“Relax in space Birds singing wise No race There is comfort for you” My friend and I tumbled out of the car onto the highway unscathed, after ricocheting across three lanes of traffic. We remained unscathed as we distanced ourselves from the oncoming vehicles and the car whose front left side was crumpled and torn,…
White Feminism: A Feminism Not for You or Me
Feminism is one of the most revolutionary and successful movements in centuries. It has been the hallmark of progress and equity in each wave that hit us around the world. But, a remnant of the past called white feminism threatens the very essence of gender equality and equity no matter how well intentioned. At the…
Lawrentian Gothic “Student for Hire”
After successfully trekking to the local Target, you realize that you are flat out broke. You desperately want to stock your room with mac and cheese, onesies and a slew of board games. You know, the college essentials. You shudder to remember breaking into a cold sweat and the clerk releasing a pack of dogs…
Blast from the Past: Chase for Greek Athletic Honors to Begin Next Week
With but three minor changes in the schedule for the year, the 1927-28 interfraternity sports program will get under way next week. Tennis, last year a spring sport, will be played this fall, changing places with golf. Baseball will be replaced by playground baseball, and a new event will be added in horseshoes. Otherwise the schedule remains intact. Tennis will…
Staff Editorial: Cameras for a Safer Campus
Last Thursday, Vice President for Student Life Christopher Card sent out a campus-wide email about a bias incident reported in which a swastika was put on a student’s name sign in Hiett Hall. This email was followed by a campus wide condemnation of the incident and inquiry to determine the possible perpetrators. What differentiated this…
Lawrentian Gothic “Longing for Mac and Cheese”
Your stomach rumbles for the satisfaction of a box of freshly processed mac and cheese. You look in the corner store and marvel at the prices. It is charged by the noodle. You would do the math to understand how many noodles there are, but you are too tired. The only maps can be found…
Both men and women’s soccer looking for first conference win
The Lawrence University men’s and women’s soccer teams took the long trip down to Illinois this past weekend to start their conference schedule. On Saturday, Sept. 23, they faced off against the Knox Prairie Fire while Sunday, Sept. 24’s foe was the Illinois College Blue Boys and Lady Blues. The action kicked off with the…
LUCC denies club recognition to Students for Free Thought
Students crowded all available space in the Mead Witter Room. Photo by Hikari Mine. Reporting contributed by The Lawrentian Editorial Board On Monday, May 22, many Lawrence students gathered in the Warch Campus Center’s Mead-Witter Room for the last LUCC General Council meeting of the term. The unusually large turnout was fueled by the presence…
Athletes rewarded for their hard work at Blu Crew Awards
On Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m., the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the second annual BLU Crew awards. The awards banquet is a gathering of all the student athletes on campus to celebrate their accomplishments throughout the year. Athletes nominate their peers for 13 awards and the winners are announced live. “BLU Crew awards…
Radio for Rwanda a Big Success
The fifth-annual Radio for Rwanda event was a hit this past weekend, bringing in guests from all walks of life at Lawrence to sing, perform instruments, recite poetry, improvise comedy and much more. This event was a collaboration between WLFM, the campus radio station and GlobeMed, a social justice organization dedicated to working for health…