Fariba and Luther welcome Lawrentian editors and heroes of the common folk Max and Peter to the show. The four discuss what is going on in Illinois, Wisconsin’s adequate southern neighbor. Thank you to Extra Pulp for sharing their song “Odd & Even” with us! More of their music can be found on Spotify or…
First Fabulous Guest – The Lawrentian Podcast
This week Luther and Fariba welcome the incomparable Molly Ruffing ’22 to the podcast. We discuss paper production, pestilence, and pedantry. Thank you to Caro Granner, Clover Austin-Muehleck, Yidi Zhang, Xiaoya Gao, and Moreau Halliburton for sharing their music with us! Find the podcast on Spotify or the Apple Podcast app. Music: “Sweet Girl” by…
Warming Up – The Lawrentian Podcast
The podcast is back with another episode! Find it on Spotify or the Apple Podcast app. In this episode, Fariba and Luther discuss Title IX changes, Lawrence’s Fall Term options, and the dearth of Nintendo Switches available for purchase. Thank you to Matt Rynkiewicz for sharing his music with us! Listen to Matt’s song, entitled…
Welcome, All – The Lawrentian Podcast
The show must go on! When campus closed and the newspaper shuttered, a few hardy student writers overcame a pandemic to provide the very best in Lawrence University opinion, news, and twaddle. Listen to the first episode where Luther and Fariba introduce the podcast and themselves to the listeners. Beaches, economists, and plague are discussed…
Cultural Expressions concludes POC Empowerment Week
Cultural Expressions was held on Saturday, Feb. 29 in the Esch Hurvis Room of Warch Campus Center. The event is an annual showcase of talent that includes dance, music and spoken word performances. Photos by Zhixuan Lyu.
On the history of People of Color Empowerment Week
The purpose of POC Empowerment Week is to celebrate students of color, unite the racially diverse community at Lawrence and to have fun. Started in 2014 by All is One! Empowering Young Women of Color (AIO), it began as a movement kick started by social justice activists of the time, including Brienne Colstone ’15, who…
Sorority fundraises for CASA
In order to raise money for the Court Appointed Special Advocates Association (CASA), members of Kappa Alpha Theta recently sold chocolate-covered fruit in the Warch Campus Center. The Lawrence chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta raises money for CASA throughout the year with various fundraising events, including Kicks for CASA during Greek Week. CASA is one…
Bio professor promotes “NoMowMay” for healthier bees
A resolution has come before the Appleton city government requesting that the city’s 8-inch height limit on grass be relaxed from May 1 to June 14. This “NoMowMay” resolution would not mandate that everyone in the city grow their lawn out, but it would allow those who choose to let their grass grow longer do…
Climate scientist presents on tribal knowledge
On Thursday, Feb. 28, Lawrence University hosted the fourth guest speaker in the Spoerl Lecture Series, a series of lectures discussing climate impact and preparedness. This time, the speaker was Hannah Panci from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. She was broadcasting what her organization is doing, which is a climate vulnerability assessment…
Photo Feature: Black Excellence Ball
The Black Excellence Ball took place last Saturday as part of Lawrence’s annual People of Color Empowerment Week, which is a collaboration between All Is One: Empowering Young Women of Color, Alianza, Beta Psi Nu, Black Student Union, the Diversity and Intercultural Center, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Student Organized University Programming .…