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<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
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==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
<br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
<br />
- If there is a big academic event that is already planned (ex: senior awards, capstone presentation events, etc.) flunk day will most likely not happen then. Faculty can submit days they don't want flunk day to be, and these big events are already taken into consideration when planning. Do note as well there can be big faculty meeting/events on some days that students are just simply not aware of that can affect what day flunk day could be.<br />
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- Flunk day is always tomorrow<br />
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==March 24, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
Tomorrow is Flunk Day<br />
<br />
I have confirmed the Flunk Day planning committee. Flunk Day coordinator is senior Maddie Tucker. Deputy coordinator is Charlie Tucker. Planners are seniors Kathryn Allee, John Brent, Tori Johnson, Sarah Wallenfelsz, and junior Myrissa Le. Keep a close eye on them.<br />
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Sarah Wallenfelsz is one of the planners??? This is gonna be a great flunk day!<br />
<br />
heard kathryn and tori talking in the smc atrium today about food...i wonder if a plan is already underway?<br />
<br />
Overheard that Maddie is in the Campus Life office this afternoon, is she finalizing details for a Monday (03/28) Flunk?<br />
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FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP: I saw Maddie and Dean McLean leaving a meeting with Dr. Barker at approximately 4 PM. What if this year's Flunk IS super early?<br />
<br />
Btw folks - friar scares will NOT be a thing this year! Confirmed both in talking with Maddie and Sarah making a statement in senate last term<br />
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==March 25, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==March 28, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
spotted Maddie and Kathryn in Taylor Lounge whispering, maybe Flunk is this week!!<br />
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==March 29, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==March 30, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
<br />
Y'all better start updating the wiki fire more often my silly little mental health depends on these daily updates!<br />
<br />
The Flunk Day hotline is up and running! Call 309-341-8008<br />
<br />
Spotted Maddie going into the Campus Life Office and walking with Dean McLean down to Taylor Lounge at approximately 8:15 PM last night. Flunk next week?<br />
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==March 31, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 1, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
<br />
Fool’s Day Flunk???<br />
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Happy Ramadan! See you all at our May flunk<br />
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==April 4, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
<br />
make sure y'all get your guesses in for when flunk day will be!! it's time to fight for your pride<br />
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==April 5, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
<br />
Flunk day is tomorrow...like probably not but not enough people are saying it these days and i need that fix in my life<br />
<br />
With all of this rain are we ready for another mud pit<br />
<br />
==April 6, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
<br />
since we're getting closer and closer it feels like a good time to remind everyone that the Flunk Day planning committee are just people with full plates and an entire schedule to worry about and aggravating them with questions like "when's Flunk Day?" and "why did you plan it for a rainy day??" every other day is super exhausting and not helpful at all. We cannot have a repeat of the tormenting they got last year, Maddie and everyone else on the team (sorry I don't remember everyone on there) deserve better so fckn give them that!<br />
<br />
==April 7, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
So excited to get the traditional Flunk Day head in the Lincoln Chair, counting down the days till the ceremonial sloppy toppy<br />
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==April 8, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 11, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
<br />
Who’s excited for Flunkposium this year?! Does anyone know who’s organizing it??<br />
<br />
Posters that say "Flunk Day is tomorrow ... or is it?" have been put all around campus, saying that there's something coming this Friday?<br />
<br />
Friday flunk incoming??<br />
<br />
==April 12, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Gilbert claims that the flunk window given to faculty begins on april 12<br />
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Flunk Planners better have gotten the Mountain Goats for the headliner because Full Force Galesburg turns 25 this year<br />
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==April 13, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
<br />
I heard a rumor of a rumor of a rumor of a rumor that its Chance<br />
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==April 14, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 15, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
<br />
Passover flunk - Prince of Egypt theme<br />
<br />
Flunk Day will be this day but only from 5-7 PM on the old main south lawn<br />
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this is an admitted students day AND a friday so there's no way it's this day<br />
<br />
FLUNK OF THE CENTURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
<br />
==April 18, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
<br />
<br />
Snowy Monday Flunk?<br />
<br />
K. Allee stop posting things that aren't memes on Cox Knollege to promote flunk day<br />
<br />
==April 19, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 20, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
<br />
4/20 flunk blaze it<br />
<br />
I think this campus would explode if this happened but I’m here for it<br />
<br />
It's going to be this day because this is the one day I don't want it to happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
Flunk Countdown email sent out by Deb Southern<br />
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==April 21, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 22, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 25, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
<br />
There once was a Flunk that put to rest<br />
<br />
All previous Flunks of twenty years past<br />
<br />
The tales flew wild, the term dipped down<br />
<br />
Oh drink, my Knoxians, drink (hey)<br />
<br />
<br />
Soon may the 100th Flunk come<br />
<br />
To bring us vodka, PBRs and rum<br />
<br />
One day, when the Flunking is done<br />
<br />
We'll take our shirts and go!<br />
<br />
^^^<br />
Happy countdown<br />
<br />
==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
<br />
This is Day of Dialogue - not flunk day<br />
<br />
==April 27, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Stout listed on his syllabus for Econ 303 that the Flunk Day window is April 27-May 11, so nothing before this date.<br />
<br />
Friar email sent out tonight!<br />
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==April 28, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
flunk day is today<br />
<br />
<br />
my prof just canceled class for tomorrow out of nowhere…<br />
<br />
==April 29, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 30, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
<br />
Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
<br />
==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
Eid al-Fitr ends this evening<br />
<br />
Doubling down, I had a dream last night about Flunk Day being on this day<br />
<br />
i think everyone thinks it’s week 8 but it might actually be week 7 (this week)<br />
<br />
==May 3, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
<br />
<br />
Surprise surprise it’s may 3rd flunk<br />
<br />
Baseball game listed for today<br />
<br />
^^ this is the last weekday sports event for the year<br />
<br />
feels like a fake out<br />
<br />
==May 4, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
<br />
Star Wars Flunk<br />
<br />
Dean McLean's babies turn one on this day - birthday flunk for the twins?<br />
<br />
I heard Andy Gibbons talking about how much setup he needed to do for an event on this day…could it be?<br />
<br />
This day could be too close to inauguration activities to work<br />
<br />
Baseball plays Augustana this day. But here's the catch it is on our schedule online without a time. It's not on Augustana's team schedule. The only game on their schedule is the one on the 3rd. <br />
<br />
This is also the only sunny day this week<br />
<br />
Physio does presentations every friday, however, this week is the only one in the schedule we don't have one. Does Nick Gidmark know when flunk is?????<br />
<br />
Baseball game mysteriously canceled???<br />
<br />
Trucks in walmart - There are always trucks at Walmart. The flunk day trucks will be at the hotels.<br />
<br />
Its tomorrow i feel it in my balls…<br />
<br />
Flunk day planners spotted at walmart buying major carts of snacks AND JUGS at 9 pm!!!<br />
<br />
^its wayyyy too late for them to be stocking up if its 5/4<br />
<br />
I was with sarah wallenfelsz at 9PM exactly she was on campus<br />
<br />
^omg....I'm my own independent human being separate from kathryn/the rest of the committee....thats crazy dude<br />
^if i (maggie garrett) am dead tomorrow yall know who did it<br />
<br />
It was Kathryn Allee<br />
<br />
*["The Night After Flunk Day" Poem was put here for some reason.]*<br />
<br />
^^wrong poem??<br />
^i like the idea this presents of flunk day having already happened and everybody just missed it somehow<br />
<br />
people on yikyak claiming to find trucks but refusing to post pictures lol<br />
<br />
today is the RA new/old training. as I have first hand experience with how hard it is to reschedule stuff I think there is no flunk<br />
<br />
Flunk Day trucks SPOTTED at Green Oaks Biological Field Station!!!!!!! First groaks flunk??? Could be big..........................................<br />
<br />
<br />
Rock wall spotted near monmouth!!!!!CONFIRMED<br />
<br />
pics or??<br />
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=== The Incident ===<br />
<br />
SOMEONE PRETENDED TO BE DEB SOUTHERN FOR A FAKEOUT FLUNK EMAIL. It is from a Knox Edu google group.<br />
<br />
^<br />
Greatest flunk scare in history, but a flunk scare nonetheless. Well played to whoever did it<br />
<br />
^^ now I actually have to go to my 8am class :(<br />
<br />
Yikyak has said that the culprit has been caught. Any guesses on who did it?<br />
<br />
I heard that it was a freshman working with a couple of CS major seniors???<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
11:26 PM: NO sign of trucks, climbing walls, or even a raptor. Flunk day is nowhere in sight<br />
<br />
==May 5, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
Don't quote me on this but this seems like a good day for flunk day idk. The vibes are good for a may 5th flunk methinks<br />
<br />
they just sent out an email with a million things happening thursday for inaguration i feel like it is not today<br />
<br />
please for the love of god let it not be on this day<br />
<br />
hear me out they moved president inauguration to the orpheum so that it’s fine if drunk people trash campus or ruin the stage or something on thursday flunk<br />
<br />
- 12:08 AM: I seriously doubt it's going to be today, but hey, maybe there will be another =incident=.<br />
<br />
- 2:10 PM: yeah, hahaha called it. Although, the lawns are mowed and I have seen it raining a lot, so maybe the first flunk friday since 1957 or something will be tomorrow?<br />
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==May 6, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
Friday Flunk is so unlikely but we can dream<br />
<br />
President inauguration. No Flunk lol<br />
<br />
^^ poly sci majors would riot<br />
<br />
not the real president baby<br />
<br />
===Time Log===<br />
2:10 am - A guy was totally witnessed walking down a street.<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right, obviously Flunk Day will be May 9.<br />
<br />
This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
<br />
Apparently this is the week of FSL week so maybe not this week? Hopefully earlier<br />
<-----does FSL week really matter that much? I don't think it'll be on Monday but I'm willing to bet that it's this week<br />
<br />
I don't think we're going to have two Monday Flunks in a row<br />
<br />
Holi Festival postponed this week until next weekend, week 7 flunk?<br />
<br />
Statistically this is definitely it. Idk my tarot said so.<br />
<br />
nothing of importance is scheduled this day, this is the one<br />
<br />
could def be today... after inaguration but still time to recover before homecoming<br />
<br />
God it better be a Monday Wednesday or Friday, I work at 8am those days I don't need a TT flunk making me show up to work hungover<br />
<----it's not gonna be friday lol<br />
<br />
I feel strongly about today<br />
<br />
person on YikYak (camera icon) claiming to know for sure its today<br />
<br />
no sports listed for this whole week<br />
<br />
The person who did the Incident (see above) was told they have to meet with admin on Monday. Why would they schedule this meeting if that’s the real flunk?<br />
<----OR they INTENTIONALLY scheduled the meeting for flunk day to mess with their plans<br />
<br />
*SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT: MarQuita Barker's (VP of Student Development) Calender has a massive event book ALL day on Monday. I'm not saying Flunk Day confirmed, but...FLUNK DAY CONFIRMED. PROOF: https://imgur.com/a/bMFLsw9<br />
*DUDE, that could be ANYONE'S calendar.<br />
*Has is occurred to you that you could see MarQuita's calendar, yourself, to double check, you clown?<br />
<br />
I'm a Monday May 9th Flunk Truther now.<br />
<br />
There is no way in ~HELL~ it's today<br />
<br />
I heard that it will for sure be this week. Monday seems like the most likely.<br />
<br />
Admission has visitors. Flunk denied<br />
<br />
^^Admissions actually WILL tour prospies on flunk day! They just make the admission counselors do it ;)<br />
<br />
THE BEANS ARE SOAKING<br />
<br />
TRUCKS AT AMERICINN - FLUNK DAY CONFIRMED - the zipline is there ! ! !<br />
<br />
proof: https://i.imgur.com/B588Rdq.jpeg<br />
<br />
^confirmed<br />
<br />
any other trucks? not saying i don't believe you but usually there's more than that<br />
<br />
Isn't that last year's photo?????????<br />
<br />
==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
<br />
MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
<br />
A Flunk day on Maddie's b-day? Best way to celebrate is always with the whole school ;)<br />
<br />
A birthday Flunk for Maddie? Yes I'm down for this one<br />
<br />
Tuesday flunk plz - this post was made by the TT 2s 5s gang<br />
<br />
Not today flunk pls - this post was made by the MWF 2, 3, 4 gang<br />
<br />
There's a fulbright information session on this day, which seems like they wouldn't put Flunk Day here. It's reschedulable, sure, but still seems important ENOUGH to be considered.<br />
^ there was a Fulbright event before and an upcoming one close by.<br />
<br />
Spanish translation class has interviews this day. Would suck if they had to miss Flunk for it.<br />
<br />
There are also interviews for a new director of counseling so it doesn’t seem likely that it’s today…<br />
<br />
==May 11, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
This was the first Flunk (1922) so high possibility of it being this day<br />
<br />
^^ second this<br />
<br />
^^ i third this, this seems like something maddie would do<br />
<br />
^^^ i love this idea -- but idk bc admin picks the day and we know they're not always thoughtful...<br />
<br />
I'm so confident about this date, I'll etch it onto my gravestone right now.<br />
<br />
they were looking at flunk day stuff in the archives in the winter i wouldn’t be surprised if it was on this day!<br />
<br />
I've heard through the grapevine that this day is Flunk Day<br />
<br />
^ can confirm! I asked Maddie about this day and she seemed very suspicious when she answered with "maybe ... maybe not"<br />
<br />
they don't know lol they're fucking with you<br />
<br />
^ i'm pretty sure they know the date<br />
<br />
^Flunk Day Planner here. We know the date. Maddie has known the date for months.<br />
<br />
Ask Charlie Tucker, he knows and is willing to share.<br />
<br />
^ I asked Charlie if Flunk Day was May 11th and his little tail was extra wiggly. Flunk Day confirmed!<br />
<br />
===Blessings in a Backpack Debate===<br />
<br />
Blessings Blues & Brews is on this day. It is a huge event for Union Board and Blessings. I'm sure they wouldn't plan this event the same day as flunk day.<br />
<br />
Blessings in a Backpack and UB don’t know the date though 👀 theoretically any event could be ok Flunk Day, admin only considers really big college wide events when they set the schedule<br />
<br />
^^^this. baseball got shafted a couple years back, they were at an away game during Flunk<br />
<br />
People can submit events to be considered though when they decide Flunk Day and Joel Estes said that they asked in advance since it's such a big event for them<br />
<br />
The BiB event is more for upperclassmen and townies (21+) so its not going to change flunk day<br />
<br />
==May 12, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
I called this one in late Fall term :)<br />
<br />
I refuse to see another year of Thursday truthers<br />
<br />
I genuinely think this makes the most sense. This is the 100th and so I'm predicting that they'll want lots of alumni engagement and what better time to do it than the beginning of homecoming weekend????<br />
<br />
absolutely 5/12. pls i wanna see the alumni visiting for homecoming drunk off their asses<br />
<br />
no. this is our flunk day. get the alumni out of here.<br />
<br />
No way it's entering the next week though<br />
<br />
homecoming does need some set up time, and they can't exactly get started during flunk day<br />
<br />
we have educational consultants coming this day. for sure no flunk<br />
<br />
SUPER doubt it, they want to maintain a respectable image for homecoming and a campus of drunk students is risky...<br />
<br />
if it's a Thursday flunk we need to keep stockpiling. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday party baby!!!!<br />
<br />
==May 13, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
<br />
Homecoming weekend so it might be this day or is definitely not<br />
<br />
cum see Bright Half Life in Studio Theatre! doors open @7, show starts @7:30<br />
<br />
educational consultants visiting, no Flunk<br />
<br />
yeah its not gonna be a homecoming Flunk besties sorry :/<br />
<br />
if its this late I s2g I'm asking for my money back. i don't care if I'm doing 5th year free this would be unforgivable<br />
<br />
==May 14, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
<br />
cum see Bright Half Life in Studio Theatre! doors open @7, show starts @7:30<br />
<br />
==May 16, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
Why is no one talking about the 16th?<br />
<br />
==May 17, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
<br />
If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots. <—- do you mean pussy riots?!?!?! <-- im already rioting<br />
<br />
some admin speculating its this on 17th<br />
<br />
==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
<br />
What if we flunk on my birthday?<br />
<br />
==May 19, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 20, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 23, 2021 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 24, 2021 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 25, 2021 (Wed)==<br />
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==May 26, 2021 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
Finals flunk<br />
<br />
==June 5, 2021 (Sun)==<br />
Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
<br />
Graduation flunk???<br />
<br />
[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33427Flunk Day 20222022-04-12T13:12:58Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* April 20, 2022 (Wed) */</p>
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<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
<br />
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<br />
==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
<br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
<br />
- If there is a big academic event that is already planned (ex: senior awards, capstone presentation events, etc.) flunk day will most likely not happen then. Faculty can submit days they don't want flunk day to be, and these big events are already taken into consideration when planning. Do note as well there can be big faculty meeting/events on some days that students are just simply not aware of that can affect what day flunk day could be.<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is always tomorrow<br />
<br />
==March 24, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
Tomorrow is Flunk Day<br />
