Photo by Sarah Elise Navy Lawrence junior Meralis Alvarez-Morales is a passionate and talented artist, scholar, performer and advocate who has much to share about the influence of Puerto Rican culture and her ancestors on her philosophy towards art. A global studies major on the arts and exchange track, this summer she partnered with the…
Goodbye, Burstein
Photo by Sebastian Evans The Lawrentian reflects on President Burstein’s years at Lawrence following the announcement of his end-of-the-year departure Is this something we can do? That’s the question Lawrence University President Mark Burstein remembers asking himself, as he sat in City Park with his husband, David Calle, and gazed at the president’s house during…
VITAL program continues remotely
Photo by Caroline Garrow To mitigate the spread of coronavirus, the Appleton Area School District has begun its school year exclusively virtually. Online classes began on Sep. 1 and have been operating via various Google platforms, such as Google Meets and Google Classroom, ever since. This online approach has caused an increase in need from…
Student Spotlight: Moreau Halliburton
Photo By Moreau Halliburton Even through indirect relations to junior Moreau Halliburton, it is easy to tell that her creative practice is grounded in art, activism and identity. Since the abrupt departure from campus in March, Halliburton incorporated these priorities into the projects she worked on. The idea for Homeland Beading came out of Halliburton’s…
A Wild Peter and Max Appear – The Lawrentian Podcast
Fariba and Luther welcome Lawrentian editors and heroes of the common folk Max and Peter to the show. The four discuss what is going on in Illinois, Wisconsin’s adequate southern neighbor. Thank you to Extra Pulp for sharing their song “Odd & Even” with us! More of their music can be found on Spotify or…
First Fabulous Guest – The Lawrentian Podcast
This week Luther and Fariba welcome the incomparable Molly Ruffing ’22 to the podcast. We discuss paper production, pestilence, and pedantry. Thank you to Caro Granner, Clover Austin-Muehleck, Yidi Zhang, Xiaoya Gao, and Moreau Halliburton for sharing their music with us! Find the podcast on Spotify or the Apple Podcast app. Music: “Sweet Girl” by…
Warming Up – The Lawrentian Podcast
The podcast is back with another episode! Find it on Spotify or the Apple Podcast app. In this episode, Fariba and Luther discuss Title IX changes, Lawrence’s Fall Term options, and the dearth of Nintendo Switches available for purchase. Thank you to Matt Rynkiewicz for sharing his music with us! Listen to Matt’s song, entitled…
Welcome, All – The Lawrentian Podcast
The show must go on! When campus closed and the newspaper shuttered, a few hardy student writers overcame a pandemic to provide the very best in Lawrence University opinion, news, and twaddle. Listen to the first episode where Luther and Fariba introduce the podcast and themselves to the listeners. Beaches, economists, and plague are discussed…
Cultural Expressions concludes POC Empowerment Week
Cultural Expressions was held on Saturday, Feb. 29 in the Esch Hurvis Room of Warch Campus Center. The event is an annual showcase of talent that includes dance, music and spoken word performances. Photos by Zhixuan Lyu.
Photo Feature: Black Excellence Ball
The Black Excellence Ball took place last Saturday as part of Lawrence’s annual People of Color Empowerment Week, which is a collaboration between All Is One: Empowering Young Women of Color, Alianza, Beta Psi Nu, Black Student Union, the Diversity and Intercultural Center, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Student Organized University Programming .…