Above: Junior Haley Stevens enjoying the cotton candy machine. Below: Members of the Student Organized University Programming (SOUP) organizing team pose with their official Zoo Days shirts. Photos by Sarah Navy. Zoo Days is an annual spring tradition at Lawrence. This year’s event was held in front of Ormsby Hall on Saturday, May 18, from…
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Psychology professor delivers Honors Convocation on education
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Commencement moved back to Main Hall lawn following student input
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Earth Week celebrations wrap up with Earth Day Gala on Main Green
News
BREAKING NEWS: New LUCC Vice President elected
Sophomore Maria Poimenidou was elected to serve as Vice President of LUCC. There is a three-day period available for any contesting of the election. After this period, the results will become official pending General Council approval on Monday, March 5.
World News
Compiled by Rikke Sponheim Algeria Since Friday, Feb. 22, tens of thousands of people across Algeria have taken to the streets to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika running for a fifth term of presidency. These have been the largest street demonstrations in over a decade in Algeria. President Bouteflika has been in power for 20 years…
Features
Real Womxn’s Voices: Briana Faulkes
Senior economics and ethnic studies major Briana Faulkes. Photo by Sarah Navy. To identify as a womxn is to expect solidarity with others who identify the same way. The assumption that there is a universal womxn experience erases the nuances and variety that exists. This column seeks to address those intersections in an effort to…
Opinions and Editorials
Reproductive rights are human rights
If you were to get into a car accident tomorrow and were in need of a kidney transplant to save your life, would the doctors be able to mandate that a compatible donor give you the needed organ? The answer is no. Bodily autonomy in the field of medicine is valued above most everything else…
Arts & Entertainment
IGLU’s “Minimal Impact”
Improv Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) members in their final performance of the school year. Photo by Taylor Blackson On Monday, May 20, in Esch Hurvis, the Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) performed their last show of the year. Directed by Matt Turner, the group improvised a piece, and while it was not titled…
Sports
Viking’s 2018-19 year wrap-up
It has been a year of great seasons, record-breaking performances and notable accomplishments for the Lawrence University Athletics Department. Throughout the year, student-athletes have been named to all-conference and all-region teams in addition to being recognized for their accomplishments in their scholarly work. In the fall, the football team had five athletes named to the…
Variety
Horoscopes: The signs as dogs
Aries (March 21 – April 19) – My friend Hannah’s dog named Jenna. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) – Glenn Close’s Havanese named Pippin. Gemini (May 21 – June 20) – My uncle’s golden doodle named Strider. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) – My cousin’s Tibetan spaniel named Misty. RIP. Leo (July 23…
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LU gets stoned
In 1895, a Lawrence University geology class took a field trip to Mosquito Hill outside of New London, Wisconsin. According to the legend, A. Arthur Bennett ‘95 and his classmates found a large boulder on the side of the road and decided to bring it back to campus. The students secured the use of a…