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·September 10, 2021

Campus Map

BROKAW – Financial Aid & Registrar THE MUDD LIBRARY – Center for Academic Success (CAS), IT help desk, Study Rooms,...
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Features
·May 28, 2021

Universal Heartthrob: Kevin Goggins

If you’ve spent much time on campus, especially in the wee hours of the morning on a Saturday, you probably...
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·April 30, 2021

Tom Paulson: Honoring his lasting light

Paulson speaks at a Be the Light! event held during Winter Term 2020. Photo by Danny Damiani/Office of Communications Tom...
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Opinions & Editorials
·January 29, 2021

Dad, I’m proud of you.

For me, being a first-generation college student has a certain amount of pride in it — it’s pretty damn neat...
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·November 6, 2020

Love Thy Neighbor

God said to love thy neighbor. This I could do.  Surely, I could love the family living next to mine,...
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Opinions & Editorials
·May 28, 2021

A Letter from the Editor

Dear Reader,

It has come to my attention that I have not actually introduced myself to the Lawrence comunity since taking on the role of editor-in-chief; I also recently realized that this was something that my predecessors did. So, my apologies for not writing this sooner!

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Opinions & Editorials
·May 7, 2021

I’m not going to stop paying you

eading Luther Abel’s “What in the World” column last week, I had many thoughts — one of which I feel obligated to respond to as the current editor-in-chief of The Lawrentian. In the most recent edition of the column, Luther writes, “Most campus jobs exist only to exist. […] For that matter, Lawrentian staff don’t need to be paid. Campus jobs are created not because the roles are necessary, but because it’s included in financial aid packages as an offset for ludicrously high tuition.”
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Features
·February 19, 2021

Let’s talk about counseling

Counseling Services could quite possibly be the greatest resource available to Lawrentians and could also be considered the one that...
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·November 13, 2020

I thought a thought.

I thought a thought once, and I did not know what to do with it. So, I put it away...
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·October 30, 2020

Write Drunk, Edit Sober

“Write drunk, edit sober.”  —Ernest Hemmingway Hemmingway advises us to write drunk, edit sober. In theory, this sounds great. When...
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