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Sleep and Nutrition During Finals Week
The quality of sleep and nutrition can determine students’ academic success as finals week quickly approaches. The high stakes of finals week, with exams sometimes being worth over 50 percent of a student’s grade, can make dietary and sleep…
Registration Frustration
Class registration is a stressful time of year for all students across campus. Last week, SLU students registered for classes for the spring 2019 semester. Students woke up just before 7 a.m., logged onto APR, quickly refreshed their…
Housing Lottery – ResLife Making it More Just
Residence life at St Lawrence University is currently focusing on giving students equal opportunity for the housing lottery. There has been a rise in the concern for students stuck on the sophomore wait-list following their first housing…
A Memorial and Lack of Conversation
There is a memorial in ODY to honor the 11 Jewish people killed in the Tree of Life synagogue shootings that took place Oct. 27. The memorial consists of 11
pairs of shoes to represent the empty spaces left behind by those who were…
Women’s Empowerment Event Exceeds Leader Expectations
Several women-led groups on campus came together and hosted an Empower Hour yoga event with over 85 participants, exceeding their own expectations. The event featured a 45-minute restorative yoga session followed by an art raffle and table…
Breakthrough for Women in the 2018 Midterm Elections
Amongst political turmoil in America, the 2018 U.S. midterm elections were a breakthrough for women, seen by unprecedented numbers of women running and winning elections for public office. Commonly referred to as the “year of the woman,”…
Student Government Enthusiasm Stalls Among Student Body
SLU students are deciding who to elect as the president of their student government, as the Thelmo election enters its final stage before the Nov. 14 deadline. The Thelmo election follows the record-breaking turnout in the national…
Spring Awakening
The annual theatrical production at St. Lawrence is set to premier November 7. The process to make it to opening night has been lengthy and tenuous for all involved in the production. As the theatre department prepares the musical Spring…