On the evening of Monday, Feb. 29, Lawrence community members gathered in the Warch Campus Center Cinema to attend a lecture on medicinal marijuana. NeuroLawrence and the Lawrence branch of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) collaborated to host the event. The lecture was presented jointly by two Lawrence professors: Professor of Psychology Bruce Hetzler…
Reflecting on “The Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” was performed by the Downer Feminist Council (DFC) on Friday, Feb. 19. It was the annual hour of anecdotes collected about vaginas. Lecturer of Gender and Freshman Studies and faculty advisor to DFC Helen Boyd Kramer said, “‘The Vagina Monologues’ focuses on the core issue of body shame that women…
Trivia returns to campus for 51st year of havoc
Over the weekend of Jan. 29-31, Lawrence University’s 51st Great Midwest Trivia Contest celebrated the inane and brought 18 on-campus and 86 off-campus teams together in competition. “We ask over 400 questions, challenge 80-some teams to action questions, spend a lot of time on-air playing insane music and don’t sleep nearly as much as we…
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Students shared their internship experiences at this year’s Internship Summit held last Saturday, Jan. 30.
2016 Casino Night: A Royal Flush
On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 23, Lawrence University Campus Life hosted the first ever Casino Night. Many students attended the four-hour long event in the Esch Hurvis rooms of the Warch Campus Center, playing traditional casino games such as blackjack to Texas Hold’em. Colman/Brokaw Hall Director and Campus Life Events Coordinator Lindsay Borkin took…
Angela Davis addresses contemporary racism at 25th annual MLK celebration
This past Monday, Jan. 18 marked the 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by Celebrate Diversity Fox Cities and Lawrence University. Angela Davis, a prominent civil rights activist and this year’s keynote speaker, addressed a completely full crowd in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Since her rise to fame and infamy over 40 years…
Ms. Charm Taylor performs and teaches students how to breathe
Approximately 70 students swayed in the basement of Sankofa House on Wednesday, Oct. 21 to visiting artist Ms. Charm Taylor’s esoteric melodies. Taylor’s visit to Lawrence was a collaboration between Art House, Downer Feminist Council (DFC), Sankofa, All Is One! Empowering Young Women of Color (AIO) and Multicultural Affairs. The idea to bring Taylor to…
BU Professor David Campbell speaks on non-linear science
By Hannah Kinzer On Monday, Oct. 12, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar David Campbell gave a lecture titled “The Fermi-Pasta Ulam (FPU) Problem and The Birth of Non-linear Science.” The lecture took place at 7:30 p.m. in Steitz Hall, and was open to the community. It was one of the two lectures that are…
Cost of fire response raises alarm
With the new school year comes an old set of issues. Annually, students—hungry for popcorn or otherwise—set off fire alarms. While often inconvenient, these fire alarms can also become very expensive for Lawrence University. “The first time the fire department is called, there is a $100 fee and this increases each time,” said Assistant Dean…
Visiting Professor William Childs speaks on the role of images in ancient Greek art
By Hannah Kinzer On Monday, Sept. 28, Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Norton Lecturer William Childs gave a presentation, titled “The Meaning of Pictures in Early Greece,” on ancient Greek pottery. The lecture was given in the Wriston Art Center auditorium at 7:30 p.m., and it was open to all community members. The lecture was…
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