<br />
I have confirmed the Flunk Day planning committee. Flunk Day coordinator is senior Maddie Tucker. Deputy coordinator is Charlie Tucker. Planners are seniors Kathryn Allee, John Brent, Tori Johnson, Sarah Wallenfelsz, and junior Myrissa Le. Keep a close eye on them.<br />
<br />
Sarah Wallenfelsz is one of the planners??? This is gonna be a great flunk day!<br />
<br />
heard kathryn and tori talking in the smc atrium today about food...i wonder if a plan is already underway?<br />
<br />
Overheard that Maddie is in the Campus Life office this afternoon, is she finalizing details for a Monday (03/28) Flunk?<br />
<br />
FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP: I saw Maddie and Dean McLean leaving a meeting with Dr. Barker at approximately 4 PM. What if this year's Flunk IS super early?<br />
<br />
Btw folks - friar scares will NOT be a thing this year! Confirmed both in talking with Maddie and Sarah making a statement in senate last term<br />
<br />
==March 25, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
<br />
==March 28, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
spotted Maddie and Kathryn in Taylor Lounge whispering, maybe Flunk is this week!!<br />
<br />
==March 29, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==March 30, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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Y'all better start updating the wiki fire more often my silly little mental health depends on these daily updates!<br />
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The Flunk Day hotline is up and running! Call 309-341-8008<br />
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Spotted Maddie going into the Campus Life Office and walking with Dean McLean down to Taylor Lounge at approximately 8:15 PM last night. Flunk next week?<br />
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==March 31, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 1, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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Fool’s Day Flunk???<br />
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Happy Ramadan! See you all at our May flunk<br />
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==April 4, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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make sure y'all get your guesses in for when flunk day will be!! it's time to fight for your pride<br />
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==April 5, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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Flunk day is tomorrow...like probably not but not enough people are saying it these days and i need that fix in my life<br />
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With all of this rain are we ready for another mud pit<br />
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==April 6, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
<br />
since we're getting closer and closer it feels like a good time to remind everyone that the Flunk Day planning committee are just people with full plates and an entire schedule to worry about and aggravating them with questions like "when's Flunk Day?" and "why did you plan it for a rainy day??" every other day is super exhausting and not helpful at all. We cannot have a repeat of the tormenting they got last year, Maddie and everyone else on the team (sorry I don't remember everyone on there) deserve better so fckn give them that!<br />
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==April 7, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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So excited to get the traditional Flunk Day head in the Lincoln Chair, counting down the days till the ceremonial sloppy toppy<br />
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==April 8, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 11, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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Who’s excited for Flunkposium this year?! Does anyone know who’s organizing it??<br />
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Posters that say "Flunk Day is tomorrow ... or is it?" have been put all around campus, saying that there's something coming this Friday?<br />
<br />
Friday flunk incoming??<br />
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==April 12, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Gilbert claims that the flunk window given to faculty begins on april 12<br />
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==April 13, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 14, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 15, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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Passover flunk - Prince of Egypt theme<br />
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Flunk Day will be this day but only from 5-7 PM on the old main south lawn<br />
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this is an admitted students day AND a friday so there's no way it's this day<br />
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==April 18, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 19, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 20, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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4/20 flunk blaze it<br />
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I think this campus would explode if this happened but I’m here for it<br />
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It's going to be this day because this is the one day I don't want it to happen.<br />
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==April 21, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 22, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 25, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
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==April 27, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Stout listed on his syllabus for Econ 303 that the Flunk Day window is April 27-May 11, so nothing before this date.<br />
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==April 28, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 29, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 30, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
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Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
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==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
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==May 3, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 4, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
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==May 5, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
Don't quote me on this but this seems like a good day for flunk day idk. The vibes are good for a may 5th flunk methinks<br />
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==May 6, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
Friday Flunk is so unlikely but we can dream<br />
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President inauguration. No Flunk lol<br />
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^^ poly sci majors would riot<br />
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not the real president baby<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right, obviously Flunk Day will be May 9.<br />
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This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
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Apparently this is the week of FSL week so maybe not this week? Hopefully earlier<br />
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^ does FSL week really matter that much? I don't think it'll be on Monday but I'm willing to bet that it's this week<br />
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I don't think we're going to have two Monday Flunks in a row<br />
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==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
<br />
MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
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A Flunk day on Maddie's b-day? Best way to celebrate is always with the whole school ;)<br />
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Tuesday flunk plz - this post was made by the TT 2s 5s gang<br />
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==May 11, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
This was the first Flunk (1922) so high possibility of it being this day<br />
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^^ second this<br />
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^^ i third this, this seems like something maddie would do<br />
^^^ i love this idea -- but idk bc admin picks the day and we know they're not always thoughtful...<br />
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I'm so confident about this date, I'll etch it onto my gravestone right now.<br />
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==May 12, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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<br />
I called this one in late Fall term :)<br />
<br />
I refuse to see another year of Thursday truthers<br />
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I genuinely think this makes the most sense. This is the 100th and so I'm predicting that they'll want lots of alumni engagement and what better time to do it than the beginning of homecoming weekend????<br />
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absolutely 5/12. pls i wanna see the alumni visiting for homecoming drunk off their asses<br />
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==May 13, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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Homecoming weekend so it might be this day or is definitely not<br />
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==May 16, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 17, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
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If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots. <—- do you mean pussy riots?!?!?!<br />
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==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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==May 19, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 20, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 23, 2021 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 24, 2021 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 25, 2021 (Wed)==<br />
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==May 26, 2021 (Thu)==<br />
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Finals flunk<br />
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==June 5, 2021 (Sun)==<br />
Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
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Graduation flunk???<br />
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[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33369Flunk Day 20222022-03-24T13:52:29Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* March 24, 2022 (Thu) */</p>
<hr />
<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
<br />
==Join in the fun?==<br />
<br />
Visit the [[How to edit the wikifire]] page for a quick rundown of the steps for how to edit this (and any other) page!<br />
<br />
'''the more contributors we have, the more fun it gets.'''<br />
<br />
<br />
==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
<br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
<br />
- If there is a big academic event that is already planned (ex: senior awards, capstone presentation events, etc.) flunk day will most likely not happen then. Faculty can submit days they don't want flunk day to be, and these big events are already taken into consideration when planning. Do note as well there can be big faculty meeting/events on some days that students are just simply not aware of that can affect what day flunk day could be.<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is always tomorrow<br />
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==March 24, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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Tomorrow is Flunk Day<br />
<br />
I have confirmed the Flunk Day planning committee. Flunk Day coordinador is senior Maddie Tucker. Planners are seniors Kathryn Allee, John Brent, Tori Johnson, and Sarah Wallenfelsz. Keep a close eye on them.<br />
<br />
Sarah Wallenfelsz is one of the planners??? This is gonna be a great flunk day!<br />
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==March 25, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==March 28, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==March 29, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==March 30, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 1, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 4, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 5, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 6, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 11, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 12, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 13, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 14, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 15, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 18, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 19, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 20, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 21, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 22, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 25, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
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==April 27, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 28, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 29, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 30, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
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Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
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==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
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==May 3, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 4, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
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==May 5, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 6, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
Friday Flunk is so unlikely but we can dream<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right, obviously Flunk Day will be May 9.<br />
<br />
This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
<br />
==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
<br />
MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
<br />
==May 11, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
This was the first Flunk (1922) so high possibility of it being this day<br />
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==May 12, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
I called this one in late Fall term :)<br />
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==May 13, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 16, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 17, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
<br />
If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots.<br />
<br />
==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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==May 19, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 20, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 23, 2021 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 24, 2021 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 25, 2021 (Wed)==<br />
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==May 26, 2021 (Thu)==<br />
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==June 5, 2021 (Sun)==<br />
Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
<br />
[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33368Flunk Day 20222022-03-24T13:51:36Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* March 23, 2022 (Wed) */</p>
<hr />
<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
<br />
==Join in the fun?==<br />
<br />
Visit the [[How to edit the wikifire]] page for a quick rundown of the steps for how to edit this (and any other) page!<br />
<br />
'''the more contributors we have, the more fun it gets.'''<br />
<br />
<br />
==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
<br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
<br />
- If there is a big academic event that is already planned (ex: senior awards, capstone presentation events, etc.) flunk day will most likely not happen then. Faculty can submit days they don't want flunk day to be, and these big events are already taken into consideration when planning. Do note as well there can be big faculty meeting/events on some days that students are just simply not aware of that can affect what day flunk day could be.<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is always tomorrow<br />
<br />
==March 24, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
<br />
Tomorrow is Flunk Day<br />
<br />
I have confirmed the Flunk Day planning committee. Flunk Day coordinador is senior Maddie Tucker. Planners are seniors Kathryn Allee, John Brent, Tori Johnson, and Sarah Wallenfelsz. Keep a close eye on them.<br />
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==March 25, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==March 28, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==March 29, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==March 30, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==March 31, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 1, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 4, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 5, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 6, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 7, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 8, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 11, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 12, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 13, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 14, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 15, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 18, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 19, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 20, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 21, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 22, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 25, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
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==April 27, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 28, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 29, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 30, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
<br />
Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
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==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
<br />
==May 3, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 4, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
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==May 5, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 6, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
Friday Flunk is so unlikely but we can dream<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right, obviously Flunk Day will be May 9.<br />
<br />
This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
<br />
==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
<br />
MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
<br />
==May 11, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
This was the first Flunk (1922) so high possibility of it being this day<br />
<br />
==May 12, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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<br />
I called this one in late Fall term :)<br />
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==May 13, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 16, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 17, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
<br />
If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots.<br />
<br />
==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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==May 19, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 20, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==May 23, 2021 (Mon)==<br />
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==May 24, 2021 (Tue)==<br />
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==May 25, 2021 (Wed)==<br />
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==May 26, 2021 (Thu)==<br />
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==June 5, 2021 (Sun)==<br />
Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
<br />
[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33364Flunk Day 20222022-03-23T23:12:23Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* March 23, 2022 (Wed) */</p>
<hr />
<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
<br />
==Join in the fun?==<br />
<br />
Visit the [[How to edit the wikifire]] page for a quick rundown of the steps for how to edit this (and any other) page!<br />
