By Lauren Hince While most Ripon College students spend winter break catching up on Netflix or avoiding chore requests from their parents, Katie King ’19 decided she was going to do something different. Traveling with a group of students lead by Associate Professor of Biology Memuna Khan, King traveled to Costa Rica for an intensive […]
By Jenna Schoenmann Ripon College’s Director of Student Activities and Orientation Sharon Jackson is probably somebody you have met, but there is a lot more to her than most students realize. Jackson said she is “originally from New York/New Jersey, depending on the year and [her] attitude.” She then lived in Ohio for eight years […]
Students and alumni respond to the vandalism By Connor Renshaw On Feb. 20, the Ripon College Black Student Union began putting up posters around campus that displayed the group’s logo in what they described as a “silent protest.” Then, on March 2, within weeks of the posters being put up, the group made a post […]
By Katelyn Van Swol In the mood for figs and goat cheese? How about roasted bone marrow (They say it’s delicious)? Or maybe a traditional Wisconsin Friday fish fry? A new restaurant, Savory & Vine in downtown Ripon, has this and more on the menu. Owner, Keith Kornburger, a long-time resident in the area, wanted […]
By Tenzin Tsephel Robin Woods is an English professor at Ripon College who teaches a variety of English courses such as Composition, Literary Criticism, Foundations of English Literature, Women’s Literature, Crime Literature and others. The end of this school year would mark her 27th year of teaching here at campus. Having spent a lot of […]
By Lauren Hince The OneCard promised to be one thing: a convenience. From laundry, to food, to granting entrance to residence halls. Students at Ripon College are able to use their OneCard as a master key to campus, but is this convenience always a good thing? “A common problems for students was that they did […]
Ripon College administration suggests community policing to create better safety on campus in light of recent thefts and vandalism. By: Hannah Tetzlaff With quiet hour regulations in place in the dorms, weekday nights tend to be very quiet at Ripon College. But on Monday, Sept. 18, the girls on the fourth floor of Johnson were […]
By Amber Lovell Fall 2017 brought a lot of new changes for the student body at Ripon College, one of those changes being in the dining services that are offered. The Commons was said to undergo drastic change and what was once The Pub is now The Spot, which features a restaurant-style, made-to-order arrangement. These […]
By Connor Renshaw In April, the Student Senate passed revisions to its constitution affecting how the student body is represented. Since these changes, the number of senate seats set aside for each class has decreased to one each, and the senate has designated 10 seats to represent “special interests.” Additionally, students involved in Greek Life […]
Ripon College Students share thoughts and opinions on the new online bookstore By Emily Janssen Previously Ripon College had a physical bookstore in Pickard Commons, but last semester saw the closing of that store. Students now have the option to purchase their textbooks on the new e-Campus website. The books are shipped to the student […]