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Sodexo services changing

By: Ben Valdez For the first time in a while food services at Ripon College are getting the improvements they need. After the Student Senate meeting two weeks ago, Sodexo’s […]

Ripon Speakers Bureau present

By:  Connor Cummiskey Six Ripon College students had the honor of speaking at the annual Youth Summit of the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) March 12. Representing […]

Review of Holiday

By: Hannah Tetzlaff  A round of applause is owed the Ripon College Theatre Department who executed an excellent performance of Philip Barry’s romantic-comedy Holiday, March 2-5. The play is about […]

Impact of UW cuts affects Ripon College

By: Rose Hogmire  “At what point do we say ‘ouch’?” This was the question posed by University of Wisconsin Regent Jose F. Vasquez this summer before voting on a $6 […]

Short Story: I Love Tom

By: Emily Janssen I was six years old and playing in a sandbox. The sun beat down on my back, and the dry sand slid between my fingers as I […]

Communication between Trustees and students evolving

By: Connor Cummiskey On Feb. 6, the Board of Trustees passed a resolution to Ripon College By-Laws that discontinued student membership on various committees, according to a copy of the […]

Women’s History Month Calendar of Events

The theme for Women’s History Month is, how did we get here and where are we going. March 1– RC Feminist sponsored table in the Pub (no specific time) Topic: […]

BSU on the black vote

By: Rose Hogmire  African-American voter turnout reached an all-time high of 66 percent in the 2012 presidential elections, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Although this number reflects substantial participation […]

Flash to the Past

By: Hannah Tetzlaff  Happy Birthday to you, Ripon College! On Tuesday, Feb. 9, Ripon College celebrated the 165th anniversary since its founding on Jan. 29, 1851 by David Mapes and […]

Odd Man Out

By: Lauren Hince  In 1935, Turner Jones ‘39, was an early  African-American to attend Ripon College. Jones, from Louisville, Kentucky, attended Ripon to receive a northerner education. After a at […]

Ripon College Poor People’s Rally

By: Connor Cummiskey  Students were given an opportunity to learn about poverty and Martin Luther King Jr.’s position on economic inequality last month during the Poor People’s Rally. The rally […]

Is Princess Leia a Disney princess? And other thoughts about the changes Disney made to Star Wars

By: Emily Janseen It has now been over three years since George Lucas sold his company, Lucasfilm, to Disney and we stand on the precipice of the first Star Wars […]