Grace Martin

The year is 1907. Bruce J. Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, and Lord Pirrie meet for dinner. After dinner the two men begin to discuss the fierce competition between the White Star Line and its competitor in sea travel, Cunard Line. Over coffee and cigars, these two men hatched a daring plan to build not just one, but three massive, luxury liners. These ships would be bigger and quicker than Cunard’s liners, the Mauretania and the Lusitania. They would be named Olympic, Gigantic (later renamed Brittanic), and Titanic.

Campus construction is coming along and plans are now being made to move into the new building sooner than was originally expected.

On April 27, the Campus Operations Building, or COB, that will house mailing and maintenance will be mostly complete, allowing for services to begin the move to their new building on May 14. On May 21, the COB will be accepting freight and decentralized mailing will begin.

I’m pretty sure I’ve loved Harry Potter my entire life. I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone when I was in first grade, and I was hooked instantly. Ever since then, Harry, all of his friends and his enemies have been a huge part of my life. I’ve read all of the books several times over. I waited in line at midnight for most of the them. I’ve seen all of the movies on their opening weekends and have spent many hours joyfully debating with my friends over the books’ finer details.

Since Jr. High every teacher I've ever had has made a huge deal out of this thing called bullying. I knew what bullying was, but I never thought it was a big deal. "Kids just need to toughen up", I thought. I went all through Jr. High thinking that way.

About a month ago I got a speeding ticket.  Yeah, I know, not exactly a good thing. Yes, I was embarassed. What made it even worse was the cop who pulled me over wasn't exactly a nice guy. Not that I expected him to be my best buddy, but I thought that he would at least respectfully wait for me to dig through my glove compartment and find my insurance card and registration. Instead, he was really gruff and demanding, and acted like I was taking up entirely too much of his precious time by being rude and uncooperative, when really, I was the complete opposite.

As Election Day gets closer the campaigns for president are getting that much more intense. Politicians are spending more and more money to tell us that they know best and we should vote for them.  They buy commercials and take long trips to make big speeches telling us why they are the perfect choice.  I, however, wouldn’t vote for any of my current options for president, and there are three simple reasons why. 

On December 12, 2011 the editors of the Kaleidoscope took a tour of the new Student Center, which is on schedule to open spring semester 2013. The approximately 81,634 sq. ft. building will feature an expanded cafeteria, bookstore, student activities offices, new administration offices and new student services offices like the business office and counseling offices.

What are you most excited about in the Student Center? Email us your thoughts at kscope@kishwaukeecollege.edu. In the meantime, keep checking up here for more updates and photos of the construction.

It isn’t unusual for a student of any age to be asked how school is going. It is a simple conversation starter, especially if you don’t know the person well. Personally, I get asked this question all the time. I’ve always just said, “Oh, it is great. Hard, but I really like a challenge.”

Now the end of the semester is finally approaching. As I frantically study for finals and finish writing final papers, I’ve been taking a serious look back at the last three semesters I’ve been in college, and I’ve come to a startling conclusion. I really hate it.