The Empire State Tribune | Student Newspaper of the King's College

Andrew Schatz is a ’10 PPE alumnus. I matriculated into The King’s College in the fall of 2006. Honor, and the code that requires it of every student, was a…

Classical studies in public school: King’s students help lead a new education movement

Veritas Preparatory Academy does not prepare students for college—it prepares them to die well. “To die well, you need to learn how to actually live,” said Isaiah Contu-Owen, a TKC…

Men of Lewis and Churchill: bringing jazz to TKC

Men of the Houses of C.S. Lewis and Winston Churchill formed their own jazz band, the TKC Jazz Combo, augmenting school-wide interest in jazz music. The band started spontaneously at the…

Recent Articles

1April 21, 2013
Get to know the new House presidents

The new presidents are beginning to form a plan for next year’s 2013-14 academic year for their Houses, formulating visions and practical goals for how they want their Houses to…
4April 18, 2013
Spring Formal: the Bowery and Davison’s controversy

NEW YORK—Students of The King’s College will gather together this Friday for the annual Spring Formal, the last school-wide student event before spring semester comes to a close. This year’s…
2April 15, 2013
The importance of being round: TKCT enters a new era with “Earnest”

TKC Theater has entered a democratic age, and like the Greeks before it, provided its people a tale of itself. The motivations for mounting this Wilde classic are many: purport…
0April 11, 2013
Fashion that gives back

Duty–one word can make all the difference. This year’s Interregnum theme of “duty” highlighted the importance of assessing what role duty should play in various aspects life. Here is a…
0April 10, 2013
Margaret Thatcher dies, the House of Thatcher mourns the loss

Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England, died Monday, Apr. 8 of a stroke at age 87 after suffering from dementia for a number of years. At King’s the House…
4April 9, 2013
The ambiguity of the Honor Code

“Every student, faculty and staff member makes a public pledge to uphold the Honor Code and shared community expectations outlined in the Student Handbook. This pledge is signified in their…
1April 8, 2013
A story in tweets: Churchill sweeps House competitions

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4April 8, 2013
Because Harry Loved Sally: Why Men and Women Cannot Be Close Friends

It has been said many a time (in New York City especially) that men and women can hold significant friendships with each other outside of marriage. Or, even more simply,…
0April 7, 2013
Interregnum IX: Churchill wins final debate against Thatcher

Financial District, NEW YORK—The House of Sir Winston Churchill won the final debate against the House of Margaret Thatcher in this year’s Interregnum IX at The King’s College, after making…
0April 6, 2013
Edith Schaeffer dies at 98: an interview with her son-in-law

Edith Schaeffer, wife of the late Christian apologist and philosopher Francis A. Schaeffer, died March 30 in her Gryon, Switzerland home of 13 years at age 98. Udo Middelmann, husband…
0April 5, 2013
Interregnum IX performing arts competition brings many media of artistic expression

The tape has been cut. The old fashioned rock and roll has stopped. “RR Films” wavers on the screen, and Performing Arts is off to a riveting start with the…
1April 2, 2013
Second-place op-ed: “A path for dreamers, achievers and culture creators”

I could have been bored by the perfect quad or the Christian-ese bubble at my previous college. Maybe I was struck by Sam Tran’s freshman charm or excited to bump…