Former, current and prospective students have been given a mere 47 words to answer one massive question: “Why Lawrence?” While this question appears on so many different college applications, Lawrence applicants have to be brief, creative and convincing in just a paragraph. While this approach to the dreaded college essay makes Lawrence stand out with…
Pagan society combats stigmas with education
On Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Warch Campus Center Cinema, the Lawrence University Pagan Society (LUPS) held an informational session. The session was held in order to educate Lawrentians on what paganism is and to dispel some of the false stigmas attached to this religion. Paganism has existed for a long time, founded before many…
Higher Education As Privilege
Six point seven percent of human beings on earth have some form of degree from an institution of higher education. Only one-third of U.S. citizens have college degrees. In a 2005 National Survey of Undergraduates, of those surveyed, only 16 percent were first-generation college students. Children of college graduates are more likely to go to…
Lawrence student founds succesful online education company
In the heat of the summer of 2012 in Chongqing, China, Xiaoting Liu, now a junior at Lawrence University, was sweating for reasons other than the weather. He was applying to get his Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification and working with China Galaxy Securities to raise money for his undeveloped company. Liu’s company, Paideusomen, provides…
SHARB leads discussion about sexual assault on campus
Sexual assault on college campuses is one of the major issues facing our generation today. Students at Lawrence may not recognize the severity of the issue because we so rarely see it pubicized on our own campus, but we must educate ourselves just as much as one would at another school. “Students aren’t really aware…