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The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Proposal 1 - What You Need to Know

Proposal 1 – What You Need to Know

Raili Nelson January 9, 2019

In the early morning on Wednesday, November  7th, the day after the midterm elections, Michigan residents woke to the news that Proposal 1 had been approved by voters, a move which legalized recreational...

Junior Acacia Harper works on transcribing her letter onto American flag paper, provided by Ms. May. Harper planned to write asking for a limit on ammunition and a higher age limit for purchasing guns. Photo Credit / Grace Marshall

Students Write to Representatives Calling for Change in Gun Control Legislation

Grace Marshall March 22, 2018

If you had stepped into Sarah Leineke’s classroom, located in the B-wing of Loy Norrix on Friday, March 2, you would have seen somewhere around 15 students sitting with laptops, paper and pens, writing...

The Right is not Right if not Taught, Students Deserve to Know About Their Choices

The Right is not Right if not Taught, Students Deserve to Know About Their Choices

Julia Perry December 16, 2017

One in every five women are sexually assaulted according to The Center Of Disease Control. However, only 12 percent of assaults are reported to the authorities. Women are solidified in this society as...

TnT A Touch of Soul: Family Owned and Phenomenal

TnT A Touch of Soul: Family Owned and Phenomenal

Alex Vonhof December 13, 2017

“I have to embrace every last crumb, that’s how good it is,” said Loy Norrix senior TJ Powell about TnT, A Touch of Soul, a local barbecue place in Kalamazoo located at 112 East Cork Street. TnT...

Sisters Reunite After Being Separated for Over a Decade

Sisters Reunite After Being Separated for Over a Decade

June 7, 2017

By  Ella Schnell The mouthwatering smell of buttered toast and sunny side up eggs fills the air as Loy Norrix sophomore, Saryna Pineau, sits at Cracker Barrel on a Friday morning anxiously awaiting the...

Student Crosses Cultures and Holds On to a Passion

Student Crosses Cultures and Holds On to a Passion

May 8, 2017

By Andrew DeHaan For many students, the process of moving away a few hours for college is quite frightening. In fact, 70 percent of students feel homesick in their first few weeks away according to a...

Syrian Refugee Students: Facing the Unbearable

Chloe Lupini April 21, 2017

“No one would say anything but you could see it in their eyes and their reaction to us. [You could see it in] their faces, like we were not normal. It’s that we aren’t accepted [in America], that...

Kalamazoo Public Schools made changes to their weapon policy at a Board of Education meeting in February. Photo Credit / Kalamazoo Public Schools

Kalamazoo Public Schools Make Major Changes to Weapon Policy

Bailey Handley April 14, 2017

On Thursday, February 2, 2017, the Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) Board of Education approved changes to the school district’s weapon policy. In the end, all 7 board members were in favor of changing...

Michigan Native Takes a Seat in the Presidential Cabinet

Michigan Native Takes a Seat in the Presidential Cabinet

Sebastian Rodriguez March 30, 2017

Donald Trump was inaugurated as 45th president of the United States on January 21st, 2017. Every president has a Cabinet, which is a group made up of the vice president and 15 department heads. One of...

Grayling Ceramics Studio Showcases Local Artist

Grayling Ceramics Studio Showcases Local Artist

March 22, 2017

Kalamazoo is fortunate to be a thriving artist town and is a wonderfully supportive community for creatives. However, none are quite like the joyful Shay Church. Church is the owner and founder of Grayling...

Chance the Rapper performs at his concert in Detroit, MI on September 25, 2016. This concert was part of his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. Photo Credit / Bailey Handley

Chance the Rapper Makes History at the 2017 Grammys

Bailey Handley March 3, 2017

On the night of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the energetic and jubilant Chance the Rapper made history. He brought home three Grammy awards, becoming the first artist in Grammy history to win an award...

Xavier House: The Vastness Of The Idea Of Art

Xavier House: The Vastness Of The Idea Of Art

Maggie Lager February 27, 2017

Xavier House, Sophomore  "Art to me can be anything you want it to be. The great thing about art is it doesn't need to conform to one thing like a drawing or painting. Art can be anything from a building...

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