Acclaimed cartoonist and author Alison Bechdel visited Lawrence on Tuesday, Oct. 15 to deliver a Convocation speech, entitled “Drawing Lessons: The Comics of Everyday Life.” Bechdel spoke on the relationship between writing and illustration, her creative process and her experience of making the personal and familial very public. A public question-and-answer session followed that afternoon…
Families foster connections to LU during Fall Festival
From Friday, Oct. 4 to Sunday, Oct. 6, Lawrence held its annual Fall Festival, treating parents to a wide variety of events on campus. The Fall Festival is a weekend-long event that combines parents’ weekend with homecoming weekend. During this period, parents and alumni are given the opportunity to experience all parts of the Lawrence…