Dan Egan is a long-time reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Photo by Allegra Taylor. On Monday, Feb. 12, journalist and author Dan Egan visited Lawrence to speak to participants in this term’s community read, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. The class this term consisted of multiple small group discussions lead by…
Cultural Competency Lecture on Islamophobia
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Martyn Smith delivered this week’s Cultural Competency lecture on Islamophobia. Photo by Larissa Davis. In order to bring awareness to Islamophobia, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Martyn Smith gave a cultural competency lecture titled, “Islam in America: The Success Story of Dearborn, Michigan.” This lecture and the discussion that followed…
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…
President’s Ball entertains Lawrentians during freeze
The music for the Ball is the same from year-to-year, a brass band that specializes in swing and Big Band music. Photo by David Baldwin. To conclude the Winter Carnival celebration, the annual President’s Ball was held on Saturday, Feb. 2. The dance was held in the Somerset Room of Warch Campus Center. The formal…
Great Midwest Trivia Contest LIV speeds things up
Senior Head Master Miranda Salazar announces the winning teams at the awards ceremony Sunday night. Photo by Caroline Garrow. In keeping with tradition, the Great Midwest Trivia Contest LIV occurred this past weekend from 10:00:37 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 to midnight on Sunday, Jan. 27. These 50 hours were filled with competition, action challenges,…
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…
Astronomer delivers Convocation on Earth
Phil Plait is an accomplished astronomer, author and blogger. Photo by David Baldwin. Phil Plait—author, astronomer, skeptic and blogger—was the third speaker for the 2018-19 Convocation Series. Plait’s speech, “Strange New Worlds: Is Earth Special?”, was held in Memorial Chapel at 11:10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17. As has become custom, in President Mark Burstein’s…
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…
New Title IX Coordinator begins work at LU
Shaniqua Crawford took on the role of Lawrence’s new Title IX coordinator this past Monday. Photo by David Baldwin. As of Jan. 7, 2019, Shaniqua Crawford has begun her position as Lawrence University’s new Title IX Coordinator. This position was created at Lawrence in 2016 and has only recently become a full-time, 12-month position. The…