<br />
'''the more contributors we have, the more fun it gets.'''<br />
<br />
<br />
==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
<br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
<br />
- If there is a big academic event that is already planned (ex: senior awards, capstone presentation events, etc.) flunk day will most likely not happen then. Faculty can submit days they don't want flunk day to be, and these big events are already taken into consideration when planning. Do note as well there can be big faculty meeting/events on some days that students are just simply not aware of that can affect what day flunk day could be.<br />
<br />
==March 24, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==March 25, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==March 28, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==March 29, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==March 30, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==March 31, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 1, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 4, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 5, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 6, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 7, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 8, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 11, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 12, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 13, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 14, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 15, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 18, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
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==April 19, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
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==April 20, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 21, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==April 22, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
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==April 25, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
<br />
==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
<br />
==April 27, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
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==April 28, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
<br />
==April 29, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
<br />
==April 30, 2022 (Sat)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
<br />
Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
<br />
==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
<br />
==May 3, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
<br />
==May 4, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
<br />
==May 5, 2022 (Thu)==<br />
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==May 6, 2022 (Fri)==<br />
Friday Flunk is so unlikely but we can dream<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right, obviously Flunk Day will be May 9.<br />
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This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
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==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
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MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
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==May 11, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
This was the first Flunk (1922) so high possibility of it being this day<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
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If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots.<br />
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==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
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[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33360Flunk Day 20222022-03-23T16:41:32Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* March 23, 2022 (Wed) */</p>
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<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
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==March 23, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
Putting this under the first day. If it's your first flunk day then here are some fun facts!<br />
- Flunk day is never on a Friday because they don't want to give us a 3 day weekend. This is why every event in late spring term pre flunk day is always Friday. <br />
- When looking at flunk day data, disregard 2020.<br />
- Insert more facts here I have to go to class<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
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Last day of Ramadan, it probably won't be before this<br />
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==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right.<br />
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This is such a solid day actually jpow might be right<br />
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==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
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MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
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If it gets anywhere NEAR this date, there will be riots.<br />
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==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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==June 5, 2021 (Sun)==<br />
Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
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[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33356Flunk Day 20222022-03-23T14:00:15Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* April 26, 2022 (Tue) */</p>
<hr />
<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
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==April 26, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
Given how late flunk day was last year, I'm guessing we're going earlier this year to compensate. This day seems like a decent guess. Don't @ me.<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
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==May 2, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2017]]<br />
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==May 9, 2022 (Mon)==<br />
[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right.<br />
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==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
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MY BET IS THIS DAY CALLING IT NOW<br />
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==May 17, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
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==May 18, 2022 (Wed)==<br />
The beginning of [[Flunk Term 2020|Flunk Week 2020]]<br />
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Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
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[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day_2022&diff=33354Flunk Day 20222022-03-23T13:55:35Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: Andy McGadney is the page name I believe</p>
<hr />
<div>The hype, the hope, and the hurt,<br />
the facts and the phallices;<br />
when will you grab your <br />
6 foot [[bong]]? <br />
When should you buy your <br />
[[PBR]]? <br />
Have you seen [[Andy McGadney]] ''without'' a bowtie?<br />
Tell us about the unicorn <br />
that galloped through the [[quad]]. <br />
Pick your matching mask and outfit, fill your bottles with rum,<br />
grab a shovel and dig<br />
dig <br />
d i g <br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
Hear the [[friars]]. <br />
Join us with pots and pans (metaphorically)<br />
and heart and hype.<br />
<br />
Join us.<br />
<br />
(don't forget to hydrate, and enjoy the 100th flunk!)<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10thzwK63hpc7SKMSqtY6ywI7SQU5WoLhL8yC72tcE74/edit?usp=sharing Flunk Day(ta)] - past 20 flunks in numbers! (access via your Knox account)<br />
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==Join in the fun?==<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2019]]<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2018]]<br />
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[[Jonathan Powers]] always says Flunk Day will be May 9th, and since Jonathan Powers is always right.<br />
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==May 10, 2022 (Tue)==<br />
[[Flunk Day 2016]]<br />
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[[Flunk Day 2021]]<br />
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Maybe the real Flunk Day was all the friends we made along the way.<br />
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[[Category: Flunk Day]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Student_Senate&diff=33348Student Senate2022-03-21T19:00:52Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Committees */ updated committees</p>
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Student Senate serves two primary purposes. First, it is the student body's legislative body for student affairs, most notably the distribution of [[Clubs and organizations|club]] budgetary money and disbursement of the Senate Discretionary Fund. Second, it is the students' primary advocate for student interests to the [[faculty]], [[staff]] and [[administration]], and to that end passes a lot of resolutions and conducts a lot of committee work making recommendations for reform.<br />
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Senate meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. in CFA 110.<br />
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==Senators==<br />
Senators are elected early in Fall Term to serve for the school year. Each year the Executive Board [[Gerrymandering|draws election districts]] from which senators are elected.<br />
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See also [[List of Current and Former Student Senators#District Senators|List of current and former District Senators]]<br />
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==Executive Committee==<br />
The Executive Committee, comprising the President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer (and since 2006 the four committee chairs), steers the activities of Senate and draws election districts. The Executive Committee meets once a week, but nobody knows when, and no minutes are published.<br />
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The four executive officers are the four members of the [[Student Life Committee]] (SLC), which distributes the [[Student Activity Fee Fund]] (approx. $300,000 for 2006-07).<br />
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The Student Life Committee voted to pay the four executive officers a stipend of approximately 10 hours per week ($7.50/hr) during the summer of 2006 and was not discussed by the general student senate. The stipend is identical to those paid to student leaders of organizations like [[Union Board]], [[Catch]] and [[TKS]]. Those stipends have been in place for many years. <br />
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===Current Executive Board 2021 / 2022 ===<br />
* President - [[Mujtaba Hassan]]<br />
* Vice President - [[Izn E Allah]]<br />
* Treasurer - [[Daniel Bien]]<br />
* Secretary - [[Caleb Baird]] <br />
* Health and Wellness Chair - [[Eeman Mahar]] <br />
* Sustainability Chair - [[Teagan Springer]] <br />
* Campus Life Chair - [[Jamil Davis]]<br />
* Diversity Chair - [[Elaena Kahn]]<br />
* Campus Outreach Chair - [[Sarah Wallenfelsz]]<br />
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See also [[List of Current and Former Student Senators#Executive Board|List of current and former Executive Board members]]<br />
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See also [https://www.knox.edu/offices/dining-and-food-services/whom-to-contact]<br />
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==Committees==<br />
Committees for student senate will change every so often, depending on what the students think is important, and what needs wish to be met. Past committees have included: Safety and Services, Technology, Residential Quality of Life, and many more. <br />
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In 2022, there are seven standing Student Senate committees: Dining Services, [[Finance Committee|Finance]], Campus Life, Health and Wellness, Sustainability, Diversity, and Campus Outreach. They each meet once a week throughout the week to discuss campus issues and write resolutions.<br />
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[http://departments.knox.edu/studentsenate/ComeetingTimes.html Committee Meeting Times]<br />
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==Student Senate Update==<br />
At least once per week the Communications Officer sends a Student Senate Update e-mail to the entire campus, containing the minutes of the previous meeting. These minutes are meant to be word-for-word, but as a single person collects them by typing them as quickly as possible as things are said, they are generally not completely verbatim. Senators are, however, sent the minutes prior to the campus wide email with the opportunity to correct them. Senators are also encouraged to email text of extended statements to the Senate Clerk. Non-senators, on the other hand, do not have the opportunity to correct their remarks, and thus their views are more often inadequately expressed in the minutes. Moreover, whereas in previous years the Clerk was a neutral body and not permitted to participate in debate, the current Senate administration has allowed the Clerk to participate in debate on numerous occasions, raising serious questions of bias in Senate recordkeeping.<br />
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The only way to get the [[The Knox Experience|full experience]] is to [[Hell|attend the meeting]].<br />
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==Club Budget Process==<br />
The [[Finance Committee]] administrates the [[Clubs and organizations|club]] budget process. At the beginning of [[Spring Term]], representatives of all [[Clubs and organizations|clubs]] must attend a meeting that explains the process. Soon after all [[Clubs and organizations|clubs]] may bring draft budgets to members of the Finance Committee, who can provide assistance. All [[Clubs and organizations|clubs]] submit final drafts, and then the committee apportions funds based on the total quantity of money available from the [[Student Activity Fee]].<br />
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==Controversies==<br />
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===Budget Process 2006===<br />
The budget decisions in 2006 caused a huge uproar because several [[Clubs and organizations|clubs]] received less money then was usual when they failed to follow the detailed budget rules correctly. Notable [[Clubs and organizations|clubs]] that protested their assignments at the 18 May 2006 Senate meeting included [[Caxton Club]], [[Martial Arts Club]], [[Badminton Club]], [[Cricket Club]], and [[Common Ground]].<br />
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The problems with the 2006 process led to major reforms and simplifications in the budget process during the [[2006-2007]] school year. Many say the subsequent budget process has gone much more smoothly, but for others, concerns remain regarding a variety of changes such as the new cap on the budget a [[Clubs and organizations|club]] can request for a year and a (much lower) cap on additional funds/budget requests for a new club's first year.<br />
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===Executive Board By-Laws Rewrite 2007===<br />
Shortly after election of the new [[Executive Board]] for the [[2007-2008]] school year, President-elect [[Brad Middleton]], [[AJ Ross]], and possibly others began rewriting the [[Text of the Student Senate Constitution and By-Laws#By-Laws|Senate By-Laws]] in secret. They were presented to the Executive Board for approval at its last meeting of the [[2006-2007]] school year on May 23. Prior to that point, most of the Executive Board knew nothing of the proposed By-Laws changes, although they had been leaked to other sources.<br />
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There were two primary changes: The less controversial change added agreement by unanimous consent to the By-Laws. The second major change radically altered the procedural structure by which Student Senate considers resolutions. Whereas previously the Senate considered motions brought to the floor on the floor and only referred them to committee on occasions when the issues required significant development, the changes require that all resolutions be referred to committee unless the Chair (typically the President) or a 2/3 majority of Senate (the same threshold used for amending the constitution) decide to refer it directly to the floor. In committee, a resolution must gain the support of the committee chair (and in result the Executive Board) as well as the administration before it may be debated on the Senate floor.<br />
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The Executive Board approved the changes unanimously, and according to Senate President Brad Middleton they will be introduced as law in the first Senate meeting of the 2007-2008 year.<br />
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The objections were twofold: first, the Executive Board had fundamentally altered the procedures by which Senate does business without allowing Senate to vote on the matter. The Executive Board justified itself using Article 4 Section 1 Clause 3 of the Student Senate Constitution, which states "The Executive Board shall have the power to act for the full Senate at times when the Senate is not in session." The Executive Board apparently interpreted this as carte blanche, while others feel that it is an abuse of the caretaker powers assigned to Senate. The question of further use of this privilege appeared in the Discourse article, including concerns that the Executive Board could nullify acts of Senate after Senate had adjourned, or act in regard to resolutions it considered particular desirable or undesirable, crippling or approving them between Thursdays and then reporting the results as a fait accompli.<br />
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The second objection concerned the actual new resolution procedures. The changes have been interpreted to mean that the Executive Board and the [[administration]] now have the power to kill resolutions they do not like, irrespective of the opinions of the Senate. Multiple members of the Executive Board have suggested that they can be trusted not to abuse this power, but some question may be raised as to the honesty of that, considering the method by which the changes were approved; also, regardless of whether or not it is consciously abused, the style of power such an amendment allows may well put the student body's definition of abuse, which would center on maintaining its democratic right to control its Senate, at odds with the Executive Board's, which will apparently focus more on cultivating a relationship with the administration and deciding bills in small committees and among the Board than respecting the sense of Senate and the student body as a whole.<br />
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Although not specified in the amendment, Senate President Brad Middleton suggested that the motion to move a resolution directly to the floor would occur during the Additions and Revisions to the Agenda portion of the meeting - but, as the motion would likely be interpreted narrowly, might not allow members of the Senate to have details on a resolution before a vote to consider is taken, likely eliminating all but the most extraordinary chance of a bill being successfully taken from committee. Notably, the US Congress has a similar rule to take from committee, only requiring a simple majority - a feat even they rarely achieve.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
===2007-2008===<br />
''Not yet compiled''<br />
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===2006-2007===<br />
''Note: These are estimations only.''<br />
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There are a total of 57 senators on Student Senate (including the Executive Board):<br />
*38 (67%) are male (44% of campus).<br />
*19 (33%) are female (56% of campus).<br />
*32 (56%) are Greek-affiliated (~35% of campus)<br />
*23 (40%, 61% of total males) are Greek-affiliated males<br />
*9 (16%, 47% of total females) are Greek-affiliated females<br />
*1 (2%) is an international student (7% of campus)<br />
*10 (18%) are students of color (15% of campus)<br />
*13 (23%) are [[Class of 2007]]<br />
*14 (25%) are [[Class of 2008]]<br />
*14 (25%) are [[Class of 2009]]<br />
*16 (28%) are [[Class of 2010]]<br />
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Of the Executive Board:<br />
*7 (88%) are male<br />
*1 (13%) is female<br />
*6 (75%) are Greek-affiliated<br />
*0 are [[International Students|international students]]<br />
*0 are students of color<br />
*1 (13%) is [[Class of 2007]]<br />
*4 (50%) are [[Class of 2008]]<br />
*3 (38%) are [[Class of 2009]]<br />
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====Greek representation====<br />
Of all Senate:<br />
*15 (26%) are [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]]<br />
*5 (9%) are [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]]<br />
