Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) held its final General Council meeting of the term on Monday, Feb. 29. This meeting was especially significant as the student government passed two pieces of legislation and transitioned its cabinet. The first legislation was the revised group living policy that has been on the drawing board for over a…
LUCC Executive Elections 2016 – Candidate Profile (Glenn McMahon)
To prepare our readers for the upcoming Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) executive elections, The Lawrentian has compiled candidate profiles. Members of the Lawrence community can learn more about these candidates at a debate hosted by The Lawrentian‘s Zach Ben-Amots and Amaan Khan on Monday, Jan. 18 at 8:15 p.m. in the Nathan Marsh Pusey room of…
Campus housing changes affect LU’s social atmosphere
Every year at Lawrence, we see a new community with a new attitude. Some classes are more active than others, with more people going out on weekends or more folks pulling late nights in the library. With another significant shift in campus group housing this year, upperclassmen are welcoming a new freshman class into another…
The shooting at UNC–Chapel Hill
By Glenn McMahon In light of the recent shooting at the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, a new round of national debates about Islamophobia in the United States has emerged. Cause for concern about possible Islamophobic motivation for the crime arises from the ethnicities of those involved, the perpetrator being a white male…
Confronting mental illness
By Glenn McMahon Recognizing a problem in your own mental health is a difficult task. Not only is it easy to ignore, passing off bad moods as the result of a bad day or stress, but it can be even harder to reconcile with your self-image. However—and I realize this sounds like a TV ad…
Forging bonds with Lawrence Security
By Glenn McMahon Lawrence Security is a force often referred to only after a party gets busted or an RLA smells weed. Their job, ostensibly, is little more than enforcing Lawrence guidelines on student behavior—or so some might think. In reality, Lawrence Security so frequently takes it upon themselves to go above and beyond in…