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<div style="font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to [[Project:About|The Wiki Fire]]</div>
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<div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">the free encyclopedia about [[Knox College]] that [[Help:Contents|anyone&nbsp;can&nbsp;edit]].</div>
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== [[The Wiki Fire]] ==
 
Welcome to the unofficial, free encyclopedia of [[Knox College]]. [[Students]], [[alumni]], [[faculty]], [[staff]] and whoever is interested are all invited to [[Help:Contents|create]], [[Help:Contents|edit]] or read this Knox-centric site. No matter who you are, go to a page, click edit and start writing.
 
 
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[[image:Billclinton_1.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Bill Clinton]] spoke at [[commencement]] June 2]]
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'''[[Bill Clinton]] speaks at [[commencement]]'''
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''[[Flunk Day 2007]]'''
 
  
Share your experiences from [[Flunk Day 2007]] and [[Flunk Day]] in general.
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The former president of the United States talked about the human genome project and the discovery of a planet that has the conditions of supporting life similar to those of Earth's. [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] left after [[B.J. Hollars]] gave his address due to other engagements.
  
  
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'''[[Seymour Defender]]'''
 
'''[[Seymour Defender]]'''
  
 
Because of the frequency at which he is set to "Drink" and "[[Party]]", [[Seymour Defender|Seymour]] rarely 'defends', and thus is actually quite vulnerable to attack, hence spending much of his time in residents' rooms, being [[drunk]] and robotic.
 
Because of the frequency at which he is set to "Drink" and "[[Party]]", [[Seymour Defender|Seymour]] rarely 'defends', and thus is actually quite vulnerable to attack, hence spending much of his time in residents' rooms, being [[drunk]] and robotic.
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''Quiver'' is the title of Knox's collection of online magazines, which currently include [[The Third Level]] (science fiction and fantasy), [[Wynken, Blynken, and Nod]] (children's literature), and [[Diminished Capacity]] (humor). The webzines provide the campus with an outlet for genre fiction, poetry, and art, and each is named after a famous alumni author.
 
''Quiver'' is the title of Knox's collection of online magazines, which currently include [[The Third Level]] (science fiction and fantasy), [[Wynken, Blynken, and Nod]] (children's literature), and [[Diminished Capacity]] (humor). The webzines provide the campus with an outlet for genre fiction, poetry, and art, and each is named after a famous alumni author.
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 30 July 2007

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Welcome to The Wiki Fire
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Bill Clinton spoke at commencement June 2

Bill Clinton speaks at commencement

The former president of the United States talked about the human genome project and the discovery of a planet that has the conditions of supporting life similar to those of Earth's. Clinton left after B.J. Hollars gave his address due to other engagements.


Anti-Philosophy Club

Post-Bunkism assumes that arguments cannot refer to some discrete or objective truth, and thereby cannot obfuscate the truth to a greater or lesser degree. Post-Bunkism basically says, "philosophical discourse is full of bunk, and as such, we're going to play Red Rover as a meaningful philosophical statement."


Seymour Defender

Seymour Defender

Because of the frequency at which he is set to "Drink" and "Party", Seymour rarely 'defends', and thus is actually quite vulnerable to attack, hence spending much of his time in residents' rooms, being drunk and robotic.


Quiver

Quiver is the title of Knox's collection of online magazines, which currently include The Third Level (science fiction and fantasy), Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (children's literature), and Diminished Capacity (humor). The webzines provide the campus with an outlet for genre fiction, poetry, and art, and each is named after a famous alumni author.


Wiki Fire Code of Ethics

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