By Lizzy Weekes On Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. the Symphonic Band struck up in unison. Players bounced in their chairs, reflecting the theme of this concert, “Dances and Dreams”, through the first piece, “Folk Dances,” by Dmitri Shostakovich and edited by H. Robert Reynolds. Conductor and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Matthew Arau…
Lawrence signs new partnership agreement with UW Colleges
Wednesday morning, Sept. 24, officials from Lawrence University and the University of Wisconsin Colleges gathered for the ceremonial signing of a historic partnership agreement between the two schools. The partnership, which not only includes UWFox, but other University of Wisconsin institutions across the state, is intended to ease the transfer process so students can focus…
Lawrence announces historic $25 million endowed gift for financial aid
Emily Zawacki and Nathan Lawrence Editor-in-Chief and Copy Chief In an announcement on Wednesday, September 17, Lawrence University President Mark Burstein released news of an anonymous $25 million gift to the school’s endowment. The largest donation in Lawrence history, its entirety will go toward an endowed scholarship fund to supplement the financial aid of future…
Outreach initiatives continue as school application rate increases
While it may have seemed like everything was working against Lawrence admission rates this year—mainly the April 14 snowfall on Admitted Students Day—the university set an all time high in freshman applicants. This year Lawrence welcomed 2,734 applications, a two percent increase from last year’s applicant pool, and a nine percent increase from 2009’s applicant…
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.…
Gerard discusses potential solutions to carbon emissions at Greenfire
Greenfire hosted Associate Professor of Economics David Gerard in Sabin house as part of their Speaker Series last Thursday, Feb. 6. Gerard’s presentation, titled “Is it Warm in Here? The World’s Great Carbon Belch and Why It’s Probably Going to Get Worse,” consisted of topics such as electricity generation, the commercial viability of carbon capture…
Deshler climbs scoring list, Vikings fall to IC
The women’s basketball team made the long trip down to Jacksonville, Ill. on Saturday, Feb. 8 for their 12th Midwest Conference game of the season. The Vikings took on the Lady Blues of Illinois College, who are currently ranked fifth in the MWC. These two teams last met on Dec. 16 on the Vikings home…