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 [...]
With the recent sales of “Cluck Farkson” t-shirts, students seem to be even more enthusiastic to support the ongoing rivalry between Clarkson and St. Lawrence. However, only a few are aware of the collaborations between these two rival schools. Every semester, approximately ten students have been granted the opportunity to take extra courses not offered [...]
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 [...]
What do you value most? Where do you spend most of your time? If your answers to these questions aren’t the same, then something is wrong, according to Jennifer MacGregor, who spoke on Wednesday on our addiction to modern technology in her lecture entitled “I Text, Therefore I Am: The Computer-Mediated Identity”. MacGregor said, “Cell [...]
Melissa Frederick ‘14 worked at The Watamu Turtle Watch, a rehab center for injured or sick turtles, while abroad for the fall semester in Kenya By Courtney Goodridge In order to keep up with a changing world and increasing student demand, the university is investing heavily in off-campus programs. The Center for International and Intercultural [...]
Faced with rugged challenges for the future of our university, Thelmo executives continue to cite an upward trend of Thelmo professionalism that started with the presidency of Corey Parent. Newly elected executive board members echoed this optimism with praise of the outgoing executive board. The Hill News talked with the executives-elect soon after the election [...]
Auditions are now closed for It’s All Greek to Me, a musical written and composed by Riley Spellman ’13 and Mitch Galli ’12. The student run musical is a love story set on a college campus that shadows students in Greek life. Two fraternities are at odds with one another. Trouble starts when one fraternity [...]
By Catie Matson The second annual Coloriffic party is back this Friday, December 2nd from 10pm- 2am. At Coloriffic participants dress in the color that expresses their mood from pink, which means unstoppable to black, which means sophisticated and sexy. The event is located in the Winston room and will be hosted by Helping Out [...]
by Catie Matson Members of the North Country are debating the idea to add an interstate highway from Watertown to Plattsburgh, New York dubbed the “Rooftop Highway.” The plan to create an interstate highway has been ongoing since 1960, but only recently has the Regional Economic Development Council drafted a plan to develop the Rooftop [...]
