By RILEY SPELLMAN Visiting Professor Chris Clarke’s modernized interpretation of Moliere’s The Misanthrope was a laugh a minute, while also leaving its audience thinking about society’s influence over our self-perception and social lives. Professor Clarke transported the show from its original French Restoration setting to the 1970s, a modernization that enticed audience members to relate [...]
By SARAH DEAKINS Thelmo announced the eleven candidates running for open positions on the Senior Executive Board on Wednesday night at the weekly meeting in the Hannon Room. Campaigning has officially started and candidates are expected to follow the appropriate guidelines outlined in their meeting with Elections Chair Raymond Price. “I’m stunned because this is [...]
The Center for Civic Engagement, or CCE, Brown Bag Series meeting this Tuesday featured a presentation by CCE Leadership Coordinator Lauren Stemler ‘12 that provided students with an opportunity to learn about the benefits of Community Based Learning (CBL) and involvement in the local community. The talk began with an introduction to CBL. With over [...]
By SARAH DEAKINS Administration and faculty at St. Lawrence University remain skeptical of the growth of Greek life and wonder if the system itself is appropriate in a liberal arts setting. In recent years, St. Lawrence University has been challenged by Greek expansion on campus as a result of the re-colonization of Beta Theta Pi [...]
by Danielle Durocher Due to the current economic crisis families are beginning to pay more and more attention to the affordability aspect of college. In relation to this crisis, college rankings have increasingly begun to influence prospective students and their parents. SLU was recently ranked number 59 out of 100 Liberal Arts schools in Kiplinger [...]
By MAX FREW With the student population at St. Lawrence continuously growing, Dana Dining Hall has an increasing need for a change. When Dana was opened in 2000 it was meant to provide for a student population around 1800. But the St. Lawrence community has already expanded to over 2200 students this year, with another [...]
By OLIVIA MCMANUS The education system we have come to know, appreciate, and strive within is changing–and fast. We are unknowingly living in an exploitative educational environment, which is slowly draining our opportunities for creative and introspective thought. We are being primed as political and global consumers, and those who do not economically fit within [...]
By DANIELLE DUROCHER Cell coverage in the Adirondacks continues to be a problem for St. Lawrence students that are traveling through and living among the mountains. More than half of the student body needs to travel through the Adirondack Mountains to reach campus. According to data received from the admissions office there are 876 New [...]
By ALLI SHEA On the first weekend of November, St. Lawrence University will host its first official Homecoming Weekend since 1996. Hoping to re-establish what was formally a deeply rooted tradition of the university, students, alumni, and administration alike have worked to re-create the weekend – bigger and better than ever before. With several sports [...]
By SAMANTHA FOSTER Hydraulic fracturing may be a solution to energy production despite the undisputed environmental challenges, according to experts. This week a New York State advisory panel delayed the establishment of regulatory bodies that would oversee fracking, the use of pressurized fluid when drilling for natural gas. St. Lawrence Geology department chair Jeffrey Chiarenzelli [...]
