The St. Lawrence Track & Field program sent four athletes to the National Championships hosted by DePauw University, last weekend. All four athletes walked away with All American honors, achieved by placing top eight in the country. Of the four athletes, three were individual national champions. Senior Eric Jones won the weight throw, Senior Alyssa [...]
Some St. Lawrence University seniors have moved past the bleak economy and have secured jobs even before graduating. With unemployment rates reaching 9.7 percent nationwide, will the job placement rate at St. Lawrence University stay at an average of 70 percent? Looking at two seniors and their job placements, the outlook for the class of [...]
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With budgets cut and decreased donations, St. Lawrence hopes one thing is recession–proof: alumni love for their Alma mater during the annual Reunion Weekend. Last year’s Reunion raised over $9.5 million, a total which was not majorly affected by the recession. Sara O’Brian Polniak, Assistant Director for Reunion Planning, said “based on last year’s giving, [...]
It’s always good to go home, which is what most senior members of the Laurentian Singers discovered on their current Hometown Sweep tour. The tour, which has the choral group performing in or near the hometowns of each of its seniors, began just prior to spring break and concludes tonight with a performance in Gouverneur, [...]
By MIKE PETRONI According the 2011 college sustainability report card, we use only 10% of our food budget on local food. I was eating some strawberries the size of baseballs in Dana the other day when Amelia Oats grabbed one out of my bowl and looked at it, then at me and asked “where the [...]
By LOUIS SCUDERI There’s no such thing as a free beer, even during senior week. From senior week to commencement, graduating seniors are obligated to pay their way out of SLU. The cost seniors are most likely to be most enthusiastic about is that of a senior week bracelet. The bracelet, which costs $50, allows [...]
The strange machine you see in the student center is not a bicycle, but a pedal-powered dynapod that generates electricity to manually charge anything from your phone to your laptop. David Bell (pictured right) built this alternative energy machine in about two weeks and he said he is now thinking about proposing the idea to [...]
By BRODY RYAN This past Saturday, the Men’s Saints Crew team traveled to Wadington NY for the Liberty League Championships, held on the mighty St. Lawrence River. In a close finish, the Saints ended up taking third place, finishing with a time of 6:03.9. Barely surpassing the Saints for the second spot, Union was able [...]
