Above: Juniors Tashi Haig and Katie Mueller enjoying Greenfire’s homemade popsicles at the Earth Day Gala on Sunday. Below: One of the items for sale at the Gala was apple bird feeders. Photos by Sara Navy. Over the week of Apr. 15 to Apr. 23, Lawrentians celebrated Earth Week in a series of events, speakers…
Photo Feature: Artist-in-residence Mural
Photo by Hannah Burgess Matika Wilbur, the creator and director of Project 562 has been on campus since last Friday for a week-long artist-in-residency. Wilbur’s work has included the creation of a mural on the Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center celebrating local tribal communities. Wilbur delivered a Convocation on Thursday which will be highlighted in next…
Rep. Gallagher joins LU faculty on climate change panel
On Friday, Feb. 22, US Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin’s Eighth District visited Lawrence University for a panel and Q&A on climate change hosted by Assistant Professor of Biology Israel Del Toro. Students and faculty filled the Cinema on Friday afternoon to hear Gallagher and a panel of Lawrence University professors speak. The panel was…
Upcoming meal plan changes
Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, Lawrence University will implement a new meal plan system. These changes will be the first time in the past ten years that the university has made changes to the meal plan options offered to students. In Fall Term, Director of the Warch Campus Center Greg Griffin held listening sessions…
Winter Carnival holds many events on campus
The annual Winter Carnival was held this past week and weekend, with events occurring across campus. On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the carnival was kicked off with a ping-pong tournament in the Warch Campus Center. Wednesday saw both the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams playing games. On Thursday students could participate in Grocery Bag Bingo for…
MLK Day Celebration held in Memorial Chapel
Top: Norys Pina, the recipient of the Jane LaChapelle McCarty MLK Leadership Award gives a speech. Bottom: Catlin Yang reads her winning MLK essay from the 2019 essay contest. Photos by Anton Zemba. On Monday, Jan. 21, Lawrence celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day by holding a variety of volunteering opportunities and faculty…
Activities Fair invites Lawrentians to learn about student orgs
Senior Maggie Anderson speaks to an interested student about Lawrence’s Nordic Ski Team. Photo by David Baldwin. On Friday, Jan. 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. the Winter Activities Fair was held in the Somerset Room of Warch. While the event was more sparsely attended than the Fall Activities Fair, dozens of student organization…
The Death and Life of The ilLUstrator
Junior Claire Zimmerman, the current ilLUstrator mastermind, posing with the newest edition. Photo by Larissa Davis. “We intend to create a space for students to read, discuss and create comics and graphic narratives. In addition to these social meetings, we hope to collect student comic submissions and publish them each term as a regular student…
Updates to College Ave crosswalks improve student safety
The new crosswalk lights require a button to be pressed before activation. Photo by Allegra Taylor. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, Vice President for Student Life Chris Card sent an e-mail to the Lawrence community informing them of updates to the pedestrian crossings on College Ave. The updates come on the heels of a number of…