*4 (7%) are [[Delta Delta Delta]]<br />
*3 (5%) are [[Phi Gamma Delta]]<br />
*3 (5%) are [[Sigma Chi]]<br />
*2 (4%) are [[Beta Theta Pi]]<br />
*2 (4%) are [[Sigma Nu]]<br />
*0 are [[Pi Beta Phi]]<br />
*25 (43%) are unaffiliated<br />
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Of the Executive Board:<br />
*3 (38%) are [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]]<br />
*1 (13%) are each of [[Delta Delta Delta]], [[Phi Gamma Delta]], and [[Beta Theta Pi]]<br />
*2 (25%) are unaffiliated<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Current and Former Student Senators]]<br />
*[[Text of Student Senate Constitution and Bylaws]]<br />
*[http://departments.knox.edu/studentsenate/index.html Student Senate official website]<br />
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Knox College in Galesburg, IL holds a day of flunking every year. It flunking rocks. <br />
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''See [[Flunk Day 2021]] for info specific to this year''<br />
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Flunk Day is tomorrow.<br />
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Flunk Day is an annual event at Knox College where, by surprise, all classes are canceled. A day's worth of carnival-like activities are planned.<br />
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The first Flunk Day of record was May 11, 1922, but the tradition of a student-initiated spring festival dates back to the early years of the 20th century and "Roughneck Day" -- which was the conclusion to "Roughneck Week," when the men didn't shave and both men and women students wore ragged clothing.<br />
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== Secrecy ==<br />
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=== Date ===<br />
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There is always speculation about [[the]] date of Flunk Day. Some people say the date moves depending on the weather or whether students already know it's Flunk Day. The logic behind this notion goes that if too many people know it's Flunk Day before the date, they will get [[drunk]] the night before and be more likely to get [[alcohol poisoning]] during the day.<br />
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This notion may just be an effect of the scare-letdown dynamic that the speculation creates for students. Some say that the date for Flunk Day is fixed from the beginning.<br />
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=== Planning ===<br />
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A subcommittee of [[Union Board]] plans Flunk Day, and only the select members on the committee know the date. In [[2007-2008]], the two coordinators of Union board were [[Meryl Leventon]] and [[Alex Clark]] and Pam Schuller was the secret planner. <br />
In [[2008-2009]], the known planners were Alex Clark, [[Whitney Mackie]], [[Ginny Graves]], and [[Pam Schuller]].<br />
In [[2009-2010]], the known planners were Ginny Graves, [[Britt Anderson]] (co-coordinators), [[Jenni Nefzger]], and [[Martha Baumgarten]]. Please ask them when Flunk Day will be held.<br />
In 2017, the Flunk Day Planner was Vlad Papancea. He made sure that it was a nice, sunny, flunky flunk day. <br />
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Select members of the College Staff, mostly in the [[Office of Student Development]], know the date.<br />
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===Flunk Day Does Not Exist===<br />
Let us start with our assumption: Flunk Day is a surprise. We can see that this assumption is indeed reasonable as we do not know when Flunk Day is to occur. Now let us just suppose that Flunk Day were to happen this week. Then suppose that we got to Thursday without Flunk Day happening. Knowing Flunk Day happens this week and that the current day is Thursday, we could conclude that Friday must be Flunk Day. But such a conclusion contradicts the assumption that Flunk Day is a surprise (seeing as we would know when Flunk Day would be). So we now know that Flunk Day cannot happen on Friday. <br />
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Now suppose we made it to Wednesday and Flunk Day has not yet happened. Building off of what we just proved, Flunk Day could not be any day other than Thursday. But alas! This too violates our assumption that Flunk Day is a surprise, eliminating Thursday as a possible Flunk Day. <br />
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Now suppose the current day to be Tuesday and Flunk Day has still not happened. Since we know that Flunk Day is neither Friday nor Thursday, we would then be forced to conclude Flunk Day is on Wednesday, which is a violation of the assumption. If we made it to Monday and it were not yet Flunk Day, it must be on Tuesday! But alas, this too leads to a contradiction and thus we know Flunk Day cannot be on Tuesday. If it isn’t Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, or Tuesday, it must be on Monday! But this too is a contradiction, and thus we are forced to conclude Flunk Day is not this week!<br />
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Please note that the logic given can be applied to the entire year if Flunk Day was not this week (ie If we make it to the second to last day of this term with no Flunk Day, then we would know Flunk Day is on the last day, but that would violate our assumption and thus we would know it cannot be on the last day. Suppose we get to the third to last day… etc.) Now, we can logically conclude one of two things:<br />
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1. Flunk Day is not a surprise<br />
2. Flunk Day can never happen<br />
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Dean Romano strongly insists that Flunk Day will be a surprise each year. Thus, logically, the second statement is the truth.<br />
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Also See [[Students For Flunk Day Truth]]<br />
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The problem with the logic.<br />
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Assume we know that El Dia de Flunk is to occur on a weekday of a given term. Assume also the nature of the day is 'surprising,' but not unknowable.<br />
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Situation 1). If we get to the 29th of May and the last chance for Flunk day to occur is the 30th, then Flunk day is no longer a surprise but still exists, as its date is knowable.<br />
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Situation 2). If it is the 28th of May, then the presuppositions have changed, and the result is that Flunk day may or may not occur on the 29th or the 30th (50/50 chances). However, if Flunk day does not occur on the 29th, then we must resort to Situation 1. If Flunk day does occur on the 29th, it is still Flunk day, because there is a chance that Flunk day could occur on a knowable day, but that its suprising nature would be lessened.<br />
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Situation 3). If it is the 27th, Flunk day may occur on the 28th, 29th, or the 30th (in which case there is a 33.3% chance that it will occur on any one of those days). If Flunk day does not occur on the 28th or 29th, then we must resort to Situation 1. If Flunk day does not occur on the 28th, then we must resort to Situation 2. If Flunk day occurs on the 27th, the surprise still exists because there was a chance that Flunk day could have occurred on the 28th, or could have occurred on that knowable day.<br />
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etc.<br />
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There are other situations in which the date of Flunk day becomes more or less knowable:<br />
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1) Flunk day clues on Wikifire increase the knowability of Flunk day, and decrease the suprisability<br />
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2) Flunk day hype decreases the knowability and increases the suprisability.<br />
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3) Flunk day lies/rumors on Wikifire decrease the knowability and increase the suprisability.<br />
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4) Flunk day inside-tips increase the knowability and increase the suprisability.<br />
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5) Drinking decreases the knowability and increases the suprisability.<br />
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6) Pulling all-nighters decreases the knowability (and the functionality) and increases the suprisability.<br />
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7) Spying increases the knowability and has no effect on the suprisability.<br />
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8) Blasting "Like a G-6" has no effect on anything.<br />
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9) Procrastination has no effect on anything.<br />
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You can change your Flunk day experience, and thus the nature of Flunk day by using these situations to change the knowability and suprisability of Flunk day.<br />
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FLUNK DAY EXISTS, albeit in many forms.<br />
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== Scares & Speculation ==<br />
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=== The Safety Email ===<br />
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At some point during every spring term, someone in the administration sends out an email with a list of safety precautions regarding the coming Flunk Day.<br />
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In [[Flunk Day 2006|2006]], the email was sent out the day before Flunk Day (some say to preempt scares) leading to rumors in [[Flunk Day 2007|2007]] that Flunk Day would happen before the safety email was sent out.<br />
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=== Flunk Day Scares ===<br />
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Most years there are one or more [[Flunk Day scares]]. Some scares are intentionally instigated and perpetuated by a student, or more commonly, a group of students. Some scares occur spontaneously, when a given date is widely [[Rumor mill|rumored]] to be Flunk Day. Scares may be corroborated by a variety of evidence.<br />
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The earliest known flunk day scare occurred during the Flunk Day 2010 season. On September 29, 2009, three weeks into fall term student Allison Buccalo spotted tractor trailers parked outside her off-campus house. Following the sighting multiple students were found digging out the mud pit before being instructed by Campus Safety to "go to bed".<br />
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=== Lawn-mowing ===<br />
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This piece of evidence has been cited both ways. The grass being mowed the day before a candidate date has been cited as evidence as well as the grass ''not'' being mowed. Xavier Romano says they mow the grass every day, which would take care of at least half of this criterion. Lawn-mowing is also epidemiologically linked to contracting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia tularemia], a potentially fatal zoonotic disease caused by aerosolization of rodent remains infected with the bacterium ''francisella tularensis''.<br />
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=== The [[Mailroom]] ===<br />
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The night before [[Flunk Day 2006]], [[Union Board]] stuffed student mailboxes early enough that students were able to discover the items before the [[mailroom]] closed. Some say precautions will be taken in the future, but lights on a closed mailroom have been cited as evidence on at least one occasion.<br />
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=== [[Friars]] ===<br />
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In past years, evidence of [[friars]] being picked up (a van driving around campus, sudden absence of seniors) has been cited. However, for 2007, friars will be alerted the morning of Flunk Day, eliminating this criterion. In 2009, senior students were invited to be part of what was a massive Flunk Day scare but turned out to be FLUNK DAY ITSELF!! It was so clever. Two freshmen girls almost managed to pass as seniors and be Friars too, what with all of the confusion, but they were caught in time and the tradition remained sacred.<br />
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=== Flunk Day [[TKS]] ===<br />
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The staff of [[TKS]] do not know when Flunk Day will be. They try to get the Flunk Day issue of the newspaper finished early in the term so that they will be ready to distribute it when El Dia del Flunk occurs, but the completion of the paper does not indicate Flunk Day's arrival. In past years, the Flunk Day issue of [[TKS]] has not been ready on the actual date, and has had to be distributed later. <br />
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=== [[Wallace Lounge]] ===<br />
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This is the secret, secret litmus test of Flunk Day. It is such a strong indicator that I don't want to reveal it in its entirety. But once it happens, Flunk Day is tomorrow, without a doubt. <br />
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== Confirming Flunk Day ==<br />
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=== The Hotline ===<br />
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If you don't have access to your email, you can also dial the flunk day hotline at '''x8008''' to find out if it's Flunk day. This is not the most reliable source, however, as in both [[Flunk Day 2006|2006]] and [[Flunk Day 2007|2007]] the hotline had not changed its message by the time the campus was woken up.<br />
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Currently if you call the hotline, the automated response still says, "Today, May 4th is Flunk Day"<br />
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As of 2021, the hotline has been updated and is operational.<br />
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=== Campus Safety ===<br />
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If you have only ever used the extension *7979 to get someone, anyone, to please unlock the door to your room, you are missing out. Though they will be reluctant, they will always answer truthfully to the question "Is it Flunk Day today?" However, they are trickier than you think. If it is not Flunk Day, they will tell you. If it is Flunk Day, they will tell you to wait for the e-mail. A good way to make the question legitimate is to say you live in the quads and that loud drunk seniors have woken you up. An excellent resource at 5 in the morning when you feel like getting muddy and Knox Wireless takes forever to load your email.<br />
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=== The Flunk Day Email ===<br />
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On the actual morning of Flunk Day a staff member, still to be determined for [[2009-2010]], sends out an all-campus email letting everyone know that it is, in fact, the real Flunk Day. This is really the only reliable means of determining whether it is Flunk Day, or just a [[Flunk Day scare]].<br />
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In 2007 the email was down at 5:30am. Fearing that students would not believe it was really flunk day without the official email, Xavier Romano sent a text message to Ellen Vessels confirming that it was indeed flunk day.<br />
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In 2013 Deb (bless her heart) was running late and thus so did the email. More stubborn members of the campus almost missed out on the earlier mornings. Thank goodness for more stubborn friends, eh?<br />
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== Flunk Day Activities==<br />
{{Main|Flunk Day activities}}<br />
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There are many traditional Flunk Day activities.<br />
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The day starts with the entire campus being waken by the [[Friars]], a group of seniors selected to start Flunk Day. The first activity most students engage in is drinking, this usually continues through the day for many. In the morning, students enjoy a [[mud pit]] and [[foam pit]] to the sounds of a DJ. During the afternoon (usually after a [[Flunk day nap|nap]]) the lawn south of [[Seymour Hall]] has inflatable carnival games and karaoke. In past years, some students have also enjoy a bike ride to [[Lake Storey]], though this activity was missing from the [[Flunk Day 2007]] schedule. <br />
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All [[meals]] are served outdoors on Flunk Day. Though one year breakfast was held inside and there was a squad that stole a giant tub of cookie dough ice cream.<br />
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((Bon Appetite is doing weird schtuff and rumors of the Gizmo being open are circulating. Sounds like a terrible plan, imho))<br />
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==Flunk Day Issue of ''[[The Knox Student]]''==<br />
{{Main|Flunk Day Issue 2007}}<br />
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Each year [[TKS]] comes out with a spoof issue of the newspaper. In 2005 and 2006, the spoof issue of the paper had not been produced yet so it was not in mailboxes the morning of as usual. In 2007, the paper was produced and printed well before May 8 and was drunkenly collected by many students. Controversy arose, however, due to the nature of the front page headline which read "[[Jesus Fucking Christ]] to speak at 2008 commencement." [[President Taylor]], [[Xavier Romano]], and [[Larry Breitborde]] called a meeting of the ''[[TKS]]'' editorial staff to discuss the issue. At the meeting Roger delivered a speech in which he expressed his thoughts. On the following day, he issued an email to the campus.<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
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===General===<br />
Flunk Day is the source of much controversy because many students get very [[drunk]]. Every year, somebody (or somebodies) gets hurt and goes to the hospital. Every year, people say that Flunk Day might get canceled. The rumor spreads easily because the injuries and alcohol use are a liability for the college.<br />
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However, Knox President [[Roger Taylor]] stated in an article in [[The Knox Student]] that only about 100 people drink excessively on Flunk Day.<br />
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He is almost definitely wrong. Or his understanding of what constitutes 'excessive' drinking goes well beyond even students' standards of inebriation.<br />
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=== Students For Flunk Day Truth Committee===<br />
In the weeks of long anticipation leading to [[Flunk Day 2007]] an underground committee of an undisclosed number of dedicated Knox students founded the [[Students For Flunk Day Truth]] Committee. A response to the campus-wide mass hallucination known as "Flunk Day," two harrowingly truthful documents, posted in two waves, were printed by the hundreds and posted about campus to educate the campus at large. However, as the truth came to light in the morning hours following the 3 a.m. postings of aforementioned articles, posters began to vanish in what was likely an administrative decision to silence the truth.<br />
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==Flunk days past and present==<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2004]] Wednesday, April 28th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2005]] Monday, April 18th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2006]] Tuesday, April 11th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2007]] Tuesday, May 8th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2008]] Thursday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2009]] Wednesday, May 6th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2010]] Monday, April 26th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2011]] Monday, May 2nd<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2012]] Tuesday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2013]] Wednesday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2014]] Monday, April 28th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2015]] Wednesday, April 29th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2016]] Tuesday, May 10th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2017]] Thursday, May 4th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2018]] Wednesday, May 2nd<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2019]] Tuesday, April 30th<br />
*[[Flunk Term 2020]] Week of May 18th*<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2021]] Monday, May 17th*<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2022]] Currently Unknown<br />
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*Do note these flunk days were way later than most flunk days due to the covid 19 pandemic and should be recognized as outliers when predicting flunk day<br />
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<div>Founded in the [[Fall term|Fall]] of [[2004-05|2004]], as Kappa Pi Omega, Sigma Chi<ref>[http://web.sigmachi.org/wps/portal Sigma Chi] - official national site</ref> is the newest Fraternity at Knox.<br />
