What’s in your bag?
This week, we took a peek into some Lawrentians’ bags to see some of the absolute must-haves, the essentials, the forgotten and the ridiculous.
Photo Feature: Art in the Public Realm
Art in the Public Realm, the studio art topics course offered this term, focuses on educating students on how to make public art and the responsibility that comes with engaging the public eye. Co-taught by Rob Neilson and Tony Conrad, the class focuses on a variety of mediums including sculpture, monuments, guerilla art and more.…
Cultural Expressions Show celebrates diversity through performance
Saturday, Feb. 27, marked Black Student Union’s (BSU) second annual Cultural Expressions show. The event aimed to showcase the talent of students of color through various performances, which included dance, spoken word and song. This year was sophomore Mauranda Owens’ second time singing in the show. “I love Black culture, and BSU are my family—it…
Vagina Monologues seeks to educate, normalize ‘vagina’
Last Friday, Feb. 19, marked Downer Feminist Council’s (DFC) annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues.” DFC members performed skits from the play, written by Eve Ensler written in 1996. Vagina-themed patches—made by juniors Lexi Ames and Willa Johnson—were sold and all the proceeds went to Harbor House, an Outagamie County program to help survivors of…
Event-packed Winter Carnival encourages activity on cold weekend
The 81st annual Lawrence Winter Carnival festivities ran from Wednesday, Feb. 3 to Saturday, Feb. 6. As part of the yearly celebration, Campus Life and a variety of student organizations come together to plan a wide range of activities to brighten up the dark winter days. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday, when students were…
Sankofa-CODA conversation focuses on respectability politics
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Sankofa House held an open conversation that revolved around respectability politics. A PowerPoint slide neatly summarized the gist of the topic: do not be angry, do not show emotions, get a degree and look put together. The hosts, sophomore Sabrina Conteh and junior Guilberry Louissaint, aimed to highlight the problems with…
Performance speakers removed from Kaplan’s Café in campus center
By Hannah Kinzer As Lawrentians stop by Rik’s Café in the Warch Campus Center for a warm beverage during these cold winter months, they may notice that the large speaker system has been removed. The café speakers once amplified the performances of comedy groups, acapella groups, karaoke groups, bands, coffeehouse artists and Jazz Jam. Jazz…
Gender-neutral housing introduced for new students
Lawrence University’s Class of 2020 will be the first incoming class to have the option of gender-neutral housing, as the second and third floors of Sage Hall are set to become available as additional gender-neutral residences. Over the last few years, the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) Residence Life Committee has been gauging the gender-neutral…
LU-aroo a success despite weather and cancellation
By Ruby Dickson On Memorial Day weekend, the eighth annual LU-aroo filled the Lawrence campus with live music. The two-day long music event took place on the grassy Quad on Saturday, May 23, but due to inclement weather, the festivities were moved inside the Warch Campus Center on Sunday. LU-aroo gave students a chance to…
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