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St. Lawrence University resides in the foothills of the Adirondacks located at 44.5892° N, 75.1609° W in a rural town set in the North Country nestled up against the Canadian border. Once winter hits—it hits hard. Snow, freezing rain and…

American missionary John Allen Chau was shot and killed by a Sentinelese tribesperson on a remote island off of the Indian coast on Nov. 21. Chau was a devout Christian, and steadfast in his desire to spread the word of the gospel. The…

In 2014, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Judge Lance Mason punched his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, 20 times, then slammed her head on his car’s dashboard five times in front of their children. Mason broke his wife’s orbital bone and scarred their…

Transgender Awareness Week has come and gone, but SLU is no different, as little was done to acknowledge the event. As a transgender first-year student, it is often discouraging to feel invisible and unincluded within the conversation of…

In the Nov. 9 issue of The Hill News, co-Managing Editor, Nicholle Gotham ’20, depicted a Thelmo presidential candidate as unqualified due to misbehaviors handled by the St. Lawrence administration in Spring 2017. A response was issued to…

I want to get something out of the way. This is not just a rant on the lack of diversity present amongst the Thelmothesian Society presidential candidates, but it could have been. It’s not just a rant on the lack of female candidates…

The stigma surrounding marijuana usage, when closely examined, is illuminates glaring inconsistencies. This is not to say that marijuana usage is healthy, or that I endorse its usage, but under an objective examination its demonization in…

On Oct. 6, the Senate confirmed that Brett Kavanaugh, a politician accused of sexual assault, would be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. St. Lawrence University alum, Susan Collins ’75, cast her vote in favor of Kavanaugh, to which…