By JAMES MELVILLE Well, James, I guess this is it. What do you mean, disembodied voice? It’s the last issue of the semester, and you’re graduating. You won’t be writing for the paper anymore. I might never see you again. Technically, it’s the second to last issue. I’m just treating it like the finale, since [...]
By RILEY SPELLMAN On March 26th, Viebranz visiting Professor of Creative Writing, Mark Slouka, read at SLU, from his fiction and nonfiction. His work is insightful and personal, and his prose is stunning and fluid. Slouka’s literature and responses last Thursday suggest that he is a family man, and also intrigued by moments of confusion [...]
By NICK SIRIANNO Sex pheromones are nature’s silent way of saying, “hey there, want to make babies?” There are many kinds of pheromones; alarm, epideictic, signal, release, food trail, etc. But the sex pheromones are obviously the most interesting. What I find most interesting about pheromones is that they have a domino effect across species. [...]
St. Lawrence has announced a new study abroad program in Jordan for students next year. Based in the Amman, Jordan, students will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Middle Eastern culture and study the Arabic language. The Jordan program will be offered in fall or spring semesters and will be run as a partner [...]
Members of St. Lawrence’s Environmental Action Organization (EAO) braved the rain and donned rubber gloves Tuesday, sorting and separating trash for the first annual Trash on the Lawn Day. Longtime EAO member Mia Sloan ’12 said, “We took all of Monday’s trash from the student center and sorted, weighed, and separated it into recyclables and [...]
By DAVID GRILK Runners and organizers rally together to beat the heat at the 2012 Boston Marathon The 116th Boston Marathon featured near record high temperatures, that left it to runners and race officials to work together in order to create a safe race. In a sport that is primarily an individual event, this year’s [...]
St. Lawrence Viebranz Visitor Professor of Creative Writing Mark Slouka was featured on North Country Public Radio as part of the station’s Readers and Writers Program this Tuesday. The conversation was peppered with anecdotes, readings, and perspectives on Slouka’s work as well as advice to aspiring writers. The program was hosted by NCPR station manager [...]