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Despite their overwhelming need to be seen as "the good frat", in the summer of 2020 several current and former Sigma Chi members were accused of, and admitted to, sexual assault. These acts happened both during Sigma Chi events and in their chapter house over the course of the previous several years, and were common knowledge to other Sig Chi brothers. In October of 2020 Sigma Chi announced the creation "working groups" where they consulted members of the community and survivors as to the best path moving forward for the chapter. <br />
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Despite an overwhelming response that the chapter should disband, they announced in the world's worst Twitter post that they will continue to move forward as a chapter. Since then, they have continued to ignore criticism, going so far as suspending 5 new pledges who spoke up about their discomfort with the chapter's refusal to listen to literally anyone who isn't a rabid supporter of theirs. Henceforth, anyone who is a Sig Chi member in the year of our lord 2020 and beyond either lacks basic understanding/empathy, or simply does not give a shit about supporting an organization that knowingly and intentionally covered up their member's acts of abuse for years. <br />
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Because of this, Sigma Chi will now be declared the "#1 Knox Frat For Rapists"<br />
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In 2021, due to inter-fraternity drama and a terrible handling of dealing with their actions, they were officially disbanded. <br />
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== Academics ==<br />
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Sigma Chi had a strong emphasis on academic excellence, and offered tools to help members achieve their academic goals. Their commitment to scholastic achievement was apparent in their history. They required all of their brothers to achieve a minimum GPA of 2.90. Sigma Chi posted a group GPA of 3.2, which was the highest GPA for a Greek organization on campus at the time. They used to support their academic ambitions by holding study sessions and offering tutoring to help fellow brothers realize their potential.<br />
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Despite how smart they are, they still couldn't figure out what accountability or consent is.<br />
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== Well-rounded lifestyle ==<br />
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They also strongly believed in the importance of a round lifestyle while at Knox, balancing [[academics]] with campus involvement, and taking time to relish the opportunities afforded to us by college life. It was the fusion of all these elements that makes for a complete college experience, and provides each member of the organization with a solid foundation upon which to build a successful life.<br />
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Chapter members participated in many organizations and teams on campus. One of the most strenuous activities members engaged in was dodging any and all responsibility for their actions.<br />
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== Parties ==<br />
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Sigma Chi was known for nudism, especially at the annual [[Anything But Clothes]] party, which was held at a fraternity for the first time in [[2006-07|fall 2006]]. Other popular parties were the Nightshift, Mayhem, Pimpin' 'Round the World, Get Funked Up, Pajamarama, and Jock Jams. The previously mentioned parties have happened less and less in recent years. <br />
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== Officers ==<br />
=== Consul ===<br />
[[Nathan Pierce]] [[2006-2007]]<br />
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[[Eric Feltes]] [[2007-2008]]<br />
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[[Sam Jarvis]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
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[[Derek Hayes]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Jimmy Thornton]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Andy Glass]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
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[[Joey Knutson]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
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[[Jmaw Moses]] [[2013-2014]]<br />
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[[Oakton Reynolds]] [[2014-2015]]<br />
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[[Esai Ponce]] [[2015-2016]]<br />
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=== Pro Consul ===<br />
[[Paul Albertine]] [[2006-2007]]<br />
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[[Kevin Wickman]] [[2007-2008]]<br />
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[[Michael Callahan]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
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[[Eric Ballard]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Zak Kahn]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Kevin box]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
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[[Nick Pernice]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
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[[Joe Rogers]] [[2013-2014]]<br />
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[[Payton Rose]] [[2014-2015]]<br />
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[[Gavin Crowell]] [[2015-2016]]<br />
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=== Risk Manager ===<br />
[[Andy McCoy]] [[2006--2008]]<br />
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[[Jack Gallalee]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Ryan Larson]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Nick Pernice]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
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[[Ryan Hansen]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
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=== Annotator ===<br />
[[Tim Lee]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
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[[Oliver Horton]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Oliver Horton]] [[Peter Walker]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Jmaw Moses]] [[2011-2013]]<br />
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[[Oakton Reynolds]] [[2013-2014]]<br />
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[[Gavin Crowell]] [[2014-2015]]<br />
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[[Joe Connors]] [[2015-2016]]<br />
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=== Quaestor ===<br />
[[Sam Jarvis]] [[2007-2008]]<br />
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[[Derek Hayes]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
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[[Andy Glass]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Sam Frank]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Joey Knutson]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
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[[Nate Beck]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
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=== Magister ===<br />
[[Mike Giese]] [[2007-2008]]<br />
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[[Shane Donegan]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
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[[Sam Martone]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
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[[Timmi Schmeling]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
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[[Jeff Wickman]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
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[[Sean Nolan]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
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=== Recruitment Chairman ===<br />
[[Matt Allis]] [[2006-2007]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Jarvis]] [[2007-2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Dave Smith]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
<br />
[[Zak Kahn]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
<br />
[[Jevin Lortie]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
<br />
[[Oliver Horton]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
[[Frank Foster-Bolton]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
<br />
=== Historian ===<br />
[[Alex Shi]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Frank]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Martone]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
<br />
[[Steve Selwa]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
[[Frank Foster-Bolton]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
<br />
=== Social Chair ===<br />
[[Kelby Okada]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
<br />
[[Joe kozlowicz]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Martone]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
<br />
[[Andrei Papancea]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
[[Alex Jandernoa]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
<br />
=== Kustos ===<br />
[[Zak Kahn]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
<br />
[[Steve Galdek]] [[2009-2011]]<br />
<br />
[[Steve Selwa]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
=== The Sweetheart ===<br />
[[Audra Boekenhauer]] [[2008-2009]]<br />
<br />
[[Chelsea De Jonge]] [[2009-2010]]<br />
<br />
[[Liz Thomas]] [[2010-2011]]<br />
<br />
[[Haley Beeson]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
[[Ruth Amerman]] [[2012-2013]]<br />
<br />
=== The Spicy Liver ===<br />
<br />
[[Josie Dudek]] [[2011-2012]]<br />
<br />
== Controversy ==<br />
<br />
At the time Sigma Chi was founded (then as KPO), the [[Inter-Fraternity Council]] opposed their petition. IFC contended that the process for establishing a new fraternity had been subverted and expedited for no reason. IFC also felt that allowing a group largely consisting of first years to establish a new fraternity during Fall Term flew in the face of the long established rule that prevents established fraternities from recruiting first-year men until Winter Term. The Administration disregarded the wishes of IFC and allowed Sigma Chi to proceed.<br />
<br />
Sigma Chi's recruitment strategy has also created some controversy. Prior to Sigma Chi's founding, the established Fraternities did not practice "informal" or year-round recruiting, as the [[IFC]] bi-laws were read to be essentially forbidding this practice. As such, the other fraternities only pledged new members at the end of the formal Rush period. However, Sigma Chi took advantage of ambiguous language in the [[IFC]] bi-laws and began recruiting and pledging members year round. As of [[2007]], (thanks to one of the founding brothers, Randy Geary '09 who was elected IFC President for the '07-'08 academic year) [[IFC]] was working to clarify the rules so that all fraternities would be on a level playing field regarding recruitment.<br />
<br />
Also, they were rapists. So.<br />
<br />
==Related Pages==<br />
[[Beerdicking]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Fraternities and sororities]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Vampire_Day&diff=33342Vampire Day2022-03-21T18:38:12Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: added the following vampire days and a description what students would do</p>
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<div>It's a day where you...<br />
and then you...<br />
<br />
Good luck. Nobody knows what it is, but it all started when posters showed up all around campus dating it to January 22nd, 2022. There has been one more since. We are waiting for the announcement of a third. Carry a stake at your own risk.<br />
<br />
3 Vampire days have happened since January 22nd, 2022, with one seemingly happening per month. February 11th, and March 9th were all vampire days as well. While unknown who put up the posters or what the intention behind vampire day is, students have interpreted it to dress up like a vampire, which many already do daily. Students would wear dark/old fashioned clothes as well as fangs to look as vampire like as possible. <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category: A Thing]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Andy_McGadney&diff=33296Andy McGadney2021-08-04T18:21:35Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: he's a dr.</p>
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<div>Dr. Andy (or Andrew) McGadney is the 20th President of [[Knox College]], beginning his tenure in July of 2021. He comes to us from Colby College, where he was Vice President and Dean of Student Advancement. Most notably (thus far), he moved the President's Office from [[Old Main]] to the third floor of [[Alumni Hall]]. <br />
<br />
He is currently known for his stylish bowties. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Administrators]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Andy_McGadney&diff=33295Andy McGadney2021-08-04T17:58:39Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: how could we forget the bowties</p>
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<div>Andy (or Andrew) McGadney is the 20th President of [[Knox College]], beginning his tenure in July of 2021. He comes to us from Colby College, where he was Vice President and Dean of Student Advancement. Most notably (thus far), he moved the President's Office from [[Old Main]] to the third floor of [[Alumni Hall]]. <br />
<br />
He is currently known for his stylish bowties. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Administrators]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33294Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:54:05Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: learned cool wikipedia editing skills</p>
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<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021"<ref>“Latest Updates - Knox Together: COVID-19 Plans &amp; Policies.” Knox College, www.knox.edu/knoxtogether/latest-updates.</ref> but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
=== Symptom Tracking ===<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go.<br />
<br />
=== Initial Quarantine ===<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
=== Modified Quarantine === <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine.<br />
<br />
=== After Quarantine === <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times.<br />
<br />
=== Positive Test Results ===<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
=== After Vaccination ===<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
=== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ===<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
=== Spring Term 2020 ===<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
=== Fall Term 2020 === <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. Students were advised to only stay on campus, and required permission to leave the county. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style with limited inside seating. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
During this time, because of Teresa Amott's retirement at the end of the year, a search for a new president was on it's way. With both faculty and student committees dedicated to finding the right candidate. <br />
<br />
=== Winter Term 2021 ===<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes, and the caf allowed more students to eat inside. These changes felt very minimal, as due to the cold weather most students remained inside regularly. <br />
<br />
The search for a new President was still on it's way, and after many rounds of interviews, the committees had decided that [[Dr. Andy McGadney]] would become the next president of Knox College. Throughout the process he was noted for his inclusivity, as after a student asked a question regarding [[KDSA]], he made sure to mention in all of his following comments what changes he could implement for disabled students. He was also noted for wearing a bowtie to all interviews. <br />
<br />
=== Spring Term 2021 ===<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. Many rules regarding masks were lifted as students became vaccinated, as if you were fully vaccinated you were able to go outside with out a mask and hang out with other vaccinated students inside with out a mask. Though all academic buildings still required a mask. <br />
<br />
After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired on July 1st, and Dr. McGadney took over as the 20th President of Knox College.<br />
<br />
=== Summer Term 2021 ===<br />
Knox started offering summer classes for the first time, with many classes offering a remote/hybrid option. Masks were still required in person. Classes were often only half credits, though it was possible for students to take more than one class. <br />
<br />
Dr. Andy McGadney became president of Knox College. In an interview with TSPR, McGadney released some details about his personal life and his plan for the upcoming 2021-2022 year, developing "an alternative plan that would require testing". <ref>Egger, Rich. “Busy Start For Knox's New President.” Tri States Public Radio, 28 July 2021, www.tspr.org/post/busy-start-knoxs-new-president.</ref><br />
<br />
=== Fall 2021 ===<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
{{reflist}}</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33293Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:02:25Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* After Quarantine */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
=== Symptom Tracking ===<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go.<br />
<br />
=== Initial Quarantine ===<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
=== Modified Quarantine === <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine.<br />
<br />
=== After Quarantine === <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times.<br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33292Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:02:05Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Modified Quarantine */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
=== Symptom Tracking ===<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go.<br />
<br />
=== Initial Quarantine ===<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
=== Modified Quarantine === <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine.<br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33291Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:01:43Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Initial Quarantine */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
=== Symptom Tracking ===<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go.<br />
<br />
=== Initial Quarantine ===<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33290Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:01:18Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Symptom Tracking */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
=== Symptom Tracking ===<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go.<br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33289Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:01:00Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Policies */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
== Policies ==<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33288Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-08-04T17:00:15Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: adding things about the president change</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
=== Policies ===<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent. After 10 years, President [[Teresa Amott]] retired at the end of the term.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Fall_2020_Protest&diff=33279Fall 2020 Protest2021-07-30T02:40:04Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: fixed the timeline name</p>
<hr />
<div>During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub-Sellew]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended. <br />
<br />
===Timeline===<br />
<br />
==Monday September 28th==<br />
First year at the time [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellew. As it was an election year, a few conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring. When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin.<br />
<br />
==Tuesday September 29th== <br />
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellew is full of athletes, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many who lived in 5-name placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".<br />
This night also coincided with a presidential debate. BIPOC students gathered outside of Raub Sellew to protest the presence of the Trump flags and were reported to have had racial slurs shouted at them from students within Raub Sellew.<br />
<br />
==Wednesday September 30th== <br />
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~33 students came. Protests organized by objectively cool students of color 3rd year [[Monica Cardoza]] and 2nd years [[Manny Pina]] and [[Isaiah Simon]] (Who I believe literally deserve all of the credit) They held 15 minutes of silence which opened the door for other students to speak on what the Trump flags meant to them, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and shared the racism they face at Knox and how unsafe the flags made them feel. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. Alumni Brianna Goodwin and President of [[ABLE]] Myla Boyd sent demands to admin that will be posted down below.<br />
