By Samantha Colton Although many of us celebrated our New Year weeks ago, students, faculty, community members, and students from all four area schools gathered in Eben Holden last Friday night to celebrate the Chinese New Year. St. Lawrence trustee Hook Huang was also in attendance. The event was organized by St. Lawrence’s Chinese Culture [...]
By Rebecca Doser My attempt to multitask and do homework while watching this year’s Oscars which aired this past Sunday on the “Big Screen” aka the Winston room, proved to be harder than I thought. Every year it seems that I glance over at the television once or twice throughout the night, only to [...]
Films are oftentimes the forbearers of political sentiments. An idea that may not be widely understood by the general public can be given a voice through the success of a movie, both by entertaining and informing. Sunday night’s Academy Awards featured a number of films with an outright connection to politics, most notably Argo and [...]
By RICHARD BOHAN A&E EDITOR While deciding between the chicken parm or quiche in Dana, You’ve probably asked yourself, “Gee, I wonder what’s Richard’s artists to watch in 2013?” You haven’t? Oh, that’s awkward. I’m going to tell you anyway. 4. Little Green Cars To be completley honest, I included Little Green Cars after [...]
By Rebecca Doser At the recent informational meeting for the Sustainability Semester, current students living in the Sustainability House could not say enough about what it has to offer. Sophomore Zelie Wright-Neil said, “We tap trees, knit and learn the ins and outs of organic farming. It’s a nice change but you still definitely get [...]
Within the past two decades, SLU has expanded many aspects of the school: the student population, facilities, and many of the academic programs. However, one part of SLU has done just the opposite. Only fifteen years ago, SLU had seven fraternities recognized on campus: Alpha Tao Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, [...]
by Amy Feieresiel Hailing from the distant and noble land of Texas, knitted paraphernalia was never a presence in my wardrobe before coming to St. Lawrence. But at the start of each winter (which I claim begins mid-October), it seems all of SLU whips out their hand knit hat/scarf/mitten/hand-warmer collections. Now I understand the swooning [...]
Rebecca Solnit visited St. Lawrence last Thursday as part of the Writer’s Series. She read from an unpublished essay about the mystery of Henry David Thoreau’s laundry. Solnit is the author of 13 books, including Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, many of which are available [...]
By NICOLE LEINDERS & AMY YAO STAFF WRITER & NEWS EDITOR If you’ve recently been to Dana, you may have noticed that some fairly significant changes have taken place. Butter and cream cheese are now kept in the refrigerator, and peanut butter, Nutella, and jams are stored in individual plastic containers. There are more [...]
ROTC Cadets Honored at SLU By Emma Cummings-Krueger On Thursday, February 7, 88 ROTC cadets gathered together in the Winston Room. This was not in the name of defense or force, but to honor one another’s achievements during the Army ROTC Spring Award Ceremony. Dozens of local student-cadets were rewarded for their academic and physical [...]
By CHRIS MELVILLE COLUMNIST I’m getting a little redundant this week, I’m afraid. I know I talked briefly about this film in my Top 5 article, but it really warrants a full review… also I haven’t watched a movie in a little while. I’ve been busy; what can I say? Beasts of the Southern Wild [...]
By RICHARD BOHAN A&E EDITOR This week’s music column is partly a single review and partly a look at the latest craze sweeping the Internet… The upsurge of Harlem Shake videos staged in American universities have made me wonder— when will it be SLU’s turn? Well, there was a SLU Harlem Shake, until it was [...]
