As Lawrence students, we talk about the “Lawrence Bubble” all the time, but we forget about the bigger “United States Bubble” that we also inhabit. The issue of Ebola may have been temporary in our first world country, but that doesn’t mean the issue has ceased to exist. So yes, the Sierra Leone trip has…
LU-aroo: The best of this year’s bands
By Margaret Koss & Katie Taber The quad was definitely the place to be this weekend, with a variety of music, lots of free snacks, and an array of students from all parts of the campus. Overall, the weekend highlighted a variety of talentedmusical groups across Lawrence and in the Midwest area. It seems like…
Greek Lip Sync unites fraternities and sororities
At 9:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12 the Wriston Auditorium was overflowing with people. Every seat was full and every walkway was crowded with people. Over the course of an hour, the audience howled with laughter and cheered for their fellow students. It was quite likely the most successful Greek Week lip sync competition yet.…
“Wakolda” enthralls viewers at film festival
The 3rd annual Latin American and Spanish Film Festival was held this past week, from April 9 through April 12. The eight films in the festival were from seven different Spanish-speaking countries and were all released within the past two years. The festival was free and open to the public. The cinema was near full…
Students traverse the country on diverse ORC trips
At the beginning of each Spring Term, the dining hall becomes flooded with the same series of questions: How was your spring break? What did you do? How was that? For a large portion of students, the answer involves the trips orchestrated by the Outdoor Recreation Club, more commonly known as ORC. Appleton, Wisconsin provides…
Bellows of Sound features improvisational dance and music
On Friday, Feb. 28, a group of students came together to create Bellows of Sound, a visual and musical performance event. It consisted of a variety of instrumentalists and dancers utilizing a combination of choreography, music-reading and improvisation to create their moving performance. The performance was held in the Wriston Art Galleries. Holding the concert…
Artist Spotlight: Eli Edelman
Eli Edelman, senior percussion performance major, is gearing up for his senior recital on Saturday, March 1 at 1 p.m. He will be playing pieces from a variety of genres on a variety of different percussion instruments. Over the course of his music career, Edelman has dabbled in plenty of instruments, including trumpet and piano.…
Optimistic Feral Children go to summer camp in recent show
On Friday, Jan. 21, Lawrence University’s improv group, known as Optimistic Feral Children, put on their first performance of the term in Cloak Theater. As usual, the theater was filled with laughter as the group played a variety of games themed around summer camp. Optimistic Feral Children, formerly known as Hi, I’mProv, was formed in…
Visiting studio potter Linda Christianson lectures on beauty
On Monday, Jan. 27, Linda Christianson, an independent studio potter from Minnesota, gave an art lecture about her artwork in the Wriston Art Center. Throughout the lecture, Christianson discussed how her art represents her personal views on what is beautiful. Christianson has a B.A. in Studio Art from Hamline University. She also participated in the…