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…
Climate scientist presents on tribal knowledge
On Thursday, Feb. 28, Lawrence University hosted the fourth guest speaker in the Spoerl Lecture Series, a series of lectures discussing climate impact and preparedness. This time, the speaker was Hannah Panci from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. She was broadcasting what her organization is doing, which is a climate vulnerability assessment…
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Canary Islands A hotel in the Spanish Canary Islands has been locked down due to the coronavirus following the visit of an Italian doctor infected with the illness. Several hundred guests have been forbidden to leave. Italy has been hit the hardest by COVID-19 in Europe with 283 cases and seven deaths. However, globally there…
Lawrence reaches $200 million milestone for Be The Light Campaign
Lawrence University has been conducting a “Be the Light” campaign for the past several years in order to raise funds for the university. It launched six years ago with the goal of raising $220 million, primarily for Lawrence’s endowment fund. Just last week this campaign attained a major milestone of $200 million. This money has…
Classics Week celebrates Greece and Rome
Last week, the Lawrence University classics department hosted the now traditional “Classics Week” where, according to Ottilia Buerger Professor of Classical Studies and Associate Professor of Classics Randall McNeil, “It is our chance to celebrate all things Greco-Roman.” And it was quite a celebration indeed. With five events packed into just four days, all spearheaded…
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Sudan A recent flareup of conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region has seen over 11,000 people displaced to the country of Chad, with another 46,000 internally displaced. This has come after a conflict in the town of Genena between Muslims and non-Muslims that has left around 20 dead and over 60 injured. The region near the…
Community celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Photos by Sarah Navy. On Monday, Jan. 20, members of the Lawrence community engaged in a variety of service opportunities for the 17th Annual Lawrence University Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Although this day was not recognized as a day of service at Lawrence until 2003, Congress designated…
Russian-born journalist delivers Convocation on social change
On Thursday, Jan. 16, Masha Gessen, a Russian-born journalist and author of over a dozen books on Putin, Trump and totalitarianism, spoke at Convocation. Gessen’s talk was entitled “The Parallel Polis” and is the theme of a book they are currently working on. A parallel polis is a separate group inside of a current state…
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Mexico A mass grave of 29 people was recently found by the Mexico National Guard on the outskirts of Guadalajara. This comes after two other graves of 81 people were found nearby just last year. Of the 29, four have been identified as people who had gone missing last year. All of these deaths are…