<br />
==October 1st Thursday== <br />
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police. <br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and Knox (hopefully) strived to meet the listed demands that send in by students of color. <br />
BIPOC students do not feel that their demands were met and felt that the response to them was lackluster. Not much action was taken. The students who had the Trump flags up took them down on their own accord. Rain Garrant held conversations with the students to help them understand why they faced so much backlash for their flags.<br />
<br />
===Listed Student Demands===<br />
“We demand that the students who displayed hate speech :<br />
Take down Trump flags from windows. As stated previously, these flags represent hate speech that we have heard from these people, it is not freedom of speech.<br />
Are immediately terminated from their perspective sports teams (if applicable).<br />
Have their scholarships revoked and redistributed to Black, Indigenous and People of Color.<br />
Participate in trainings on concepts of race, sexuality, gender identity and sexual<br />
assault. And not only go through these training sessions, but also participate in dialogues about these issues.<br />
We also demand that :<br />
Intercultural life peer educators hold a conversation with the students that have<br />
hung Trump flags and the students that have spread hate speech on campus with<br />
others that were there to organize and take up space.<br />
Knox significantly expands scholarship and funding opportunities for undocumented students/DACA recipients (prioritizing BIPOC).<br />
The race discussion requirement of FP, as demanded in the Spring, be re-evaluated with PAID STUDENT feedback, and quickly re-shaped.<br />
An investigation is conducted on the Knox Athletics Department for failing to<br />
protect BIPOC LGBTQ+ students, failing to adequately prevent sexual assault, and<br />
additionally for censoring Black student athletes from engaging in activism around<br />
Black life and using their positions on teams to silence them. Many Black student<br />
athletes feel alienated when trying to bring up issues of Black life within the department, and consequently never feel like truly part of the team.<br />
All staff in the Athletics Department undergo additional LGBTQ+, BIPOC-centered Sexual Assault training.<br />
That any and all relationships the Title IX office has with any other department<br />
be officially and entirely disbanded, including that with the Athletics department, as<br />
to prevent and end unfair protectionism.<br />
The athletic department will examine its own culture that they currently uphold and will implement solutions to develop a culture that upholds BIPOC and<br />
LGBTQIA students.<br />
That Knox includes and PAYS LGBTQ+ BIPOC students in all decision making<br />
processes.”<br />
<br />
<br />
Source: Abigail King wrote this and Sarah Eitel wrote and researched two subsequent articles published by The Knox Student on the issue and edited this page for accuracy. The articles are a result of a few month's of research in Knox's Archives and in-depth interviews with involved parties. They can be read here: https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/pride-flags-stolen-demonstrations-in-the-quads-and-new-student-demands<br />
https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/history-repeats-with-bipoc-demands<br />
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Fall_2020_Protest&diff=33278Fall 2020 Protest2021-07-30T02:39:14Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: fixed my name lol</p>
<hr />
<div>During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub-Sellew]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended. <br />
<br />
===Timeline== <br />
==Monday September 28th==<br />
First year at the time [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellew. As it was an election year, a few conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring. When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin.<br />
<br />
==Tuesday September 29th== <br />
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellew is full of athletes, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many who lived in 5-name placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".<br />
This night also coincided with a presidential debate. BIPOC students gathered outside of Raub Sellew to protest the presence of the Trump flags and were reported to have had racial slurs shouted at them from students within Raub Sellew.<br />
<br />
==Wednesday September 30th== <br />
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~33 students came. Protests organized by objectively cool students of color 3rd year [[Monica Cardoza]] and 2nd years [[Manny Pina]] and [[Isaiah Simon]] (Who I believe literally deserve all of the credit) They held 15 minutes of silence which opened the door for other students to speak on what the Trump flags meant to them, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and shared the racism they face at Knox and how unsafe the flags made them feel. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. Alumni Brianna Goodwin and President of [[ABLE]] Myla Boyd sent demands to admin that will be posted down below.<br />
<br />
==October 1st Thursday== <br />
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police. <br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and Knox (hopefully) strived to meet the listed demands that send in by students of color. <br />
BIPOC students do not feel that their demands were met and felt that the response to them was lackluster. Not much action was taken. The students who had the Trump flags up took them down on their own accord. Rain Garrant held conversations with the students to help them understand why they faced so much backlash for their flags.<br />
<br />
===Listed Student Demands===<br />
“We demand that the students who displayed hate speech :<br />
Take down Trump flags from windows. As stated previously, these flags represent hate speech that we have heard from these people, it is not freedom of speech.<br />
Are immediately terminated from their perspective sports teams (if applicable).<br />
Have their scholarships revoked and redistributed to Black, Indigenous and People of Color.<br />
Participate in trainings on concepts of race, sexuality, gender identity and sexual<br />
assault. And not only go through these training sessions, but also participate in dialogues about these issues.<br />
We also demand that :<br />
Intercultural life peer educators hold a conversation with the students that have<br />
hung Trump flags and the students that have spread hate speech on campus with<br />
others that were there to organize and take up space.<br />
Knox significantly expands scholarship and funding opportunities for undocumented students/DACA recipients (prioritizing BIPOC).<br />
The race discussion requirement of FP, as demanded in the Spring, be re-evaluated with PAID STUDENT feedback, and quickly re-shaped.<br />
An investigation is conducted on the Knox Athletics Department for failing to<br />
protect BIPOC LGBTQ+ students, failing to adequately prevent sexual assault, and<br />
additionally for censoring Black student athletes from engaging in activism around<br />
Black life and using their positions on teams to silence them. Many Black student<br />
athletes feel alienated when trying to bring up issues of Black life within the department, and consequently never feel like truly part of the team.<br />
All staff in the Athletics Department undergo additional LGBTQ+, BIPOC-centered Sexual Assault training.<br />
That any and all relationships the Title IX office has with any other department<br />
be officially and entirely disbanded, including that with the Athletics department, as<br />
to prevent and end unfair protectionism.<br />
The athletic department will examine its own culture that they currently uphold and will implement solutions to develop a culture that upholds BIPOC and<br />
LGBTQIA students.<br />
That Knox includes and PAYS LGBTQ+ BIPOC students in all decision making<br />
processes.”<br />
<br />
<br />
Source: Abigail King wrote this and Sarah Eitel wrote and researched two subsequent articles published by The Knox Student on the issue and edited this page for accuracy. The articles are a result of a few month's of research in Knox's Archives and in-depth interviews with involved parties. They can be read here: https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/pride-flags-stolen-demonstrations-in-the-quads-and-new-student-demands<br />
https://www.theknoxstudent.org/news/history-repeats-with-bipoc-demands<br />
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Fall_2020_Protest&diff=33268Fall 2020 Protest2021-07-29T20:39:06Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: credited the students who deserved credit</p>
<hr />
<div>During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub-Sellew]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended. <br />
<br />
===Timeline== <br />
==Monday September 28th==<br />
First year at the time and objective cool person [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellew. As it was an election year, many conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring. When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin. <br />
<br />
==Tuesday September 29th== <br />
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellew is full of athletes, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many who lived in 5-name placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".<br />
<br />
==Wednesday September 30th== <br />
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~33 students came. Protests organized by objectively cool students of color 3rd year [[Monica Cardoza]] and 2nd years [[Manny Pina]] and [[Isaiah Simon]] (Who I believe literally deserve all of the credit) They held 15 minutes of silence which opened the door for other students to speak on what the Trump flags meant to them, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and had a great time. This was an especially important protest, as it was the night of one of the presidential debates. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. Alumni Brianna Goodwin and President of [[ABLE]] Myla Boyd sent demands to admin that will be posted down below.<br />
<br />
==October 1st Thursday== <br />
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police. <br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and Knox (hopefully) strived to meet the listed demands that send in by students of color. <br />
<br />
===Listed Student Demands===<br />
“We demand that the students who displayed hate speech :<br />
Take down Trump flags from windows. As stated previously, these flags represent hate speech that we have heard from these people, it is not freedom of speech.<br />
Are immediately terminated from their perspective sports teams (if applicable).<br />
Have their scholarships revoked and redistributed to Black, Indigenous and People of Color.<br />
Participate in trainings on concepts of race, sexuality, gender identity and sexual<br />
assault. And not only go through these training sessions, but also participate in dialogues about these issues.<br />
We also demand that :<br />
Intercultural life peer educators hold a conversation with the students that have<br />
hung Trump flags and the students that have spread hate speech on campus with<br />
others that were there to organize and take up space.<br />
Knox significantly expands scholarship and funding opportunities for undocumented students/DACA recipients (prioritizing BIPOC).<br />
The race discussion requirement of FP, as demanded in the Spring, be re-evaluated with PAID STUDENT feedback, and quickly re-shaped.<br />
An investigation is conducted on the Knox Athletics Department for failing to<br />
protect BIPOC LGBTQ+ students, failing to adequately prevent sexual assault, and<br />
additionally for censoring Black student athletes from engaging in activism around<br />
Black life and using their positions on teams to silence them. Many Black student<br />
athletes feel alienated when trying to bring up issues of Black life within the department, and consequently never feel like truly part of the team.<br />
All staff in the Athletics Department undergo additional LGBTQ+, BIPOC-centered Sexual Assault training.<br />
That any and all relationships the Title IX office has with any other department<br />
be officially and entirely disbanded, including that with the Athletics department, as<br />
to prevent and end unfair protectionism.<br />
The athletic department will examine its own culture that they currently uphold and will implement solutions to develop a culture that upholds BIPOC and<br />
LGBTQIA students.<br />
That Knox includes and PAYS LGBTQ+ BIPOC students in all decision making<br />
processes.”<br />
<br />
<br />
Source: Literally King herself wrote this and the TKS article had all the information for to rightfully credit the students of color who literally did everything. <br />
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Category:Protests&diff=33267Category:Protests2021-07-29T20:03:29Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: created category</p>
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<div>A list of Protest that have happened on Campus. We're a politically minded school!</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Fall_2020_Protest&diff=33266Fall 2020 Protest2021-07-29T20:02:02Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
<hr />
<div>During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub Sellow]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended. <br />
<br />
==Day 1==<br />
First year at the time and objective cool person [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellow. As it was an election year, many conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring. When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin. <br />
<br />
==Day 2== <br />
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellow is full of atheles, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many students placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".<br />
<br />
==Day 3== <br />
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~75 students came. Protests organized by students of color who I don't know the names of but deserve 100% of the credit, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and had a great time. This was an especially important protest, as it was the night of one of the presidential debates. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. <br />
<br />
==Day 4== <br />
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police. She doesn't care about getting the flags back, she's just happy she was the catalyst for big changes to happen on campus. <br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and [[Abigail King]] was referred to once as "hey you're that kid who put the pride flags down". Literally credit the students of color with everything. <br />
<br />
Source: Literally King herself. Will update when I find the article that credits other students because I didn't have anything to do with the protests and they deserve the credit.<br />
[[Category: Protests]] [[Category: Events]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Fall_2020_Protest&diff=33265Fall 2020 Protest2021-07-29T19:58:23Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: writing about the protests that happened outside of Raub Sellow fall term 2020</p>
<hr />
<div>During the Fall 2020 term, a protest was held outside of [[Raub Sellow]] for 2 days, which resulted in one student being suspended. <br />
<br />
==Day 1==<br />
First year at the time and objective cool person [[Abigail King]] was not happy with the actions of some other first year students living on the first floor of Raub Sellow. As it was an election year, many conservative students had Trump 2020 flags posted in their windows facing the courtyard. King was not happy with this decision, and took it upon herself to buy small pride flags and stick them in the ground outside underneath their windows. She placed the first one at 4pm, went to dinner, and noticed it had disappeared when she returned. She then placed a second flag under a different window at 6:45 and left to go to CTL tutoring. When she returned around 8pm, the flag had been noticeably kicked over, so she replaced it and had a friend take a photo (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to add a photo to a wiki page). After having taken the photo, King and her friends noticed a small group of boys curse them out and steal the flag. They got the entire event on video, and sent it to admin. <br />
<br />
==Day 2== <br />
A bunch of students talked about how they had noticed the flags, and wished to annoy those who stole the flags, and so grabbed chalk and wrote many wholesome messages on the concrete in the courtyard. These included statements such as "Love is Love", "Donkey Kong says Trans Rights", "Black Lives Matter," and the controversial "Only D3?" which was a reference to how Raub Sellow is full of atheles, and how Knox is a Division 3 school, as these athletes were not good enough to get into a school with a higher division. Many students who lived in the dorms tried to erase the chalk by stepping on it or trying to wash it away with water. Many students placed post it notes in the windows of their suites which read along the lines of "Love is Love", or "Love has no gender".<br />
<br />
==Day 3== <br />
A silent sit in was organized outside of the dorms, and about ~75 students came. Protests organized by students of color who I don't know the names of but deserve 100% of the credit, continued all afternoon and into the night, where students played music, flew the flag of Mexico and a pride flag, and had a great time. This was an especially important protest, as it was the night of one of the presidential debates. At this point, the student in the video who had stolen the pride flag was identified, and rightfully suspended for theft. <br />
<br />
==Day 4== <br />
King's friends pressured her to do a police report as her property was technically stolen. She filed one, but never heard back anything from Campus Safety or the Galesburg Police. She doesn't care about getting the flags back, she's just happy she was the catalyst for big changes to happen on campus. <br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
An article in The Knox Student was released, an email sent out by [[Teresa Amott]], and [[Abigail King]] was referred to once as "hey you're that kid who put the pride flags down". Literally credit the students of color with everything. <br />
<br />
Source: Literally King herself. Will update when I find the article that credits other students because I didn't have anything to do with the protests and they deserve the credit.</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33264Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-07-29T19:14:43Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Fall Term 2020 */</p>
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<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
=== Policies ===<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
Even though the pandemic stopped many events, that is not to say that this year was uneventful. [[Improv Club]] still had a show, [[Ultimate Frisbee]] was revamped and became very popular, and a [[protest]] even happened on campus, which you can read about in [[Fall 2020 Protest]]. Official ensembles on campus were still able to practice, all be it in a limited fashion. [[Terpsichore]], [[Choir]], and [[Theater]] were all able to at least practice throughout the term.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33263Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-07-29T19:00:40Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Winter Term 2021 */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
=== Policies ===<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions.<br />
<br />
Many things had opened up a bit more, as the gym became open to everyone and not just athletes.<br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33262Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-07-29T18:58:03Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Spring Term 2021 */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
=== Policies ===<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. Because students were given a week off in the middle of winter term, spring break became non-existent.<br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33261Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-07-29T18:56:35Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Fall Term 2020 */</p>
<hr />
<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
<br />
=== Policies ===<br />
<br />
== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
<br />
== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
<br />
== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
<br />
== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
<br />
== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
<br />
== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
<br />
=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
<br />
Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
<br />
=== Timeline ===<br />
<br />
== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
<br />
== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose.<br />
<br />
