The notion of storytelling as an impetus for connection is at the core of the TKC Letters Project. Fundamentally, the TKC Letters Project exists to share the stories of the individuals who make up the King’s community. We are doing this to rejoice in how God has worked, and people have grown while also creating a resource that King’s can share with potential donors to display how their giving can affect the lives of actual humans.
Read More(HUMOR) My first romance started at the beginning of the fall semester of 2019. I had just moved to New York to begin college, and my heart was afire with the possibilities this new independent life afforded me. At Target, across the street from my apartment, I first ran into her. She was, by far, the most beautiful desk lamp I had ever seen, and I immediately became infatuated with her.
Read More(OPINION) In February 2022, I attended a press conference where Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams and other key leaders in New York addressed the spike in subway crime and homelessness at the beginning of 2022. One year later, it’s time to see what has actually changed. Did our elected and appointed leaders do what they promised to do? If so, did it work? The short answer: barely.
Read MoreAfter four weeks of fried famine, free Chick-Fil-A sandwiches will once again be provided to attendees of The King’s College’s weekly Public Reading of Scripture (PRS) starting Monday, Feb. 20. “The money is coming from a Bonhoeffer alumnus who is generously funding the food for PRS,” said Director of Spiritual Life Rafael Oliveira in a press release. “He is committed to funding Chick-Fil-A for every PRS until the end of the semester.”
Read MoreDr. Andrew Delbanco presented Kings’ Black History Month lecture based on his most recent book, which delves into how slavery, specifically the desire to escape slavery, shaped American history more than we tend to give it credit. The talk took place in the City Room on Thursday, Feb. 9. The lecture began by examining the question of where to start the stories of those attempting to escape slavery.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Love is in the air. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and students at The King’s College are busy studying. Valentine’s Day is when couples, families and friends commemorate their love for one another. Especially during college years, young lovers are out and about in their honeymoon phases– walking along the pier or going out for a fancy dinner. However, here at King’s, the environment seems to feel much different for the freshman class.
Read MoreThe Community Update on Monday, Feb. 13 addressed the college’s current debt, efforts in fundraising, continued partnership discussions and transfer arrangements in the event that the school should close. The event began with Interim President Stockwell Day assuring the student body that the meeting would provide as much information as possible.
Read MoreThe McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute hosted Hamil R. Harris to speak on “Jesus, Justice and Journalism” on Friday, Feb. 10. Harris is a longtime minister and award-winning Black journalist in Washington D.C. He has written for The Washington Post, The Washington Informer and Religion Unplugged. He currently teaches journalism at Howard University and serves as the pastor at the Glenarden Church of Christ. During his lecture, Harris spoke about his work in journalism and ministry and how that work has affected his thinking on racial reconciliation, love and forgiveness.
Read More(OPINION) If you hear a teenager on TikTok describe their faith, chances are they’ll say they’re “spiritual, but not religious.” More and more young people are choosing to believe in a higher power, yet relegate that higher power to a secondary role in their lives. Even Christians within our generation have grown less likely to invest in a church and more likely to surround themselves exclusively with secular peers. With the problem established, I can present my thesis: become an active member of your local church. Doing will surround you with the right people and help you take the right actions.
Read MoreStudents received single-page notices slipped under their apartment doors at Albee on-campus housing explaining that The King’s College owes at least $200,000 in rent on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Most of the statements cited between $9,000 and $10,000 as the rent due on each apartment. In response to the notices, King’s sent out an email shortly after saying that “this notice is addressed to The King’s College and poses no legal risk to you or change in the status of your housing situation.”
Read MoreAnti-abortion demonstrators met counter-protestors from the organization NYC For Abortion Rights during their march from St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral to a Bleecker Street Planned Parenthood clinic on Saturday, Feb. 4. Recent legislation that legalizes the purchase of abortion-inducing pills from pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS fueled Witness for Life, the organization behind this protest.
Read MoreThe Spring 2023 Broadway season kicks off this week at Studio 54 with a touching tribute to the messy, complicated and beautiful relationships between parents and their children. Inspired by Larry Sultan’s photo memoir of his aging parents, “Pictures From Home” tells the story of how Sultan crafted his deeply personal memoir through eight years of photographing and observing the surroundings, marriage and lives of his retired father Irving and semi-retired mother Jean. The show is nearly perfect in its construction and presentation, and it’s one not to be missed or overlooked by theater-goers this spring.
Read MoreThe King’s College recently renewed and extended its lease on 52 Broadway with Armano Real Estate, but it does not include the O’Keeffe Student Union. Dean of Students David Leedy revealed that “the Student Union will be closed except for pre-approved events” in an announcement made during the Spring 2023 Welcome Back Gathering on Jan. 19. As part of an improvement package from the United Federation of Teachers, King’s will give up the Student Union completely in 2024.
Read More(REVIEW) ‘Knock at the Cabin,’ a horror, mystery and thriller by director M. Night Shyamalan, arrived at theaters on Friday, Feb. 3. ‘Knock at the Cabin’ addresses a specific question of ethics that a College student might contemplate: the Trolley Problem. The central question of the movie is one you might prefer to contemplate during office hours with a philosophy professor rather than in a dark theater for an hour and forty minutes.
Read MoreThe King’s College hosted the Difficult Discussions series to discuss issues of life and culture, which dove into the topic of “Gender Roles” on Feb. 2. The event included panelists Dami Kabiawu, Kelly Lehtonen, David Talcott and Benjamin White. The professors answered questions designed to define the pitfalls that stem from gender role stereotypes and to discover views on gender roles that align with Scripture.
Read MoreDr. Kimberly Reeve informed the student body that The King’s College has “a funding gap of approximately $2.6 million” during the community update following the Public Reading of Scripture on Jan. 30. “That's what we need… to finish the end of this semester well,” Reeve said. Two days later, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, multiple emails regarding the current financial situation were sent out to the larger network of the King’s community. The email asked alumni to “donate by February 15th, 2023 to help ensure that we meet our immediate financial needs.”
Read MoreAttendance for The King’s College’s Public Reading of Scripture (PRS) has significantly dropped in the first two weeks of the Spring 2023 semester after the formal announcement of no more free Chick-fil-A from the college’s Grace and Mercy Foundation (G&M) grant during their Welcome Back Gathering. It remains unclear as to how the funds that were paying for lunch at PRS are being reallocated.
Read More(OPINION) As recently reported, many of our activities at King's are now looking and feeling very different. This moment in King’s history is fraught with uncertainty. Day advised the student body on how to respond. Day’s allegorical instructions, while good-intentioned, deeply misrepresented biblical processes of grief and scientific literature on how we as human beings feel. A constant grief of mine is a thread of “wack theology” that creeps in time and time again: negative emotions are ungodly. In light of the new updates and alterations to our student experience and institution as a whole, lend your ears as I aim to untangle this self-spun web of emotional suppression that stifles our relationship with sorrow and hope alike.
Read MoreThe student organizations and Houses of The King’s College are already feeling the effects of the shortened school hours and budget cuts coming to King’s this semester. Despite navigating the new financial adjustments, many King’s students remain hopeful.
Read More(HUMOR) The King’s College’s prestigious and diverse student body hides a dark side, however– in the shadows, freeloading vermin scurry about, oblivious to the wealth of knowledge surrounding them and concerned only with finding their next meal. And no, we’re not referring to the Politics, Philosophy and Economics majors– we’re talking about the mice.
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