassing work, leaving nothing out to mesmerize the audience in awe of its both simple and complex themes and phrases.

And William’s did just that, making the audi-ence become completely immersed in the differ-ing subtle voices arranged in the work. Williams expert use of the foot petals added to the vastness of the arrangement, magnifying each somber or angelic chord. Lifted out of their pews, the rose to give Williams a standing ovation after the final note was allowed to float off into infinity.

This concert being a prime example, it has been another successful year for the praised Gilmore Festival.

Gilmore Free Day Comes To Kalamazoo

The Jazz band concert Satur-day was definitely a change of pace from previous con-certs, as several of the band

members were dressed up in drag. Stepping onto the stage, these per-formers looked completely different, but as soon as they started playing, their true identity showed through.

Their first song, Rooster Parade, required the audience to start the tune by clapping to the beat which definitely pulled them into the uphill of this musical rollercoaster.

The star of this song was piano player Ian Williams ’17, who moved his hands up and down the keys as if he was born to do just that. Even director Tom Evans couldn’t contain his impressed clapping as Williams finished.

The second song, Rivers, was another tune, which featured drummer Chris Monsour ‘16. Even though his legs and arms moved at lightning speed, his sunglasses gave him the appearance that it was just another walk in the park.

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still keeping the heart of the fairy tale.”

These differences include the men-tioning of current cultural norms. Dramaturg David Landskroener ’14 elaborated on the modernization.

“The ever-increasing modern so-cietal message is that everything is

about ‘me,’ which this adaptation de-constructs in an even more timely and resonant fashion through references to reality TV,” said Landskroener.

The show opens Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. (which is “pay-what-you-can” night), and runs Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, at 8:00 p.m.,

and Sunday, May 18, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for seniors, and $15 for other adults and may be purchased at the door. To make reservations, please call 269.337.7333 or visit the website www.kzoo.edu/theatre for more in-formation.

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Saturday’s Jazz Band Performance not a Drag

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Baritone saxophone player, Lasse Grunewald WMU ’15 was also a spectacle in this tune; dropping to those low notes from an octave above was impressive to everyone listening.

A later piece, Freddie Freeloader, was slower and more bluesy than the earlier songs. While multiple solo-ists performed, two really stuck out. Alto sax player Joe Barth ‘14 moved up and down scales during his solo like crazy, and never missed a note.

Bass player Curtis Gough ’14 fin-ished the song out with a solo that made everyone’s eyes bug out. His

ability to move up and down his instrument showed a mastery that many players could only dream of.

For a chance of pace, a Latin piece, Fiesta Bahia, was thrown into the mix. The song took off so fast that I could hardly keep the beat. Luckily, drummer Monsour was able to keep it better than I could.

Barth one again showed his skills during his solo, moving through scale notes in a peculiar order that kept the audience on its toes, but never gave a wrong sound.

However, piano player Ian Wil-liams once again stole the song with

his solo that used every key on the piano, top to bottom.

The whole group, however, really showed skill in their unison pauses. As a musician myself, I can attest to how difficult It can be to get four people to stop playing at the same time, let alone 17.

Finally, the band concluded with an encore of “Walk The Dinosaur” featuring Brian Craig ’14 singing the lyrics and doing the dance up on the stage. The audience erupted into cheers at the end of the song and putting an end to a truly fantastic year of formal jazz band concerts.

Jazzy Nights: Ian Williams ‘17, Sam Lichtman-Mikol ‘15, and Brad Stech ‘15 jam out in drag during Saturday night’s performance.

Peer Gynt: Performers in the Theater Department’s rendition of Peer Gynt rehearse. Peer will close out the troop’s 50th season.

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Four United States Senators Mauled During Thursday’s Congressional Tiger Show

WASHINGTON—Four United States sen-ators are reportedly recovering in Washing-ton-area hospitals today following a shock-ing and grisly incident Thursday night, when a 480-pound male tiger brutally mauled the elected officials in front of a full audience at the nightly Congressional Exotic Live Tiger

Show held in the senate chamber. “At the time of the incident, [Sen.] Dianne [Fein-stein (D-CA)] and I were performing a routine flaming ring jump—a trick we’ve done hun-dreds of times during the show’s nine-year run—when Marduk, one of our white Bengal tigers, swatted her to the ground and then pro-ceeded to clench her in his teeth and toss her around on the podium for several seconds,” said chief congressional tiger-master and two-term

Georgia senator Saxby Chambliss, appearing deeply shaken as he explained how the tiger then leapt into the crowd and attacked Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), and Pat Roberts (R-KS), dragging the latter by the neck out to the Capitol rotunda. “I still have no idea what went wrong. Marduk had been completely docile and compliant from the beginning of the show when I commanded him and [Siberian tiger] Georgina to stand up

on their hind legs at the start of the Pledge of Allegiance, to when Mitch [McConnell] led him through his choreographed leaps across all 100 senate desks. It’s just a terrible tragedy.” In the wake of the incident, all upcoming live tiger shows have been canceled indefinite-ly, though congressional sources confirmed The Magic Of McCain Illusion Extravagan-za would continue its twice-nightly perfor-mances as scheduled.

