Goodbye, Crimson
By: Lauren Hince Effective next year, the school’s yearbook, Crimson, no longer will be funded. On March 30, the Ripon College Student Senate passed Crimson’s budget, totaling $0. Dating back […]
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 […]
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 […]