LuxEsto (2003, Winter)

Abstract

Features: Donald Van Liere’s Many Gifts to the Liberal Arts at Kalamazoo College -- National Book Award Winner Visits Campus (Author Ha Jin came to Kalamazoo College to speak with the first-year students who had read his novel Waiting during the summer. Kalamazoo College’s Ann You, who, like Ha Jin, lived for many years in the northeast of China, interviewed the writer) / by Ann You -- The Road to Wall Street (Aaron Elstein ’91 is a writer for the Wall Street Journal)/ by Antonie Boessenkool -- Center for Asian Studies 2002 Program Highlights / by Jennifer White-Redman -- Putting Out the Trash With Recycle Rob (Kalamazoo College recycling coordinator Rob Townsend has a mission for zero waste on campus)/ by Zinta Aistars -- Back in the Neighborhood (Fred Jackson ’60 returns to “K” as Major Gift Officer)-- David Strauss: A Time Traveler Offers Proof of Intelligent Life on Earth -- Teug Laa (I am a Jeweler. Excerpts from the Integrative Cultural Research Project Paper of Clara Berridge ‘03) / by Clara Berridge -- Bronze Star (Kalamazoo College was founded in 1833, so none of its graduates participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia. However, Suanne Martin ’84 may feel as if she had been there) / by Anne Dueweke -- Full Circle and Strugge (English major Emily Crawford ’99 has experienced some lean and interesting years since graduating from Kalamazoo College. She wouldn’t trade them for anything) / by Emily S. Crawford -- Dave2 = Powerful Student/Faculty Relationships (Longtime Professor of Biology David Evans sought a job reference from Class of 2002 biology major Dave Meek. This seeming reversal of roles makes sense in a curriculum as powerful as the K-Plan) -- Hornet Sports (Brother Ball Comes to “K”, as Dirk ’03 and Erik ’05 Rhinehart play basketball together, Number 65 consecutive MIAA tennis championship in sight, All-American Leads Women’s Tennis Team, Baseball Bright, Softball Diamond).