To provide a service for people of different faiths to worship comfortably how they wish and to create a simple sense of unity between those participating, Taizé services have started being held by the Center for Spiritual and Religious Life. These services happen about two times a month every term at either Sabin House or…
Diversity Center welcomes LU community
The Diversity Center is open most of the day to all students. Photo by Allegra Taylor Despite every effort Lawrence makes to build a campus where all people can feel safe and welcomed, there are still areas where students feel they can’t express themselves in full, explained the Diversity Center Social Media Coordinator and sophomore…
LU Live reacquaints students with university music scene
B. Lilly performs during LU Live. Photo by Taylor Blackson On Friday, Sept. 15, five bands competed for a cash prize at the LU Live event in Esch-Hurvis Studio. The event took place right after the Activities Fair, as newly arrived Lawrentians were welcomed to campus for the year. The acts competed for 500 dollars…
LU Ballet Club Takes Unique Spin on Classic Dance Form
The Lawrence University Ballet Club is one of the newest clubs that has formed in the 2016-17 academic year. The club, founded by junior Amanda Leonard, is meant to be an inclusive club that has open-doors to all people, with no restrictions on experience, gender or body type. “Ballet is typically seen as elite and…
Deep Listeners of LU hold “Ocean of Sound” event
On March 28, the Deep Listeners of LU club hosted their third annual “Ocean of Sound” event, titled “Pauline’s Dream” in the Wellness Center gym. Students were invited to bring pillows and yoga mats to place on the floor and listen to a “sea of sound” performed by club members. The musicians set up their…
Bunnies of LU
As anyone who has spent any moderate amount of time at Lawrence can attest, this campus is filled with bunnies. We’ve got fast ones, fluffy ones, relaxed ones, baby ones, social ones and chubby ones (though honestly the list could go on and on). Our campus seems to contain just about every type of “bun”…
LU pride game supports You Can Play
This past weekend, the Lawrence University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) sponsored the LU Pride Game, where proceeds from the game went to the You Can Play Project. The LU Pride Game was when Lawrence’s Men and Women’s Basketball teams played against Monmouth College. You Can Play is a project that works with those of the…
LU Teams of the Week: Lawrence Women’s Swimming
Photo by Emei Thompson This week I got the pleasure to talk with the Women’s Swim Team captains—seniors Danielle Millin, Rebecca Schachtman and Paige Witter. The swim team recently took the third place in the Private College Championship. During that meet, Millin won the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:18.72 and Witter won…
LU Teams of the Week: Lawrence Men’s Swimming
Photo by Emei Thompson This week I interviewed one of the men’s swim captains, junior Travis Charlow. Last week, the Men’s Swim Team was named Scholar All-American by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America for their combined 3.01 GPA. Arianna Cohen: Both the Men’s and Women’s Swim Teams were just named…
Language tables as LU learning tradition
Language tables have always been a long-standing and established hallmark of language instruction and learning at Lawrence. For each language department, language tables are offered twice a week. They are one-hour conversational sessions required in some classes, but are mostly optional. For lower level classes, it is required five times per term. Seniors in the…