Promising an opportunity for “rational, objective inquiry”, the group Students for Free Thought (SFT) had their first meeting of the new school year on Friday. After a succinct informational presentation, co-founders senior Simon Laird and sophomore Chris Wand screened a debate from 2005 between two Harvard professors. The group is attempting to achieve recognition from…
LUCC denies club recognition to Students for Free Thought
Students crowded all available space in the Mead Witter Room. Photo by Hikari Mine. Reporting contributed by The Lawrentian Editorial Board On Monday, May 22, many Lawrence students gathered in the Warch Campus Center’s Mead-Witter Room for the last LUCC General Council meeting of the term. The unusually large turnout was fueled by the presence…
LUCC cabinets transition
The next cabinet of the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) was sworn in on Monday, Feb. 27 at the last general council meeting of the term. The 2017–18 cabinet is as follows: -Lewis Berger, president -Naomi Oster, vice-president -Rufino Cacho, parliamentarian -Jazleen Galvez, general secretary -Colleen Murray, finance secretary -Umer Amer, treasurer -Savvas Sfairopoulos, public…
LUCC Executive Elections: Debate and Results
LUCC presidential candidates, juniors Lewis Berger and Dan Thomas-Commins, and the vice presidential candidate, junior Naomi Oster, debate campus issues. Photo by Emily Midyette At 3 p.m. on Jan. 14 in the Mead Witter room, the 2017 LUCC Executive Election Debate provided candidates an outlet for discussion. Junior Lewis Berger and Dan Thomas-Commins ran for…
Letter to the Editor
To The Editor, As you are no doubt aware, the election of the next president and vice president of LUCC will occur this coming Tuesday. Having seen student interest in LUCC grow with its importance on campus, I believe this election presents us with the opportunity to place LUCC firmly on the path of realizing…
LUCC Cabinet changes
After junior Hitkarsh Chanana stepped down from his position of Lawrence University Community Council’s (LUCC) Public Relations Chair, LUCC President Max Loebl and Vice President Jo-Hannah Rifai decided to reopen this position to the Lawrence community. “Tradition calls on myself and the vice president to fill the position as expeditiously as possible,” commented Loebl. They…
BREAKING: Freshmen and juniors elect representatives in special vote
BREAKING NEWS: Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) has announced the results of the recently concluded special representative elections. Freshmen Umer Amer and Kazuma Noguchi were elected by their class to serve on LUCC. Meanwhile, the junior class chose Andres Capous and former LUCC Parliamentarian Adam McDonald as its representatives on the council. These individuals will…
LUCC passes housing legislation before completing transition
Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) held its final General Council meeting of the term on Monday, Feb. 29. This meeting was especially significant as the student government passed two pieces of legislation and transitioned its cabinet. The first legislation was the revised group living policy that has been on the drawing board for over a…
Letter to the Editor: Wesley Varughese
To the Editor, Just like that, it is finished. It truly has been a pleasure to serve as your student government president this past year. I am grateful to Vice President Ali Heiring, my cabinet and to all of those who have served with me over the past year. My involvement with Lawrence University Community…
LUCC Update
Next Monday, Feb. 29, the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) Residence Life Committee’s proposed housing legislation is up for voting by members of the General Council. After two terms of work within the committee, incorporating suggestions from Steering Committee and General Council, LUCC fully endorses the proposed legislation, which includes the following: The ‘Group Living’…