2008 Woodie Awards
For the first time since assuming office as Lawrence's president in 2004, President Jill Beck is teaching a university course. The President's Seminar, a three-credit course conducted in Mursell House, is part of her plan to achieve 100 percent voter participation at Lawrence in the upcoming Presidential election.
Associate Professors of Studio Art John Shimon and Julie Lindemann recently opened their exhibition "Sentimental and Specific." Both grew up in rural Wisconsin and have been collaborating since the 1980's, when they met at UW-Madison and collaborated on a much different project.
One thing I love about Lawrence is the small class size. For example, this term I am in three classes with eight, eight, and five students, respectively. With classes this small, we usually follow a discussion format -- professors and students alike propose topics, and each student is encouraged to share his opinion.
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma. Of the four states of matter that exist in our universe, plasma comprises, by far, the largest portion. Here on earth, plasma can be witnessed in the glow of a fire, the excited mercury vapor in a fluorescent light bulb, or in the image from a plasma TV.