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After defeating Grove City 5-0 in the first round of NCAA regional play last Friday, the Men’s Tennis team fell 5-0 to Case Western Reserve in the second round on Saturday.

The Spartans proved their number two regional ranking and number nine national ranking as they handled the Hornets with little issue. After winning all three double’s matches, Case received wins at number’s one and three singles to com-plete the 5-0 sweep.

The defeat marked the end of the season for the Men’s Tennis team and the end of a career for three seniors: Peter Rothstein, Mike Korn, and Skippy Faber. Korn and Faber were both four-year players at K, while Rothstein transferred into K for his sophomore season from Johns Hopkins. Whether they played three years or four, all of the seniors felt blessed to be a part of this team and this program.

“It’s a great feeling to know that I contributed four years to our history,” said Korn. “I hope that I was able to not only have an influence on these last four years, but also on the future players going forward as well.”

“It’s special being part of something that means so much to so many different generations,” said Rothstein. “It mean’s a lot because it is bigger than just one year’s team, it means something to 76 years of teams. Each year I was playing for the hundreds of men that have played at K.”

Being a part of the legacy is something that these three won’t soon forget. It occupied a special place for all three during their time at K and they would be quick to recommend their program to future generations of players.

“I would advise any recruit to give K a long look,” said Faber. “It’s a winning atmosphere where a chance to play in the NCAA tournament is but guaranteed every year.”

“If you’re an in-state player, unless you’re a superstar, like D-I level,” said Korn. “K is the school for you. I don’t know why you would look anywhere else.”

History and resources are of course factors that speak well for K, but the players feel that Coach Riley should absolute-ly be mentioned as one of the main reasons for attending K.

“He’s a very experienced coach, but he’s more than a coach,” said Korn. “He treats you not just as a player, but as

The Kalamazoo College Baseball team was defeated in the program’s first ever MIAA playoff appearance, falling to Adrian College 17-1 last Wednesday and then 10-3 in the elimination game against Hope on Thursday.

First year Nate Donovan scored the only run in the first game against the Bulldogs as his fellow classmate Mario Ferrini drove him in. Sophomore pitcher Dylan Pierce, who held Adrian to one run over six innings in his last outing against them, struggled early on and allowed the Bulldogs to jump out to an early 7-0 lead.

In the second game, Marc Zughaib led the charge in his final appearance in orange and black, going 2-4 on the day. Juniors Carter Chandler and Joey Aliota both knocked in an RBI a piece in the loss. The Hornets were outmatched in both contests despite beating Hope three out of four games

in the regular season and playing a number of close games against Adrian.

“I think we let the moment get a little too big for us,” said junior pitcher Adam McDowell. “We’ve proven we can hang with these teams but we just psyched ourselves out a little bit. Hopefully when we get back there next year we’ll be able to compete a little bit more.”

The program has seen a drastic turnaround since the ap-pointment of a full time head coach in Mike Ott, who was hired for the 2013 season. The Hornets finished 15-13 in conference play, which is the first winning season since 1990. They also made the postseason for the first time in school history despite fielding a roster filled with youth. The change to a winning culture is trending among many of Kalamazoo College’s athletic teams, but nowhere has the shift been as dramatic as this baseball season.

“It was a big step forward for the program,” said junior first baseman Carter Chandler. “This means a lot to the school and the athletic department as they’re trying to change the culture

around here. I definitely feel like we’ve helped with that.”The Hornets will enter next season with everybody return-

ing except their captain and starting second baseman Marc Zughaib. Zughaib received All-MIAA second team honors for the second time in his career this season and was pivotal to the team’s success.

Even with the loss of a great player and leader, the outlook is still very optimistic for the 2015 season. Outfielder Scott Devine returns for his senior season after garnishing all conference honors as will freshman Mitch VanKoevering. Fellow freshman Ian Kobernick will play a large role for the Hornets next year after batting .377 in his first season, which was good for first on the team. Adam McDowell will head the pitching staff once again for his senior season.

“This season we showed not just everybody else, but ourselves too, that we can compete in this league,” said Mc-Dowell. “With the most players returning out of any team in the conference, I think the expectation is to not only make the conference tournament but to win it as well.”

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a person. He’s very interested in your development both on and off the court.”

“He brings out the best in players and makes the entire ex-perience of playing college tennis much more enjoyable,” said Faber. “Which is a lot more than what can be said for other programs.”

Rothstein had the unique opportunity to play for two college tennis programs and provides a unique perspective on the K program because of it.

“At Hopkins, there was no winning tradition. After gradu-ation, it was the end of Hopkins tennis,” said Rothstein. “At K, you are in the family for life.”

That is all: Skippy Faber ‘14 (left) and Michael Korn ‘14 (right) competing in their final season at Kalamazoo College. Both members are seniors.