Despite the uproar caused by the new healthcare bill, the finance office at St. Lawrence has maintained that it’s still a bit too early to tell the affects the bill will have on the university’s finances. Vice President for Finance and Treasurer of the University Kathryn Mullaney noted, “We have not had time to truly [...]

The Federal Communications Committee announced last week an ambitious ten-year plan that will put affordable broadband in over 100 million homes across the United States and make high speed internet the dominant communications network in the U.S by 2020.  It will modernize broadband infrastructure to support 21-century teaching and learning in universities, schools, and libraries [...]

Steven Horwitz, Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, is one of the leading voices questioning the benefits of America’s new health care bill. According to Horwitz, the negative effects of the new bill will fall disproportionately on college-age young adults.
Horwitz challenges the new costs this bill will generate. “No major expansion of the welfare [...]

The North Country community is feeling the impact of the national recession in many ways, but remains positive in attitude.
Five P&C stores are closing in the North Country and being bought by another company, the Ogdensburg prison is fighting to keep its doors open, and St. Lawrence University (SLU) is facing budget cuts in many [...]

Due to recent recession in the job market, many would assume that students are flocking towards graduate school rather than getting a job, but this is not the case. Graduate schools may be more competitive, but there is no significant increase in the number of students deciding to attend.
Each year, Carol Bate, Director of Career [...]