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 [...]
By NATALIE DIGNAM Students have real power in the governing system at St. Lawrence. Students form one third of the university governing system at SLU through their role as delegates on the Tripartite Committees. As the name suggests, the Tripartite Committees are made up of three parts: students delegates, faculty, and administration, who work together [...]
By NATALIE DIGNAM Ever taken a shortcut on your homework and make up a citation? Or copied a friend’s answers to a question? According to the Student Handbook, doing either of these is considered academic dishonesty, which can put you in danger of receiving a failing grade on an assignment, a lowered grade in a [...]
From the streets to the battlefield, six courageous women caught up in the Nepali civil war find a voice to tell their stories in the documentary Sari Soldiers. Directed by Julie Bridgham, Sari Soldiers presents the ten-year civil war between the monarchy of Nepal and the Maoist rebels through the eyes of women. When one of [...]
By NATALIE DIGNAM SLU will be competing, for the first time against other schools to reduce its electricity consumption. Such schools include Hobart, William-Smith, Skidmore, Colgate, and Hamilton. SLU has held the Negawatt competition between the theme houses only on campus, in the past two years, but this year the competition will also include residence [...]
Although dozens of St. Lawrence and SUNY Potsdam students volunteer for the Canton Fire and Rescue Squad at the Canton Fire Department, only U.S.-born students are permitted to volunteer, according to department bylaws. “I wanted to make a difference and be part of the community by offering my services and my spare time,” Andrés Balboa-Livis [...]
Over winter break, a group of SLU students and two professors traveled to Tanzania. Their goal: to hike Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. At 19,341 ft. above sea level, and encompassing three volcanic summits, Mount Kilimanjaro means the “the shining mount” in Swahili and is nicknamed “the rooftop of Africa”. Laura St. Andrews ’14, [...]
With a somewhat restrictive check system already in place, student clubs and organizations could face even more complicated financial procedures regarding the use of the purchasing card, a Mastercard charge card issued to student organizations and departments for the purchase of business related goods. Under the current system, organization treasurers or administrators are able to [...]
The Biological Honors Society, also known as Beta Beta Beta or TriBeta, hosted the first annual Fall Festival on October 21 at the Wachtmeister Field House. Donations from the Fall Festival were given to Bittersweet Farm, a certified organic farm in Canton that funds Friends of Bittersweet Farm. This nonprofit educational foundation supports community outreach [...]
By NATALIE DIGNAM During winter break, Jordan Pescrillo ’12, president of Literacy for Nepal, spent a month in Nichuta, a rural village in southern Nepal. This was Pescrillo’s second time in Nepal, after a trip in 2009 when Brijlal Chaudhari, ’10 and 10 members of Literacy for Nepal spent six weeks building a library for [...]
