On Thursday, Feb. 23, the group Political Open Discussion (POD) had a panel in the Cinema of the Warch Campus Center at 8 p.m. The topic of discussion was terrorism. The four panelists, including the co-president of the group, junior Logan Kilsdonk, presented research they did concerning pre-written questions. The panel discussed the idea that…
Recent grad joins Campus Safety team
Upon graduation, Lawrentians take their first tentative steps into the “real world.” Josh “Blue” Mosley ‘16, a recent addition to the Campus Safety team, has decided not to wander very far. With aspirations for a career in law enforcement, Mosley hopes to gain valuable experience right here at Lawrence. Like many Campus Safety officers, Mosley…
Winter Carnival Concert showcases campus bands
On the night of Thursday, Feb. 2, the lights in the Mead-Witter room were dimmed, the couches lined up in front of a meager stage. Students trickled in, and by 8 p.m., most of the couches were filled for the first act of the Winter Carnival concert: MF Gritz. The group—composed of vocals, bass, drums,…
Great Midwest Trivia Contest stumps players on and off campus
“The Solar-Powered Nips (#thehardeningofthenip)” struggles to find the answer to the super garuda in Trivia’s final hour. Photo by Luke Payne “Boy, Photoshop skills are really not all you need,” began junior and member of team “Homemaker, wife and mother to 3 beautiful children” Molly Froman. Froman spent the weekend of Jan. 27–29 participating…
Comedian engages campus
On Friday, Jan. 20, the Event Planning and Organizing Committee (EPOC) brought comedian Chloé Hilliard from her native New York to perform her new stand-up material for students as she tours across the United States performing at colleges. To bring Hilliard to campus, EPOC representatives visited the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) conference last…
Standing Rock Student Activism On Campus
Since April and through the beginning of December 2016, thousands of indigenous people protested in North Dakota against the access pipeline that was going to cross sacred burial grounds and the main water source for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The pipeline is meant to increase domestic crude oil production in the United States, while…
On-Campus Living with the RLAs
The high rate of students who live on campus sets Lawrence definitively apart from your average college. With more than 90 percent of students living somewhere on campus, the Lawrence experience depends heavily on community living. However, after even just a term on campus, anyone could tell you that where there is on-campus life, there…
Senator Tim Kaine campaigns on campus, pushes early voting
Senator Tim Kaine greets the crowd after his remarks. Photo by Natalie Ortega Wells On Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m., as Beta Theta Pi shoveled 14 tons of sand into their house in the wake of their annual Beach Bash, hundreds of students and citizens of the Fox Valley gathered in the Somerset Room…
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” rocks Lawrence campus
The Lawrence cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show reenact a scene from the movie. Photo by Emily Midyette “And God said, ‘Let there be lips!’” Those words, shouted out by many audience members in unison provided an indication that Lawrence’s annual showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was about to begin. Last week,…