Knox kept track of the percentage of positive testing and quarantined students on record, and would publish the data on their website. Positive testing and quarantined students were kept anonymous on the data. The percentage of positive testing students was always very low, but the quarantined student percentage was always slightly higher. There were many instances of an athlete testing positive, which resulted in the the entire team of that sport being quarantined. This was confirmed the case for Men's Soccer, Men's Football, and Woman's Swimming, as well as a few other teams. <br />
<br />
Many things on campus were changed extensively, from hours of facilities, to the cafeteria, to classrooms. The gym was only open for athletes and had to be closed every few hours for cleaning. The cafeteria originally was just a tent outside that gave students to go boxes with food and a few snacks, but eventually changed back to the cafeteria building where the staff would serve limited amounts of food buffet style. A majority of classes were remote, but some had the option to go in person as a hybrid class. These hybrid classes both had students in person and on zoom. If you were in person, masks and social distancing were still required. Many clubs were still on campus, but were limited in their activities and membership.<br />
<br />
== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions. <br />
<br />
== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. <br />
<br />
== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
<br />
== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=RA&diff=33252RA2021-07-11T17:59:15Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
<hr />
<div>RAs, or Resident Assistants are upperclassmen who live in the dorms to make sure everything is going okay. They can help settle disputes, help students who are locked out, and be a great resource for underclassmen. Sometimes they can be narcs though. <br />
<br />
They can be awesome, but some can suck. The best ones are the [[alcohol]] suppliers.<br />
<br />
[[Category:People]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Greek&diff=33251Greek2021-07-11T17:55:49Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: greek poetry isn't in iambic</p>
<hr />
<div>'''Greek''' is a course of study offered through the [[Classics Department]]. It includes one [[major]] and one [[minor]]. The department is located in [[GDH]].<br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
Greek is the most superior form of academic snobbery found on the Knox campus. Each year ten or so students take the Elementary or Advanced Greek courses led by academic all-stars such as [[Steve Fineberg]], [[Jon Chicken]], and [[Nathan Bethell]]. Knox Greek scholars confine themselves to George Davis Hall where they spend hours discussing genitive absolutes, syntax, dactylic poetry, and Homer.<br />
<br />
==Faculty==<br />
===Current===<br />
* [[Stephen Fineberg]], Department Chair, Szold Distinguished Service Professor<br />
* [[Brenda Fineberg]], Associate Professor<br />
* [[Joanna Fryer]], Assistant Professor<br />
<br />
===Former===<br />
* [[Jonathan Chicken]], Visiting Instructor (2005-2007)<br />
* [[Katherine Northrup]], Visiting Instructor<br />
<br />
===Cooperating Faculty from Other Programs===<br />
* [[Lance Factor]], Professor of [[Philosophy]]<br />
* [[Lane Sunderland]], Chancie Ferris Booth Professor of [[Political Science]]<br />
* [[Robert Whitlatch]], Robert A. and Katherine M. Seeley Distinguished Professor of [[Theatre]]<br />
<br />
==Course Requirements==<br />
''See [[Classics Department#Greek|department page]]''<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Classics Club]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Majors]]<br />
[[Category:Minors]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Flunk_Day&diff=33250Flunk Day2021-07-06T05:17:45Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Flunk days past and present */</p>
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<br />
Knox College in Galesburg, IL holds a day of flunking every year. It flunking rocks. <br />
<br />
''See [[Flunk Day 2021]] for info specific to this year''<br />
<br />
<br />
Flunk Day is tomorrow.<br />
<br />
Flunk Day is an annual event at Knox College where, by surprise, all classes are canceled. A day's worth of carnival-like activities are planned.<br />
<br />
The first Flunk Day of record was May 11, 1922, but the tradition of a student-initiated spring festival dates back to the early years of the 20th century and "Roughneck Day" -- which was the conclusion to "Roughneck Week," when the men didn't shave and both men and women students wore ragged clothing.<br />
<br />
== Secrecy ==<br />
<br />
=== Date ===<br />
<br />
There is always speculation about [[the]] date of Flunk Day. Some people say the date moves depending on the weather or whether students already know it's Flunk Day. The logic behind this notion goes that if too many people know it's Flunk Day before the date, they will get [[drunk]] the night before and be more likely to get [[alcohol poisoning]] during the day.<br />
<br />
This notion may just be an effect of the scare-letdown dynamic that the speculation creates for students. Some say that the date for Flunk Day is fixed from the beginning.<br />
<br />
=== Planning ===<br />
<br />
A subcommittee of [[Union Board]] plans Flunk Day, and only the select members on the committee know the date. In [[2007-2008]], the two coordinators of Union board were [[Meryl Leventon]] and [[Alex Clark]] and Pam Schuller was the secret planner. <br />
In [[2008-2009]], the known planners were Alex Clark, [[Whitney Mackie]], [[Ginny Graves]], and [[Pam Schuller]].<br />
In [[2009-2010]], the known planners were Ginny Graves, [[Britt Anderson]] (co-coordinators), [[Jenni Nefzger]], and [[Martha Baumgarten]]. Please ask them when Flunk Day will be held.<br />
In 2017, the Flunk Day Planner was Vlad Papancea. He made sure that it was a nice, sunny, flunky flunk day. <br />
<br />
Select members of the College Staff, mostly in the [[Office of Student Development]], know the date.<br />
<br />
===Flunk Day Does Not Exist===<br />
Let us start with our assumption: Flunk Day is a surprise. We can see that this assumption is indeed reasonable as we do not know when Flunk Day is to occur. Now let us just suppose that Flunk Day were to happen this week. Then suppose that we got to Thursday without Flunk Day happening. Knowing Flunk Day happens this week and that the current day is Thursday, we could conclude that Friday must be Flunk Day. But such a conclusion contradicts the assumption that Flunk Day is a surprise (seeing as we would know when Flunk Day would be). So we now know that Flunk Day cannot happen on Friday. <br />
<br />
Now suppose we made it to Wednesday and Flunk Day has not yet happened. Building off of what we just proved, Flunk Day could not be any day other than Thursday. But alas! This too violates our assumption that Flunk Day is a surprise, eliminating Thursday as a possible Flunk Day. <br />
<br />
Now suppose the current day to be Tuesday and Flunk Day has still not happened. Since we know that Flunk Day is neither Friday nor Thursday, we would then be forced to conclude Flunk Day is on Wednesday, which is a violation of the assumption. If we made it to Monday and it were not yet Flunk Day, it must be on Tuesday! But alas, this too leads to a contradiction and thus we know Flunk Day cannot be on Tuesday. If it isn’t Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, or Tuesday, it must be on Monday! But this too is a contradiction, and thus we are forced to conclude Flunk Day is not this week!<br />
<br />
Please note that the logic given can be applied to the entire year if Flunk Day was not this week (ie If we make it to the second to last day of this term with no Flunk Day, then we would know Flunk Day is on the last day, but that would violate our assumption and thus we would know it cannot be on the last day. Suppose we get to the third to last day… etc.) Now, we can logically conclude one of two things:<br />
<br />
1. Flunk Day is not a surprise<br />
2. Flunk Day can never happen<br />
<br />
Dean Romano strongly insists that Flunk Day will be a surprise each year. Thus, logically, the second statement is the truth.<br />
<br />
<br />
Also See [[Students For Flunk Day Truth]]<br />
<br />
The problem with the logic.<br />
<br />
Assume we know that El Dia de Flunk is to occur on a weekday of a given term. Assume also the nature of the day is 'surprising,' but not unknowable.<br />
<br />
Situation 1). If we get to the 29th of May and the last chance for Flunk day to occur is the 30th, then Flunk day is no longer a surprise but still exists, as its date is knowable.<br />
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Situation 2). If it is the 28th of May, then the presuppositions have changed, and the result is that Flunk day may or may not occur on the 29th or the 30th (50/50 chances). However, if Flunk day does not occur on the 29th, then we must resort to Situation 1. If Flunk day does occur on the 29th, it is still Flunk day, because there is a chance that Flunk day could occur on a knowable day, but that its suprising nature would be lessened.<br />
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Situation 3). If it is the 27th, Flunk day may occur on the 28th, 29th, or the 30th (in which case there is a 33.3% chance that it will occur on any one of those days). If Flunk day does not occur on the 28th or 29th, then we must resort to Situation 1. If Flunk day does not occur on the 28th, then we must resort to Situation 2. If Flunk day occurs on the 27th, the surprise still exists because there was a chance that Flunk day could have occurred on the 28th, or could have occurred on that knowable day.<br />
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etc.<br />
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There are other situations in which the date of Flunk day becomes more or less knowable:<br />
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1) Flunk day clues on Wikifire increase the knowability of Flunk day, and decrease the suprisability<br />
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2) Flunk day hype decreases the knowability and increases the suprisability.<br />
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3) Flunk day lies/rumors on Wikifire decrease the knowability and increase the suprisability.<br />
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4) Flunk day inside-tips increase the knowability and increase the suprisability.<br />
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5) Drinking decreases the knowability and increases the suprisability.<br />
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6) Pulling all-nighters decreases the knowability (and the functionality) and increases the suprisability.<br />
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7) Spying increases the knowability and has no effect on the suprisability.<br />
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8) Blasting "Like a G-6" has no effect on anything.<br />
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9) Procrastination has no effect on anything.<br />
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You can change your Flunk day experience, and thus the nature of Flunk day by using these situations to change the knowability and suprisability of Flunk day.<br />
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FLUNK DAY EXISTS, albeit in many forms.<br />
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== Scares & Speculation ==<br />
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=== The Safety Email ===<br />
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At some point during every spring term, someone in the administration sends out an email with a list of safety precautions regarding the coming Flunk Day.<br />
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In [[Flunk Day 2006|2006]], the email was sent out the day before Flunk Day (some say to preempt scares) leading to rumors in [[Flunk Day 2007|2007]] that Flunk Day would happen before the safety email was sent out.<br />
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=== Flunk Day Scares ===<br />
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Most years there are one or more [[Flunk Day scares]]. Some scares are intentionally instigated and perpetuated by a student, or more commonly, a group of students. Some scares occur spontaneously, when a given date is widely [[Rumor mill|rumored]] to be Flunk Day. Scares may be corroborated by a variety of evidence.<br />
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The earliest known flunk day scare occurred during the Flunk Day 2010 season. On September 29, 2009, three weeks into fall term student Allison Buccalo spotted tractor trailers parked outside her off-campus house. Following the sighting multiple students were found digging out the mud pit before being instructed by Campus Safety to "go to bed".<br />
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=== Lawn-mowing ===<br />
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This piece of evidence has been cited both ways. The grass being mowed the day before a candidate date has been cited as evidence as well as the grass ''not'' being mowed. Xavier Romano says they mow the grass every day, which would take care of at least half of this criterion. Lawn-mowing is also epidemiologically linked to contracting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia tularemia], a potentially fatal zoonotic disease caused by aerosolization of rodent remains infected with the bacterium ''francisella tularensis''.<br />
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=== The [[Mailroom]] ===<br />
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The night before [[Flunk Day 2006]], [[Union Board]] stuffed student mailboxes early enough that students were able to discover the items before the [[mailroom]] closed. Some say precautions will be taken in the future, but lights on a closed mailroom have been cited as evidence on at least one occasion.<br />
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=== [[Friars]] ===<br />
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In past years, evidence of [[friars]] being picked up (a van driving around campus, sudden absence of seniors) has been cited. However, for 2007, friars will be alerted the morning of Flunk Day, eliminating this criterion. In 2009, senior students were invited to be part of what was a massive Flunk Day scare but turned out to be FLUNK DAY ITSELF!! It was so clever. Two freshmen girls almost managed to pass as seniors and be Friars too, what with all of the confusion, but they were caught in time and the tradition remained sacred.<br />
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=== Flunk Day [[TKS]] ===<br />
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The staff of [[TKS]] do not know when Flunk Day will be. They try to get the Flunk Day issue of the newspaper finished early in the term so that they will be ready to distribute it when El Dia del Flunk occurs, but the completion of the paper does not indicate Flunk Day's arrival. In past years, the Flunk Day issue of [[TKS]] has not been ready on the actual date, and has had to be distributed later. <br />
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=== [[Wallace Lounge]] ===<br />
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This is the secret, secret litmus test of Flunk Day. It is such a strong indicator that I don't want to reveal it in its entirety. But once it happens, Flunk Day is tomorrow, without a doubt. <br />
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== Confirming Flunk Day ==<br />
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=== The Hotline ===<br />
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If you don't have access to your email, you can also dial the flunk day hotline at '''x8008''' to find out if it's Flunk day. This is not the most reliable source, however, as in both [[Flunk Day 2006|2006]] and [[Flunk Day 2007|2007]] the hotline had not changed its message by the time the campus was woken up.<br />
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Currently if you call the hotline, the automated response still says, "Today, May 4th is Flunk Day"<br />
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As of 2021, the hotline has been updated and is operational.<br />
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=== Campus Safety ===<br />
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If you have only ever used the extension *7979 to get someone, anyone, to please unlock the door to your room, you are missing out. Though they will be reluctant, they will always answer truthfully to the question "Is it Flunk Day today?" However, they are trickier than you think. If it is not Flunk Day, they will tell you. If it is Flunk Day, they will tell you to wait for the e-mail. A good way to make the question legitimate is to say you live in the quads and that loud drunk seniors have woken you up. An excellent resource at 5 in the morning when you feel like getting muddy and Knox Wireless takes forever to load your email.<br />
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=== The Flunk Day Email ===<br />
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On the actual morning of Flunk Day a staff member, still to be determined for [[2009-2010]], sends out an all-campus email letting everyone know that it is, in fact, the real Flunk Day. This is really the only reliable means of determining whether it is Flunk Day, or just a [[Flunk Day scare]].<br />
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In 2007 the email was down at 5:30am. Fearing that students would not believe it was really flunk day without the official email, Xavier Romano sent a text message to Ellen Vessels confirming that it was indeed flunk day.<br />
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In 2013 Deb (bless her heart) was running late and thus so did the email. More stubborn members of the campus almost missed out on the earlier mornings. Thank goodness for more stubborn friends, eh?<br />
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== Flunk Day Activities==<br />
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There are many traditional Flunk Day activities.<br />
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The day starts with the entire campus being waken by the [[Friars]], a group of seniors selected to start Flunk Day. The first activity most students engage in is drinking, this usually continues through the day for many. In the morning, students enjoy a [[mud pit]] and [[foam pit]] to the sounds of a DJ. During the afternoon (usually after a [[Flunk day nap|nap]]) the lawn south of [[Seymour Hall]] has inflatable carnival games and karaoke. In past years, some students have also enjoy a bike ride to [[Lake Storey]], though this activity was missing from the [[Flunk Day 2007]] schedule. <br />
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All [[meals]] are served outdoors on Flunk Day. Though one year breakfast was held inside and there was a squad that stole a giant tub of cookie dough ice cream.<br />
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((Bon Appetite is doing weird schtuff and rumors of the Gizmo being open are circulating. Sounds like a terrible plan, imho))<br />
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==Flunk Day Issue of ''[[The Knox Student]]''==<br />
{{Main|Flunk Day Issue 2007}}<br />
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Each year [[TKS]] comes out with a spoof issue of the newspaper. In 2005 and 2006, the spoof issue of the paper had not been produced yet so it was not in mailboxes the morning of as usual. In 2007, the paper was produced and printed well before May 8 and was drunkenly collected by many students. Controversy arose, however, due to the nature of the front page headline which read "[[Jesus Fucking Christ]] to speak at 2008 commencement." [[President Taylor]], [[Xavier Romano]], and [[Larry Breitborde]] called a meeting of the ''[[TKS]]'' editorial staff to discuss the issue. At the meeting Roger delivered a speech in which he expressed his thoughts. On the following day, he issued an email to the campus.<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
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===General===<br />
Flunk Day is the source of much controversy because many students get very [[drunk]]. Every year, somebody (or somebodies) gets hurt and goes to the hospital. Every year, people say that Flunk Day might get canceled. The rumor spreads easily because the injuries and alcohol use are a liability for the college.<br />
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However, Knox President [[Roger Taylor]] stated in an article in [[The Knox Student]] that only about 100 people drink excessively on Flunk Day.<br />
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He is almost definitely wrong. Or his understanding of what constitutes 'excessive' drinking goes well beyond even students' standards of inebriation.<br />
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=== Students For Flunk Day Truth Committee===<br />
In the weeks of long anticipation leading to [[Flunk Day 2007]] an underground committee of an undisclosed number of dedicated Knox students founded the [[Students For Flunk Day Truth]] Committee. A response to the campus-wide mass hallucination known as "Flunk Day," two harrowingly truthful documents, posted in two waves, were printed by the hundreds and posted about campus to educate the campus at large. However, as the truth came to light in the morning hours following the 3 a.m. postings of aforementioned articles, posters began to vanish in what was likely an administrative decision to silence the truth.<br />
