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Welcome back to another edition of the good ol’ Boot ‘N’ Paddle. How was your day? Did you eat at Dana or the Pub this morning? Or, if you’re too hungover, you might’ve skipped it, making this whole line of questioning irrelevant. That’s…

This past Friday, thousands of people across the world walked out of work and school to demand immediate action on climate change. The protesting spanned all seven continents, with marches taking place in New York City, London,…

Hello again, fellow adventurers! The semester has finally begun in earnest, meaning that the sending of trips is in full swing! This week, we’ll put an emphasis on the titular “paddle” as we recount an overnight canoeing adventure in the…

Following two shootings at Walmarts in Mississippi and Texas, USA-based megacorporation Walmart has vowed to reduce ammunition sales for weapons such as handguns and smaller rifles. Walmart will also stop selling handguns in general. …

As I walked alongside my father touring St. Lawrence University, my mind was, to be frank, more or less disinterested. Here I was at another college campus, stuck in another crowd of peppy parents and their gotta-catch-‘em-all children…

Greetings, fellow SLUzers! The calendar says it’s spring, but the North Country has other ideas. While Mother Nature wrestles with the ever-increasing, incredibly terrifying threat of human-made climate change, trip leaders and participants…

On Friday, April 5, approximately 40 members of the Canton and St. Lawrence communities brought their signs, voices and convictions to the intersection at Main Street and Park Street for the second monthly climate vigil. Those in attendance…

And on the fifth day, the Lord decided that the Boot ‘N’ Paddle should come back, because it was Friday, and another issue of The Hill News was out. And it was good. Oh yeah, it was good. Of course, I’m not just talking about the fresh…