Senior Daniel Miller received the Watson Fellowship of $25,000 to pursue his passion of “Experiencing Nature through Computer Music” on an international level. Beginning in August of this year, Miller will go abroad for an entire year solely to study this interest. Miller’s proposal was selected from 148 finalists from 40 universities involved with the…
The Artist Spotlight: Chris Misch-Bloxdorf
Some say that the musician speaks through their instrument. If that is the case, then Chris Misch-Bloxdorf, a senior trombone performance major with a jazz emphasis, has a lot to say on his senior recital. Only ten minutes of Bloxdorf’s recital will contain classical repertoire. Interestingly enough, neither of the pieces were written for trombone.…
Lawrence University students connect with youth of Sierra Leone
Lawrence welcomed alumna Samantha Maligi ’08 to the cinema Saturday, Feb. 23 to speak at the Sierra Leone Women’s Education event about the importance of education in Sierra Leone. In addition to Maligi speaking, attendees watched 20 minutes of the film “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide”, the rest of which…
Men’s tennis rebounds with upset of UW Eau-Claire
The Lawrence University men’s tennis team had a weekend of ups and downs, hosting two nonconference teams on two consecutive days at the Fox Valley Racquet Club. The Vikings emerged with a record of 3-2 after falling to UW-La Crosse (5-4) on Friday, Feb. 22 and defeating UW-Eau Claire (4-4) on Saturday Feb. 23. Despite…
Senior Project: Cawley and Stein’s “The Dumb Waiter”
On the weekend of the 25th in the Underground Theater, Lawrence students Matt Cawley and Steven Stein thrice performed Harold Pinter’s one-act play “The Dumb Waiter” for their senior project. “After considering many possibilities, I settled on Harold Pinter because of his unique style,” explained Cawley. “Pinter is characterized by long pauses, awkward moments and an…
A&E Abroad: Christopher Skinner on opera in Vienna
By Christopher Skinner, for The Lawrentian Before I studied abroad with IES Vienna Fall 2012, I was strongly interested in opera, studying it for my major at Lawrence, seeing live performances when I could and watching DVDs or listening to CDs. I had, however, only seen three productions live—two of which were relatively unimpressive—prior to my…
Athletes of the Week: Nick Craker and Chelsea Hameister
Nick Craker: Swimming and Diving 1) What got you to start swimming? My sister started swimming one year before I did. I went to all of the meets, and I decided to swim rather than sit on the side and watch. 2) What is the hardest part of swimming? Practice is definitely the hardest part…
Georgia prevents undocumented students from top 5 universities
Educational inequality is alive and well in America. More specifically, it’s currently rearing its head in the great state of Georgia. Having recently passed a bill that bans undocumented immigrants from attending the top five universities in the state, Georgia has effectively sent a message of strong disdain to undocumented students. The bill, passed last…
Massive Movement gains prominence on campus
In the middle of October, as students were getting ready for the reading period, Lawrentians received as surprising treat as they were eating dinner and conversing with friends at the Andrew Commons cafeteria. A group of students wearing all black emerged from different areas of the room chanting and jumping and hyping up the crowd…
LU Honored for Volunteerism
By Jenny Ziegler, for The Lawrentian On Nov. 15, three Lawrence students will be honored at the annual National Philanthropy Day celebration sponsored by the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The entire student body of Lawrence University was nominated for the River Class Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award because of their service…