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Content Warning: Mention of Mental Health, Suicide, Addiction  Have you heard of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Garrett Lee Smith Grant? The SAMHSA Grant is a federal government endowment dedicated to…

The world is ending. At least, for a lot of people in Gen-Z, it feels like it. A smattering of issues both at home and abroad have left people born from 1997-2012 feeling like humanity itself is doomed. Mass shootings, government ignorance…

Whispers have been echoing around the St. Lawrence University campus in recent weeks, hinting at the potential closure of a classic student favorite, the Tick Tock Inn. The setting of the weekend sun has had university students flocking to…

According to Maria Ressa, The 2021 Nobel Laureate for Peace, “We will know whether democracy lives or dies by the end of 2024.” The statement seems hyperbolic. However, some 4 billion people in 60 countries — more than half the world’s…

From the changes to our curriculums about the advancement in AI text generators to the rise of social media users worldwide, we have all seen how technology use has altered our reality. It seems to have seeped into every facet of our…

Four years ago, on March 7, 2020, one of the most famous St. Lawrence events took place for what some thought would be the last time. Titus Mountain, like many other beautiful parts of the world, was temporarily halted due to Covid-19, but…

The St. Lawrence University herd on Yik Yak is the Wild West of social media communities. Stretches of random, innocuous-looking texts by anonymous sources roll by food reviews from Dana, hygiene habits, sports banter and tirades…

It is no surprise that current global events have come to the forefront of many discussions among students and faculty as we see a rise in activism and protests on campus. It can sometimes be hard to know how to support our friends,…