By NATALIE DIGMAN David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, discussed the impact Facebook has on its users across the globe during his lecture on Tuesday. “In many parts of the world, Facebook is their primary source of information. Facebook allows for people to access other organizations they might not be normally privy too, and [...]
By ALLY FRIEDMAN Despite concerns about taking away student privileges, SLU’s new restrictions to residence halls are in fact more lenient than nearby campuses. At SUNY Canton, SUNY Potsdam, Colgate, Skidmore, and Union, students have access only to their own residence halls at all hours of the day. This policy “definitely cuts down on mischief [...]
The first phase of the Facilities Master Plan commenced this week as architecture, planning and design consultants held a three day “charrette” to gather student, staff, faculty and community ideas for campus development. “This is the first phase of the ten year plan. We want to gather the opinions for the students that are here [...]
Thelmo Proposes Party Resolution Thelmo led a discussion last week during its meeting regarding alcohol event registration on campus. The Thelmo Senate will vote on a resolution drafted by the executive board last night week, after additional student input is added. Thelmo’s vice president of university relations Josh Lashway ’13 and student life chair Iain [...]
College rankings have increasingly influenced the decisions of prospective SLU students and their parents. There is a consensus that families are focusing their attention on the affordability of a college due to the recent financial crisis. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine recently rated SLU at number 59 out of 100 for best valued liberal arts schools. [...]
Many of the students and faculty at St. Lawrence are beginning to feel the weight of the European debt crisis. International students are faced with the same financial hardship many Americans were faced with only a few years ago. St. Lawrence is also encountering potential issues in their endowment, but there seems to be an [...]
When SLU students think about study abroad programs, New York City is not the first thing that comes to mind. While there are other study abroad opportunities for students such as Jordan, Costa Rica or China, there is now a possibility to spend a semester off campus in Manhattan. “Monday through Wednesday we are at [...]
By Katie Greene Recognizing the popularity of gap-year programs and the need for more space on campus, SLU will send first-year students to study in London for their First Year Program beginning in 2016. Students will study at an associate college under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Jenseth and attend class with British professors about [...]
by Catie Matson Thelmo plans to propose a new solution to help student organizations through the event registration process. “Students often don’t know who to contact to plan events,” Robby Glass ’13 said. “They don’t know the policies, and often they learn about the process through upperclassmen students that have gone through it before.” Thelmo [...]
Toronto police constable, Michael Sanguinity, provoked international protest with his remark that women could avoid rape, if they stopped dressing like “sluts”. Students are now planning a so-called SlutWalk protest for St. Lawrence. The idea to have a SlutWalk on campus came from a discussion during AWARE taining for the sexual violence hotline. The Dub [...]
