The publishing cycle for The Lawrentian is coming to a close. As this is our last publication this term, we wanted to take a moment to say goodbye to some outgoing staff and let them share a little about their time working with the paper. We will be back second week of Spring Term with…
BBC to welcome on and off-campus bands for LUaroo
This coming Memorial Day weekend, LUaroo will be taking over the quad. The music will run from noon to 11 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27. “I’m really excited about all the bands,” said junior and Band Booking Committee (BBC) member Georgia Greenberg. “We tried to find a diverse set of…
Geology, art and music meet in May Day performance
The presentations by geology students were interspersed with piano performances. Photo by Emma Gilshannon. Geology, art and music worked in tandem at an event on Tuesday, May 1 hosted by representatives of all three disciplines titled, “Water and Time: Contemplating environmental change through music, art and geology.” The event was put together as a May…
New club seeks to make film photography accessible to all
LU Film Photography Club, a new student organization on campus, is growing with its recent addition of a darkroom for developing photos. The club, led by junior Julianna Basile and sophomore Amos Egleston, was officially recognized as an organization at the end of Winter Term 2018 and was recently granted access to a darkroom in…
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China After a massive outcry, one of the most popular Chinese social media networks, Sina Weibo, has reversed a controversial “clean-up campaign” that would ban gay content. On Friday, April 13, the platform announced that any posts relating to homosexuality would be taken down. There was a huge outpouring of posts from outraged users protesting…
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India At least seven people have died amid caste protests that have involved tens of thousands of protesters across India. The protesters are from the Dalit caste, a group of citizens who were previously labelled as “untouchable.” They are protesting a Supreme Court order that weakens a law designed to protect lower caste groups. The…
BSU celebrates culture and encourages expression
Cultural Expressions took place in the Esch Hurvis Room of the Warch Campus Center. Photo by Sara Nocton African American culture was on display on Saturday, Feb. 24, with the fourth annual Cultural Expressions event put on by Lawrence’s Black Student Union (BSU). The event was a series of performances by African American students on…
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Compiled by Dannielle Konz Korea The twenty-third Winter Olympic Games opened on Friday, Feb. 9. In a sign of peace, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shook hands at the opening ceremonies. This marks the first time that a member of the North Korean…
LIT holds gender and Shakespeare discussion
The Lawrence Inclusive Theatre (LIT) held a Gender, Identity and Shakespeare student-led discussion on Sunday, Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. to noon. This was the first discussion of potentially several more to come. LIT is an inclusive outreach organization for theatre on campus. “We want to come together as a community in conversation with the…
Great Midwest Trivia Contest 53 celebrates the obscure
Seniors Eli Cauley and Nalee Douangvilay were two of this year’s Trivia Masters. Photo by Marieke de Koker While January may traditionally signify the month full of failed New Year’s resolutions, at Lawrence it means it’s Trivia time. The 53rd year of Lawrence University’s Great Midwest Trivia Contest commenced on Friday, Jan. 26 at 10:00:37…
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