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==Flunk days past and present==<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2004]] Wednesday, April 28th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2005]] Monday, April 18th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2006]] Tuesday, April 11th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2007]] Tuesday, May 8th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2008]] Thursday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2009]] Wednesday, May 6th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2010]] Monday, April 26th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2011]] Monday, May 2nd<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2012]] Tuesday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2013]] Wednesday, May 1st<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2014]] Monday, April 28th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2015]] Wednesday, April 29th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2016]] Tuesday, May 10th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2017]] Thursday, May 4th<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2018]] Wednesday, May 2nd<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2019]] Tuesday, April 30th<br />
*[[Flunk Term 2020]] Week of May 18th*<br />
*[[Flunk Day 2021]] Monday, May 17th*<br />
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*Do note these flunk days were way later than most flunk days due to the covid 19 pandemic and should be recognized as outliers when predicting flunk day<br />
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<div>The only person keeping the wiki fire alive in the year 2021. Also she's very cute :)</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Virtual_Classes&diff=33248Virtual Classes2021-07-05T21:08:50Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: created page. add stuff if any of you guys want.</p>
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<div>Virtual Classes, also known as "Zoom Classes" were a phenomenon during the covid 19 pandemic. It was accomplished using the program [[Zoom]]. <br />
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== Benefits ==<br />
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Virtual classes did have a few upsides, as all classes were recorded so if you missed a day you could see what was covered. The program Knox used to store recordings also allowed for use of captions, which was very helpful for students with disabilities or if you wanted to read through the lectures right before the final. Because classes were not in person, pants were not required. You could wake up 2 minutes before class and open your laptop and be present. Because of the camera function, you did not need to even be shown in class, (though many professors required cameras on). Zoom allows the use of virtual backgrounds, so you didn't have to embarrass yourself with all your classmates seeing your messy dorm room. A little known zoom feature was a skin smoothing feature, which would hide some of your acne because why bother doing your skin care routine or your makeup when your mask covers a majority of your face anyways? If you used zoom on a computer, often times you could switch tabs so you didn't have to pay attention, or just use your phone out of view of the camera. The use of the chat function was very useful for side conversations, as many people could share ideas without talking over each other (literally). It was very useful for making funny jokes or puns. You also had the ability to hide self view so you wouldn't have to stare at yourself, though I personally enjoyed admiring myself every time I could, so I never chose this option. The ability to share screens was very a very helpful learning tool, as you could see or share information very easily. The ability to pin people as well when a screen was shared was very helpful, as if there was only one person answering questions, or if someone had a very pretty zoom background, you could pin them and be able to see them when you could only see about 5 people. The mute button is also a godsend. <br />
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Also seeing someone's pet interrupt the zoom call was very adorable.<br />
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== Downfalls ==<br />
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Because classes were virtual, I can confidentially say that I would not be able to pick out a majority of my classmates in person. Because many people kept their cameras off, it was way harder to connect with classmates if you ever ran into one in person, as you wouldn't be able to recognize them. If your laptop or phone was dead or updating for 30 minutes it was often hard to find a way to get to class. Because classes were recorded, if you were unfortunate enough to be one of the faces on the recording, then staring at yourself very obviously not paying attention is not the most fun thing. While you did have the option to hide your self view, you could not do so in recordings. When the pandemic hit, many struggled with how to transition to a virtual class. Not many people were a big fan of the changes, as they were very sudden. Many people might not have the quietest of homes, so teaching/learning was harder due to unavoidable background noise. Not every subject can perfectly translate to online learning, for example many science classes have labs they need to perform and many art classes as how are you going to build a set or create a clay pot without the proper tools. Many people also had no idea how to use the simple thing called the mute button. Because not everyone was on campus, time zones were often an issue, (I would know I had to wake up at 6am for a class), especially for international students, who often had to go to class at insane hours.</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Zoom&diff=33247Zoom2021-07-05T20:34:37Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: created page</p>
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<div>Zoom is the program that was used to hold remote classes over the 2020-2021 school year.</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Knox%27s_Community_Guidelines_for_COVID-19&diff=33246Knox's Community Guidelines for COVID-192021-07-05T03:00:36Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: just added info</p>
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<div>Knox's policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was referred to as "Knox Together 2020-2021" but I think that name is lame as hell. <br />
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=== Policies ===<br />
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== Symptom Tracking ==<br />
Every day Knox students would receive an email asking about covid symptoms, test results, and temperature. Students were required to fill out this survey everyday. Depending on your results, you were either asked to stay inside, placed in quarantine, or were good to go. <br />
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== Initial Quarantine ==<br />
When students first arrived on campus during the pandemic, they were placed in initial quarantine. Initial quarantine resulted in students taking a covid test, and staying inside of their dorms for their results. Masks were required to be worn at all times except in student's own dorms. Students could not leave the campus. Students would quarantine in their dorms until their first test result, then which they would take a second one. After receiving their first negative test result, students would move into modified quarantine.<br />
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== Modified Quarantine == <br />
When students received their first negative result, they would be placed into modified quarantine. Modified quarantine lasted 2 weeks. During this time students were able to hang out in their suite and walk around on campus. Students were not able to leave the county, but could go into town. Masks were required at all times except in students own dorms. After 2 weeks, students were able to go into a regular quarantine. <br />
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== After Quarantine == <br />
When students finished quarantining, they were allowed to hang out with other students in other suites, go to classes, and eat food in the cafeteria. Students did have to social distance and wear masks at all times. <br />
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== Positive Test Results ==<br />
If students received a positive or inconclusive test result, or were in contact with a student who tested positive, they were placed into quarantine. Students were placed into Conger-Neal for 2 weeks until they received a negative test result. These were referred to as the quarantine dorms. Students had their food delivered to them, and could not leave the building until they tested negative, or were in quarantine for 2 weeks. Knox kept a record of all students in quarantine to keep track of the positive cases on campus. <br />
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== After Vaccination ==<br />
After students received vaccines, they were able to go mask-less outside, but required a mask inside of academic buildings. <br />
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=== General Student Reaction ===<br />
A giant majority of students were very diligent about following protocols, as they wished to keep themselves and everyone else around them safe. Some students remained home during part or all of the year. Not all students were safe, as there were some illegal parties throughout the year, or some groups of students would not wear masks in private, or many students purposefully wore their masks incorrectly. <br />
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Many students also did not fill out the daily symptom tracking, as they deemed it too tedious, or lied on the survey as any marking of any symptom would send an alert to the health services, even if that symptom was from a disability or other previous condition. For example one of the symptoms listed was headaches, which can have many causes that do not include covid, such as eyestrain from zoom class, not getting enough sleep, or even being hungover. <br />
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=== Timeline ===<br />
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== Winter Break 2019 - Winter Term 2020 ==<br />
Word of a mysterious new coronavirus was spreading through China. At first we had all assumed that it wasn't anything to be too worried about, but oh boy were we wrong. I don't know if Knox released any statements regarding the outbreak in either late 2019 or during winter term 2020 (as the person writing this was not a student at the time), but I'm sure there was something. <br />
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== Spring Term 2020 ==<br />
During the academic year of 2019-2020, there was a global pandemic of the virus [[Covid-19]]. Knox switched to [[Virtual Classes]] using the program [[Zoom]]. Flunk day became virtual, and students were sent home. <br />
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== Fall Term 2020 == <br />
Knox College decided to open up campus during the fall term, though students could choose to take entirely virtual classes from home. There were many guidelines in place about how to stay safe during these times. All students on campus were covid tested, and placed into quarantine until they received their results a few days later. Modified quarantine resulted in students staying inside their dorms, only leaving to grab food at the cafeteria (social distanced of course), and having masks on at all times excluding dorm rooms. After students received their test results, they would either be placed into modified quarantine if they were given a negative result, or placed into quarantine if given a positive or inconclusive result. Knox only tested about 10% of the student body every week, and students were chosen at random. The tests were unpleasant, as you had to get a cotton swap up your nose. <br />
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== Winter Term 2021 ==<br />
The first half of winter term was entirely virtual. After 5 weeks off campus, students were given one week off to quarantine back on campus. The same policies were in place, but the tests were swapped to saliva tests, and every student was tested every 2 weeks. Vaccines were open in Peoria for students who had previous conditions. <br />
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== Spring Term 2021 ==<br />
The same policies were put in place, but vaccines were open to many more on campus. Vaccine clinics were held to help get students fully vaccinated. By the end of the year a large majority of students and faculty were vaccinated. <br />
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== Summer Term 2021 ==<br />
Knox started offering summer classes this year. Many classes were remote, with some being on campus. Masks were still required in person. <br />
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== Fall 2021 ==<br />
Knox required all students and faculty to be fully vaccinated, (with religious exceptions).</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=265_S._Academy&diff=33235265 S. Academy2021-05-30T16:42:52Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: /* Themes */</p>
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<div>One of the theme housing houses on campus. Also known as The Quickie House, the [[Purple Cat]], [[House of Cards]], and [[SMASH House]]. <br />
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It consists of two singles, four doubles, three bathrooms, a kitchen and a common area. Most of the rooms in this house are either oddly L shaped or have ridiculously large closets. The house also has air conditioning, which is nice in the Fall and Spring. However, it is not possible for the whole house to be a comfortable temperature at the same time, because of the scientific principle of heat rising.<br />
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== The "Quickie" House? ==<br />
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The Quickie House is next to the Quickie. It was known as the Quickie House for the 2007-08 school year. In the 2008-09 school year it was renamed the [[Purple Cat]], a name that makes no sense, and the name 'Quickie House' stuck going into the future. No one listens to that name and for good reason. <br />
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The name "Quickie House" sparked debate last year about the nature of its inhabitants, but behind the suggestive name was a group who enjoyed playing cards and watching the craziness in the Quickie parking lot through their dining room windows. Its members were mostly female, except for [[Mike Yu]] and [[Marc Dreyfuss]], who lived on the first floor in the smallest double room on campus. <br />
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== Themes ==<br />
*[[House of Cards]] - 2014-2015<br />
*[[SMASH House]] - 2017- Present (2022)<br />
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[[Category: Housing]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Talk:Clubs_That_Might_Be_Cults&diff=33222Talk:Clubs That Might Be Cults2021-05-23T21:00:43Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: Created page with "make this page a subcategory above the clubs page please."</p>
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<div>make this page a subcategory above the clubs page please.</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Clubs_That_Might_Be_Cults&diff=33221Clubs That Might Be Cults2021-05-23T20:58:52Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: Created page with "There is speculation that many clubs on campus are very cult like, so this page is to document their cult-like activities. === Clubs that are definitely cults === Clubs we b..."</p>
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<div>There is speculation that many clubs on campus are very cult like, so this page is to document their cult-like activities. <br />
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=== Clubs that are definitely cults ===<br />
Clubs we believe are truly cult like <br />
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== Improv == <br />
[[Improv]] has games that only "members" of improv can know. They also apparently have their own Facebook messenger group chat. Very cult like 9/10.<br />
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== Classics Club ==<br />
[[Classics Club]] has no rule on human sacrifice and many members know dead languages. They practice rituals of past times. One of, if not the most cult like club on campus. 11/10<br />
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== Ultimate Frisbee ==<br />
[[Ultimate Frisbee]] is very terrifying. Once you join you can never leave. 10/10.<br />
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== Clubs that are maybe cults ==<br />
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[[Super Smash Brothers Club]] seems slightly cult like. They are the shadow government of the senate as we all know, but they seem too caught up with playing video games to be much of a cult. But they do own a house on campus, so they can't be ruled out. 5/10<br />
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[[Anime Club]] also seems a little cult like. They mostly seem like a big friend group if anything. But they do own a house on campus, so we can't say they are not a cult. 6/10<br />
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[[Harry Potter Club]] seems like they might not be super culty, but they have rules against human sacrifice. 4/10<br />
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[[Tea Club]] sits around and drinks tea. Suspicious. 5/10.<br />
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== Clubs that are not cults ==<br />
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[[Student Senate]]. -1/10<br />
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[[Category: Clubs]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=Super_Smash_Brothers_Club&diff=33220Super Smash Brothers Club2021-05-23T20:46:18Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
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<div>Super Smash Brother's Club is a weekly club that holds tournaments every week in Post Lobby. They are also the shadow government of [[Student Senate]], but we can keep that a secret for now.<br />
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== Exec ==<br />
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| [[Ethan Bumpers]] "Bumpers"<br />
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! Vice President<br />
| [[Liam Connelly]] "Lemmay"<br />
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! PR<br />
| [[Abigail King]] "Cobalt"<br />
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! TO<br />
| [[Jesus Santoyo]] "Purple_Roy"<br />
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! Game Rep.<br />
| [[Richie Beck]] "RNG"<br />
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! Media Director<br />
| [[Justin Cooper]] "JCoopz"<br />
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{| border="1" class="wikitable"<br />
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! President<br />
| [[Ethan Bumpers]] "Bumpers"<br />
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! Vice President<br />
| [[Liam Connelly]] "Lemmay"<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=SMASH_House&diff=33219SMASH House2021-05-23T20:35:40Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
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<div>Smash House is short for Super Smash Brothers House. They play video games and have a Naruto poster on the wall. Residents of said house also are members of the [[Super Smash Brothers Club]] and host events every week. Despite the name, due to the pandemic not much smashing has been going on inside of the house. Tragic. <br />
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[[Category: Theme Housing]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=SMASH_House&diff=33218SMASH House2021-05-23T20:34:57Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
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<div>Smash House is short for Super Smash Brothers House. They play video games and have a Naruto poster on the wall. Residents of said house also are members of the [[Super Smash Brother's Club]] and host events every week. Despite the name, due to the pandemic not much smashing has been going on inside of the house. Tragic. <br />
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[[Category: Theme Housing]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=265_South_Academy&diff=33217265 South Academy2021-05-23T20:30:42Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: Blanked the page</p>
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<div></div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=SMASH_House&diff=33216SMASH House2021-05-23T20:29:52Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
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<div>Smash House is short for Super Smash Brothers House. They play video games and have a Naruto poster on the wall.<br />
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[[Category: Theme Housing]]</div>SusKnoxStudenthttp://thewikifire.org/index.php?title=SMASH_House&diff=33215SMASH House2021-05-23T20:29:32Z<p>SusKnoxStudent: </p>
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<div>Smash House is short for Super Smash Brothers House. They play video games and have a Naruto poster on the wall.<br />
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