The first time I smelled the tonic aroma of cedar wood was in November of 2004: my family had just moved into a new house right outside of Seattle. It was a center hall colonial home with an army of ivy ascending the brick walls all the way up to the sloping mansard roof, and…
Window Scene “The Big One”
Excerpts from an overactive imagination. SCENE: Street corner. There is a block party going on; LORRAINE and ETTA are behind a booth. The sun is setting and other booths are closing. LORRAINE: Who will be the last Julius Street Genius? ETTA: Come and test your knowledge of these facts! LORRAINE: Step right up and prove…
Letter to the editor: A drunk guy verbally assaulted me and somehow I was the one thrown out of the free speech event for speaking my mind
Last night, I went to a sloppy white supremacist propaganda screening veiled as a forum for ‘free speech and logical thought.’ As it was advertised, it became immediately clear that this was a hotbed for rape jokes, racial and gender slurs. Without any regard for content warnings, these white terrorists on training wheels began their…
One Final Home Game for Softball
The softball season at Lawrence is in its final games, and this last weekend our softball team went to Whiting Field against Monmouth College for a Midwest Conference doubleheader. Lawrence sophomore Madeline MacLean went two for three at the plate and had a two-run homer putting the Vikings at a 2-1 lead in the first…
Why Does No One Listen to My Radio Show?
Those that are a part of the radio life at Lawrence, which broadcasts through the station WLFM, probably know that on the monitor that keeps track of the vocal reception of the microphones and the volume of the music being played there is a little section in the top right corner of the page that…
Music for One, Music for All
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017, Riverview Gardens hosted the annual Music for All concert. The concert featured interactive chamber performances by Lawrence students and faculty members including the RCT piano trio, Mason String Quartet and Brass Quintet along with the New York-based chamber ensemble, Decoda. The concert was free and open to all.…